Vestis Retail Group, owned by funds advised by Versa Capital Management and the owner of Bob's Stores and Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS), completed the acquisition of Sport Chalet, the full-service specialty sporting goods retailer with 50 stores in t
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Toms Looks to Boost Growth with Bain Capital Sale
Toms, best known for its one-for-one model that donates a pair of shoes to a needy child for every pair it sells, agreed to sell half of itself to private-equity giant Bain Capital LLC to fund an expansion of its operations in the U.S. and overseas…
Cabela’s and Icebreaker Announce Apparel Deal
Cabela’s has teamed up with Icebreaker, the New Zealand producer of merino wool apparel, to create a co-branded apparel line for men and women to be sold exclusively in Cabela’s U.S. retail stores and online fall of 2014…
Billabong Sells Swell.com and Surfstitch.com
Billabong International Limited said it had entered into binding documentation to sell its 51 percent stake in SurfStitch and its 100 percent ownership of Swell to a consortium of investors including SurfStitch founders Justin Cameron and Lex Pedersen…
GO Outdoors Survey: 80 Percent Have Camped in the Last Year
According to a new survey carried out by U.K. outdoor clothing and equipment retailer GO Outdoors, 37 percent of U.K. respondents said they had been camping within the last month, but a whopping 80 percent said they had camped in the last year. Nearly hal
Shock Doctor Acquires XO Athletic
Shock Doctor, the number one mouthguard company, has acquired XO Athletic, best known for its athletic cups and supporters. Shock Doctor intends to maintain the XO Athletic brand. Terms were not disclosed…
Back-to-School Gets Later Start
Recognizing that a number of the best deals of the summer are still to come, some families have only scratched the surface of their back-to-school shopping lists as of mid-August. According to NRF’s latest Back-to-School/College Surveys, the average
The Buckle’s Q2 Profits Dip
The Buckle, Inc. reported earnings reached $24.5 million, or 51 cents a share, in the second quarter, slightly down from $25.1 million, or 53 cents, a year ago. Same-store sales eased 0.5 percent from…
Perry Ellis’ Q2 Losses Swell
Perry Ellis International, which owns numerous golf apparel brands as well as Nike Swim, widened its loss in the second quarter ended Aug. 2 to $1.62 million, or 11 cents a share, from $2.83 million, or 19 cents, a year ago. On an adjusted basis, earnings
Shock Doctor Acquires XO Athletic
Shock Doctor has acquired XO Athletic, based in Union, NJ. The strategic acquisition provides access to patented technologies owned by XO along with retail distribution efficiencies that will benefit both brands. Shock Doctor intends to maintain the XO At
C.B. Tuite Joins Arccos Golf
Arccos Golf, the company that developed the first club-to-cloud platform for real time GPS stat tracking and proprietary tour analytics, has hired industry veteran C.B. Tuite as its VP of sales. Tuite formerly worked at Foster Grant International and Ecco
Conde Nast Sells Fairchild Fashion Media Brands
Penske Media Corporation has acquired the U.S.-based trade publishing assets of Conde Nast’s Fairchild Fashion Media unit, the parent company of business-to-business brands Women’s Wear Daily, Footwear News, Beauty Inc, M and the Fairchild Sum
Petzl Technical Institute Opens in Salt Lake City
Petzl America has opened the Petzl Technical Institute at their new headquarters in Salt Lake City, which will work with fire/rescue professionals, arborists, special military forces, rock climbers, cavers, alpinists, routesetters and climbing gym employe
Sonic Boom Names Marketing Group Names Sales Reps
Sonic Boom, manufacturer of exploding targets, announces the appointment of Baratti Marketing Group as its new regional sales agency of record covering the TALO States (Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma)…
Bogner Puts Itself on the Block
The family owner of Bogner, the maker of winter jackets and skiwear, has appointed Goldman Sachs to seek a buyer, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters…
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