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BRS Fuels Further Growth at Levtran…

Private equity firm Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.L.C. continues to have an appetite for the sporting goods industry, making another deal last month to fund an MBO at Levtran Enterprises, which operates the Downtown Locker Room and DTLR businesses

The Acquisition Environment Heats Up Again…

The pace of acquisitions in the Outdoor, SnowSports, and Action Sports industries appeared to have eased after two years of heavy activity, but just when the tempo seemed to have peaked, a flurry of new deals came through that surpassed what many thought

Shoe Pavilion Names Watanabe as CFO

Shoe Pavilion, Inc. announced the appointment of Neil Watanabe as its EVP and CFO reporting to CEO, Dmitry Beinus. Mr. Watanabe will be replacing John D. Hellmann, VP-finance and CFO, who resigned effective November 21, 2005, in order to remain in Norther

CamelBak Promotes Three From Within

CamelBak Products has promoted three key executives to new roles with promotions for Mac Tillman, Jonathan Austen and Shawn Cullen, the first two in the company’s Recreation Division and the third on the company’s Government, Military, Industrial (GMI) Di

Timberland Increases Anti-Counterfeit Efforts

The Timberland Company unveiled several new components of its program to combat the distribution of imitation Timberland products. The program is designed to raise awareness about counterfeit goods and the importance of product authenticity, and also incl

K2 and Marmot Complete Apparel Consolidation in Santa Rosa, Calif.

All sales, marketing and product development operations of the K2 Snow apparel brand have fully transitioned from K2 Sports in Vashon, Wash., to operate under Marmot in Santa Rosa, Calif. K2 Inc., parent company of K2 Sports, acquired Marmot in 2004 to es

NRF Ups Holiday Sales Forecast

The National Retail Federation (NRF) announced that it has revised its holiday sales forecast as a result of a recent flurry of healthy economic indicators including strong October retail sales and falling gasoline prices. NRF now expects total holiday r

New Stores, Comp Gains Help Golfsmith Q3 Sales…

Golfsmith International saw the addition of six new stores and a weak Q3 last year, combine to create a 15.7% jump in sales revenues for the third quarter of 2005. These revenue gains trickled down to more than double the company’s net income, though off

Patagonia Lands Deal with MEC

Patagonia inked a deal with Mountain Equipment Co-op that will make Patagonia the largest apparel supplier to the Canadian retailer by fall 2006. The two companies have been in discussions for years, but before now, Patagonia was not featured in MEC store

Johnson Promoted to CFO at Johnson Outdoors

Johnson Outdoors Inc. promoted David W. Johnson to the position of Vice President – Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Johnson has served as interim chief financial officer since August 2005 during which time the Company conducted an extensive executive search

Volcom Adds Recco to Snowboard Apparel Line

Volcom has integrated RECCO reflectors into their snowboarding apparel this winter season. For the '05-'06 season, RECCO reflectors will be integrated into the Omega line, as well as incorporated into select Nimbus and Thermonite group pieces. I

Hurricanes Hit Gander Mountain’s Bottom Line…

While the full-line sporting goods chains are reporting solid quarters, the Hunt/Fish retailers were impacted by the heavy hurricane season during the third quarter of 2005. At the end of October, Cabela’s reported slower sales due to “the CNN effect” fo

Coleman Rolls Out New Sales Structure…

The Coleman Company is launching initiatives to strengthen its mass store sales organization, while refocusing the sales force mandate to better support its enhanced specialty store sales initiatives. Under the new structure, the mass retail effort will b