Escalade, Inc. said Robert E. Griffin, its chairman and former CEO, will retire from its board of directors, effective Apr. 24…
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Smith and Wesson’s Q3 Sales Decline 11 Percent
Smith & Wesson reported third-quarter sales sunk 10.5 percent but exceeded the high end of its guidance range as a result of order strength from distributors and key retailers in January 2015. Earnings from continuing operations declined 59.2 percent to $
Kent Secures Rights to Sell Goodyear Bike Tires and Tubes
Kent International will begin supplying Walmart and Dunham's with Goodyear-branded bicycle tires and tubes this spring thanks to a new licensing deal with The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company…
Ford Displays E-bike Concepts in Barcelona
Ford Motor Company displayed an e-bike developed with Dahon Monday that uses rear sensors to warn cyclists of approaching vehicles. The prototype is the result of a new experiment to study how electric bicycles can work seamlessly with cars and public tra
PeopleForBikes Releases Initial U.S. Bicycling Participation Benchmarking Report
Approximately one in three Americans over the age of two rode a bicycle at least one day in the past year, according to a first of its kind study PeopleForBikes commissioned to…
Team Dealer Market in Carolinas Shifts to New Location
The tenth annual Team Dealer Market (TDM) will be held on June 8 to 10, 2015 at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, NC. The show is attended by team dealers and sporting goods stores from North Carolina and South Carolina…
Pensole Pensole Footwear Design Academy Raises $4MM in Funding
Pensole Footwear Design Academy, based in Portland, OR, raised $4 million in partnership with San Francisco-based Rooy Inc…
Weyco’s Q4 Revenues Jump 21 Percent
Weyco Group, Inc., the parent of Bogs, reported net sales for the fourth quarter of 2014 were $95.3 million, an increase of 21 percent from 2013 net sales of $78.5 million.. Bogs wholesale revenues surged 69 percent…
CamelBak Grows Sales 6.2 percent in 2014
CamelBak had net sales of $148.7 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2014, up 6.2 percent compared to the same period in 2013, Compass Diversified Holdings reported Monday…
Mission Athletecare Lands Funding and Hap Klopp
Mission Athletecare, the startup looking to jumpstart the thermoregulation category, last week raised $35 million of growth capital for organic and M&A expansion in its core cooling and heating categories. As part of the new investment, Hap Klopp, the fou
Billabong Returns to Profit in First Half
Billabong International Limited said it returned to profitability in the half-year period ended Dec. 31 and that Billabong and RVCA brands grew sales to the U.S. wholesale channel…
FGL Sports Comps Grow 5 Percent in Q4
Canadian Tire reported sales at FGL Sports rose 15.0 percent in the fourth quarter. Same-store sales grew 4.9 percent, led by 9.4 percent growth at its flagship Sport Chek banner…
West Marine Reports 4Q Loss
West Marine grew its gross margin 330 basis points and narrowed its losses in the fourth quarter as sales increased 8.9 percent to $129.4 million…
Sierra Trading Post to Open Northeast Location This Year
The TJX Companies Inc. plans to open its next two Sierra Trading Post stores in the Northeast after sales exceeded plan at two locations it opened in the Denver area during the fourth quarter…
Fleet Feet Sports Acquires GoRun Wichita
Fleet Feet Sports acquired GoRun Wichita, a running specialty store with two locations in Wichita, KS. The purchase marks Fleet Feet Sports’ entry into Kansas…
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