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Deckers Outdoor Bangs Out 40 Percent Q4 Revenue Gain

February 23, 2012 SGB Update

Deckers Outdoor Corp. reported fourth-quarter profits jumped 39.8 percent, to $124.7 million, or $3.18 a share. Sales vaulted 40.4 percent to $603.9 million. Ugg brand sales increased 37.7 percent to $568.5 million while Teva brand sales increased 45.9 pe

Columbia/Sorel Reaches E-Commerce Agreements for Europe and Canada

February 23, 2012 SGB Update

PFSweb, Inc., an international provider of end-to-end eCommerce solutions, announced it has launched an agreement with Columbia Sportswear Company to provide online direct-to-consumer support services throughout Europe and Canada for the Columbia and Sore

Kohl’s Profit Falls 7.9 Percent Amid Sales Decline

February 23, 2012 SGB Update

Kohl's Corporation reported fourth quarter diluted earnings per share increased 9 percent to $1.81. Net income for the quarter decreased 8 percent to $455 million, compared to $494 million ($1.66 per diluted share) a year ago. Net sales were $6.0 bil

L.H. Thomson Receives QBP 2012 Vendor of the Year Award

February 22, 2012 SGB Update

QBP presented the third annual Vendor of the Year Award to L.H. Thomson at Frostbike 2012 in Bloomington, MN. The Macon, Georgia-based company manufactures seatposts and stems for road and mountain bikes…

Skullcandy Swings to a Profit as Sales Jump

February 22, 2012 SGB Update

Skullcandy, Inc., the maker of headphones, earbuds and gaming headsets targeting the action sports and outdoor space, reported fourth quarter net sales increased 29.0 percent to $83.4 million, with domestic net sales increasing 27.0 percent, international

Report: Tennis Players More Strategic Around Purchases

February 22, 2012 SGB Update

According to a report from the Tennis Industry Association, more than three-fourths of frequent tennis players have become more strategic in how they buy things, thinking more about how their purchases will fit into their lives…

Superfeet Appoints Product Manager

February 21, 2012 SGB Update

Superfeet Worldwide Inc. has hired Dan Wakeland as product manager, a multi-faceted senior level role responsible for researching, designing and bringing new products to market…

The North Face and Patagonia Reevaluate Down Supply

February 21, 2012 SGB Update

The North Face and Patagonia are looking for alternative suppliers of down feathers after being targeted by animal rights activists for buying from a California company that sources feathers from force-fed geese in Hungary, The Telegraph of London has rep

Billabong Considers TPG’s Revised Takeover Bid

February 20, 2012 SGB Update

Billabong said Monday it will consider a revised Aus$765.3 million (U.S. $825.3 mm) takeover offer from U.S. private-equity firm TPG Capital. TPG made an offer of the same value early last week, but that proposal precluded asset sales. The initial offer w

PR Vets Partner, Sign up Two New Clients

February 20, 2012 SGB Update

What's UP Public Relations and SOAR Communications have partnered to share assets and abilities to best serve new clients, including the new accounts of Scandinavian apparel-maker Bergans of Norway and startup premium sport trailer manufacturer Road

K-Swiss’s Q4 Losses Widen

February 17, 2012 SGB Update

K-Swiss widened its net loss in the fourth quarter to $25.2 million, 71 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $20.6 million, or 58 cents, per diluted share, for the prior-year period. Total worldwide revenues increased 17.8 percent to $50.2 million

Billabong Sells Minority Stake in Nixon, Spurs Takeover Offer

February 17, 2012 SGB Update

Billabong has sold a 48.5 percent share of its Nixon brand to the private equity firm Trilantic Capital Partners, will close up to 150, or 20 percent, of its stores and slash its dividend in a bid to strengthen its capital structure. The Australian compan