SGB Update Outdoor
The Buckle Sees November Comps Dip
The Buckle, Inc. announced that comparable store net sales, for stores open at least one year, for the 4-week period ended Nov. 30, decreased 0.6 percent…
Adidas Signs Kanye West
Adidas confirmed that it had signed an endorsement deal with rapper Kanye West. West had been with Nike…
Manta Rails Hires Blue August as Public Relations Firm
Manta aka MantaRails, manufacturer of AR-15 rail covers and suppressor covers, has hired Blue August, a Jackson, TN based marketing and public relations firm to assist them with editorial relations and branding efforts…
Ruger Announces Gunarama Wholesale, Inc. as Independent Distributor of Ruger Firearm
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. announces Gunarama Wholesale, Inc. as the 15th independent distributor of Ruger Firearms in the United States…
2XU Lands $75 Million Investment from LVHM Sponsored PE Fund
Luxury brand owner and retailer LVMH has paid $75 million for a 40 per cent stake in compression wear brand 2XU through L Capital Asia, a $1 billion private equity fund its sponsors…
Cabela’s to Open Outpost Location in Kentucky
Cabela’s Incorporated plans to open a 42,000-square-foot Cabela’s Outpost store in Bowling Green, Ky. The store will be Cabela’s second in Kentucky – joining the Louisville location – and is scheduled to open in…
Rack Room Shoes, Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse Plots Accelerated Growth
Rack Room Shoes and Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse will increase their number of stores and sales at an accelerated pace beginning in 2014. In preparation for this goal, the company has hired Kirk Light as real estate director for Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse
Green Supply Adds Lew’s to Lineup
Green Supply, a full line wholesaler and distributor of hunting, fishing, outdoor and tactical products announces the addition of Lew’s to their line of fishing products…
McMillan Group International Sells Firearms Division to Strategic Armory Corps, LLC
McMillan Group International announced it has sold its firearms division, McMillan Firearms, to Strategic Armory Corps, LLC (SAC)…
Icebreaker Opens 11th North American Store
Icebreaker has opened its first store in the Midwest and its eleventh in North America, in Chicago…
G-III Apparel’s Q3 Sales Climb 23 Percent
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. reported sales for the third quarter increased by 23 percent to $668.7 million compared to $543.5 million in the year-ago period. Net income for the quarter also increased by 23 percent…
McMillan Group Sells Firearms Division to SAC
McMillan Group International has sold its firearms division, McMillan Firearms, to Strategic Armory Corps, LLC (SAC). The sale does not include McMillan Fiberglass Stocks or McMillan Merchant Solutions, which will continue to be operated by McMillan Group
Sweaty Betty Opens Second U.S. Store
Sweaty Betty, which was founded in London in 1998, recently opened its first two stores in the U.S. stores in the last four months — one in the Soho district in New York City and one in Greenwich, CO. A third is being planned for 2014…
Golf Course Merchandise Sales Grew Faster Than Rounds Played in October
PGA PerformanceTrak reported merchandise sales at U.S. golf clubs increased 7.2 percent in October as rounds played rose 4.2 percent…
Justices Turn Away Amazon’s Appeal on NY Internet Sales Tax
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected claims by Amazon.com. and Overstock.com that a New York law compelling them to collect sales tax from their customers in the state is unconstitutional. The ruling, coincidentally made on Cyber Monday, could encourage more s
