SGB Update Footwear
Grenade Gloves Hires New Sales Manager
Grenade Gloves hired Marty Carrigan as West regional sales manager. Carrigan comes to the company with an extensive background in equipment, apparel and accessories for the action sports industry, with a heavy emphasis on winter sports. He earned a degree
Tender Corp. Secures Private Equity
Tender Corp., a major provider of insect repellents and other health products to outdoor retailers, said it secured a major investment from private equity firm Prospect Partners, LLC, of Chicago, Ill. Terms were not disclosed…
FTC Bars Non-Compete Pact by Golf Galaxy
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said it settled charges that Golf Galaxy, a unit of Dick's Sporting Goods Inc, violated U.S. antitrust law by reaching an agreement with a potential competitor, Golf Canada, that barred a potential competitor from en
RECALL: Outdoor Playset Gliders
The CPSC has recalled about 500 outdoor playset gliders made by Backyard Play Systems. Some of the gliders were shipped with assembly instructions that did not inform consumers to tighten all lock nuts during assembly, including those attached by the manu
REI to Begin Selling GT Bikes
REI will begin selling GT bikes at 47 of its stores by the end of the year, The B.O.S.S. Report has confirmed. The deal with Cannondale Sports Group (CSG) follows REI's decision to stop selling K2 bikes, which are made by World Wide Cycle Supply unde
Coleman Names New Sales VP
The Coleman Company Inc. has named Michael Bach VP of sales with responsibility for leading the field sales team and the food/drug and home channels. His team will focus on key accounts within mass, sporting goods and other specialty channels and expand t
American Recreation Products Replaces President
George Grabner “retired” unexpectedly as president of American Recreation Products (ARP) last week after 16 years serving in the post. He was replaced the same day by Jim Baumann, who spent most of the last 15 years running the nation’s largest operator o
OIA Rendezvous a Reflection of Changing Season
Change is certainly ahead for the outdoor industry and the rest of America if the prognostications made by the speakers recruited to address the 300 in attendance actually materialize. From explorer and filmmaker Jon Bowermaster talking about the warming
Forzani Announces BTS Results
The Forzani Group Ltd., Canada's largest retailer of sporting goods, reported slightly higher sales for the fiscal 2009 Back-to-School selling season. Retail system sales for the seven-week period ended September 21 increased 0.8% over the same perio
Foot Locker, The Finish Line See Shifts in Leadership Roles
Key management at the two of the nation’s largest mall specialty retailers were changed last week, as both Footlocker Inc. U.S.A. and The Finish Line, Inc. both made changes in the corner office…
adidas Focuses on New Targets in Three-Stripe Infringement Actions
The stripe war continued to rage last week with the latest battle cropping up between adidas and Target Corp. after adidas filed a trademark-infringement lawsuit accusing Target of copying its three-stripe design on some of the company’s products…
GSI Commerce to Acquire Innotrac Corp.
GSI Commerce has agreed to acquire publicly traded Innotrac Corp. in a $61.9 million deal that will speed up delivery's for GSIC's existing partners. Innotrac reported operating income of $4.5 million on net revenues of $128.2 million for the ye
SGMA: Niche Sports Showing Strongest Growth, Team Sports Play Peaks at 13
According to SGMA's annual participation study on team sports, U.S. Trends in Team Sports, niche team sports like lacrosse, paintball and cheerleading are exhibiting the strongest growth patterns while traditional team sports like basketball, basebal
American Rec Replaces President
George Grabner “retired” unexpectedly as president of American Recreation Products (ARP) last week after 16 years serving in the post…
Crocs Sells Foam Creations Unit
Crocs Inc. said Monday it sold its Foam Creations business unit to a Canadian company that is led by the unit's founder Andrew Reddyhoff…
