SGB Update Footwear

Royal Robbins Lifts Phoenix Footwear’s Fortunes…

Royal Robbins saw fourth-quarter sales jump 26.2% to $4.6 million from $3.7 million a year ago. However, Royal Robbins' success was overshadowed by the financial distress at the brand's parent, Phoenix Footwear Group Inc., which might lead to th

Smartwool Restructures Marketing Management

SmartWool has restructured its Marketing Department with Carol Davidson taking the reins as Creative Director and Gardner Flanigan promoted to Marketing Director. SmartWool has created the new Creative Director position and evolved the Marketing Director

Puma Shares Rise On PPR Takoever Rumours

Shares in Puma rose almost 10% on Thursday on market talk the French group, PPR could launch a bid for the German sportswear group. PPR reportedly has plenty of firepower to make medium or large acquisitions. At the end of 2006 PPR had roughly 1.5 billion

Peregrine Distribution Inks Deal with OTB

Peregrine Distribution Services has signed its newest client, OTB (Over the Beach) Boots, based in Scituate, MA, manufacturer’s of a new line of specialized boots for the outdoors. Peregrine will provide warehousing, order fulfillment and customer service

adidas to Consolidate Distribution in Spartanburg, SC

The adidas Group will consolidate the adidas brand’s apparel distribution center in Hebron, Ky., its footwear distribution center in Spartanburg, S.C., and the Reebok brand’s apparel distribution center in Memphis, Tenn., and its footwear distribution cen

Podium Venture Group Eyes Corduroy Surf Company

Podium Venture Group, Inc. has retained first option to acquire a majority interest in Corduroy Surf Company – a surf equipment, apparel, and art retailer with both storefront and online sales planned…

Peter Devin Exits Role at Nielsen and Outdoor Retailer Show

Peter Devin, the outdoor group director for Nielsen in charge of the Outdoor Retailer and Fly Fishing Retailer trade shows, has decided to move on to pursue other opportunities “within and around” the outdoor industry. Devin spent five years working to cr

Orvis Promotes Ray McCready to President

The Orvis Company has appointed the first non-owner company president in the history of the brand. Ray McCready was promoted from VP of merchandising and retail to president of the 150-year old company. Before joining Orvis, McCready was the vice presiden

Jetboil Hires Lathrop as VP of Sales

Jetboil hired Chris Lathrop as the company’s new vice president of sales. As VP of Sales, Lathrop will be responsible for overseeing Jetboil’s strategic sales growth and business development activities, marketing and branding initiatives, and will provide

Sears Holdings to See Board Change

Sears Holdings Corporation announced that Donald J. Carty has informed the company that he has decided not to stand for re-election to the board of directors at the company's scheduled annual meeting in May. Mr. Carty, who was named Vice Chairman and

Stride Rite Sees More Keds Weakness Fiscal Q1…

The Stride Rite Corporation saw continued weakness in the Keds business cut into gains elsewhere for the company’s fiscal first quarter ended March 2. Net income growth still outpaced sales growth by a wide margin for the quarter, due in large part to a

Yue Yuen Sees Balanced Growth Across Most Business Segments…

Yue Yuen Industrial Ltd, which manufactures footwear for many major athletic brands, again saw most of its growth come from expansion of its owned-retail business in the fiscal first quarter ended December 31. Overall net revenues rose 9.4% to $960.3 mill