SGB Sports & Fitness

Polarmax Names Agency and Rep of the Year

Longworth Industries, parent company of Polarmax, XGO, and AYG 365's branded technical base layers, named Robb Sports its Agency of the Year, and Patti Fisher as its Rep of the Year for 2010…

U.S. Consumers Sustain Spending in January

January marked the seventh straight month of retail sales gains, although sales by sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores decreased 1.3% on a seasonally adjusted month-to-month basis and increased 0.4% on an unadjusted year-over-year basis, accordin

Cabela’s Q4 Comps Climb 7.3%

Cabela's Inc. reported that on a like calendar basis, adjusted for divestitures, total revenue during the fourth quarter increased 8.4% to $934 million. Retail store revenue increased 11.4% to $479 million; direct revenue increased 0.5% to $386 milli

Reports of Imminent Jack Wolfskin Sale Resurface

Several companies are in talks to acquire Germany's Jack Wolfskin brand from two European private equity firms, according to an unconfirmed report in Financial Times Deutschland and picked up by the Bloomberg news service…

Ocean Container Lines See Potentially Tight Q3

A rebounding U.S. economy will likely lead to a tight supply of vessel space and equipment during the peak third quarter shipping season, according to Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA), which represents the major container shipping lines serving

Vans Appoints Skate Marketing Manager

Vans hired Justin Regan as its new skate marketing manager. Most recently, Regan has led global brand marketing for apparel brand Altamont. Previously, Regan headed up global brand marketing for Emerica footwear and apparel…

Steve Madden to Distribute Superga

Steven Madden Ltd. has reached an agreement to become the exclusive U.S. distributor of Superga, the Italian athletic footwear brand. R.G. Barry Corp has been the distributor…

Trade Group Releases Standards for More Sustainable Hangers

The Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions Association (VICS) released new standards created to lower the cost and reduce the environmental impact of hangers throughout the retail value chain. VICS, which focuses on developing industry standards to he

Jordan Brand comes to NASCAR

NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin has become the newest endorser for Nike's Jordan Brand apparel. Its believed to be Nike's first NASCAR sponsorship…