Sales of SnowSports product for the August through October period of 2005 at chain stores were up 6% compared to last season. In dollars, that translates to $70.3 million in sales compared to $66.1 million for the same period last season. Unit sales wer
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Specialty SnowSports Shops See Double Digit Growth During Early Season
Sales at specialty ski and snowboard shops were up 10% in dollars compared to last season. In dollars, that translates to $278.5 million in sales compared to $253.6 million in 2004. Unit sales were up from last season 12%. Overall sales for the entire w
Pawlak Named Managing Director of Mount Snow
American Skiing Company named long time employee Kelly Pawlak Managing Director of its Mount Snow resort in Vermont. Ms. Pawlak brings 20 years of ski resort industry
experience to the Managing Director position…
Timberland Shakes Up Management Team
The Timberland Company announced several organizational changes aimed at strengthening the company’s sales and marketing effort globally, promoting Mike Harrison to SVP, worldwide sales and marketing; naming Scott Thresher as group VP of North America; an
Cloudveil Hires Three New Rep Groups and Wins Ad Awards
Cloudveil hired three new sales representative agencies to cover the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and West Coast (CA, AZ, NV) territories. In addition, the advertising firm, TDA, of Boulder, Colorado has won accolades for the current “Inspired” Cloudveil ad ca
OGIO Names Fuzzy Hall as Team Manager
OGIO announced the appointment of Tim “Fuzzy” Hall, who has been a member of Team OGIO since its beginning, as its new BMX team manager. Hall, who joined the BMX circuit in 1987 and has helped shape it into the widely accepted sport it is today, will cont
Team Buying Groups Ponder One Show Location…
Executives from three major buying groups, including Don Sonandres from Athletic Dealers of America, Jim Chandley and Stuart Snow from Nation’s Best Sports, and Phil Steele from Team Athletic Goods, met at NSGA headquarters recently to discuss the possibi
adidas Unveils 2006 Match Ball after Smartball Plans Shelved for World Cup…
adidas expects to sell ten million official FIFA World Cup balls, but the company will not have its “smartball” in play for the event to be held in Germany next summer. Company CEO Herbert Hainer said they sold almost six million of the 2002 World Cup ba
Early Winter Storms Boost Outdoor Retail…
Retailers around the country have planned for a year much like last year, with those in the East bracing for another late season, the Northwest running dry, while others worried as heavy pre-Thanksgiving powder failed to materialize. But the last week ha
ADA, NBS, and TAG Executives Discuss Co-Locating Shows
Executives from the Athletic Dealers of America, Nation's Best Sports, and Team Athletic Goods met at NSGA headquarters recently to discuss the possibility of conducting future team shows at a common site. Since many of the team dealers who belong to
adidas Smartball Technology Plans Shelved for World Cup
adidas expects to sell 10 million official FIFA World Cup balls, but the company will not have its “smartball” in play for the event to be held in Germany next summer. FIFA General Secretary Urs Linsi told reporters this week that the FIFA executive comm
NGF Appoints Fellows to Board of Directors
NGF announced the appointment of George Fellows, president and CEO of Callaway Golf Company, to its board of directors for a three-year term. Before becoming president and CEO at Callaway, Fellows operated his own consulting business in New York, where he
Utah SnowSports Industry On-Track to Break Records Again
Yesterday Ski Utah President Nathan Rafferty offered a “State of the Ski Industry” address to local media. He discussed last year’s record-breaking season, projections for the 2005-06 ski season, booking and snow statistics and spectacular media coverage.
lululemon atheltica Gets Investment Boost from Advent International
Advent International announced it has acquired a significant minority interest in Vancouver-based lululemon
athletica, an athletics and yoga apparel specialty retailer. The transaction is expected to support the company's growth strategy in the US an
Harbinger to Distribute Grizzly Fitness in the U.S.
Harbinger and Grizzly Fitness announced the signing of a licensing agreement that will see Harbinger begin distributing Grizzly products in the U.S. starting January 1, 2006. This agreement follows up on a previous partnership allowing Grizzly the rights
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