SGB Update Outdoor
Black Diamond Wins REI Vendor of the Year
Recreational Equipment, Inc. announced its 2006 vendor partnership awards today at the winter Outdoor Retailer trade show. Black Diamond received top honors as REI's Vendor Partner-of-the-Year. The annual awards program, established in 1993, recogniz
Mooers to Step Down from OllyDog Post
Following the sale of his controlling interest in the company, Mike Mooers, founder and president of OllyDog, will step down and assume a less active role. Current Vice President, Trudy Hutton, will become the new president. The change will be in effect b
Acushnet Brands Shrink Quarterly Loss in Q4
For the fourth quarter, Fortune Brands, Inc. saw net sales increase 16.2% to $2.28 billion from $1.96 billion last year. Sales in the company's golf division increase 7.9% to $271.6 million from $201.6 million during the year-ago quarter. Operating l
Ashworth Founder Returns as Consultant
Ashworth, Inc. will see the return of its founder, John Ashworth, as a consultant on all aspects of Ashworth brand development. The position is effective immediately…
Boa Tech Adds Snowboard Account Manager
Boa Technology added Vincent Connolly to its Account Service Department. Vin will assume the newly created position of Account Manager for snowboard, skateboard, cycling, and hockey categories, effective February 3, 2007…
Petzl Selects Centerstone’s iVendix
CenterStone Technologies, Inc.added Petzl to the list of clients using its iVendix software application. When the application goes live later this summer, Petzl dealers in Europe (starting with France and Austria) and North America will be able to place t
Brunswick Q4 Net Drops on Marine Weakness
For the fourth quarter, Brunswick Corporation reported net sales from continuing operations of $1.37 billion, down slightly from $1.38 billion a year earlier. Excluding incremental sales from acquired businesses, sales declined 2% in the quarter. Net earn
Luxottica Looks to Up Stake in RayBan Sun Optics India
Luxottica Group S.p.A. plans to make a public offer to acquire up to an additional 20% of the equity shares of RayBan Sun Optics India Ltd. through the Group's subsidiary, Ray Ban Indian Holdings, Inc. Should the offer be fully accepted, Luxottica Gr
New Balance Sponsors Winter X Games
After debuting New Balance’s NB Zip footwear at the 2006 Summer X Games, New Balance is back in extreme action with
official gold-level sponsorship of the 2007 Winter X Games in Aspen, where the brand’s latest models of NB Zip footwear will be featured on
TJX Co.’s Name New EVP, CMO
The TJX Companies, Inc. named John Gilbert as Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer. John Gilbert most recently served as Vice President for Marketing at Dunkin' Donuts, where he was responsible for all marketing functions, including bran
VNU Changes Name to The Nielson Company
VNU, the parent company of the Interbike and Outdoor Retailer trade shows, has changed its name to The Nielsen Company. Along with the re-branding of its parent company, Interbike also announced that new leadership, staff and Internet resources have been
Cloudveil Hires Two New Sales Agencies
Cloudveil hired two new sales agencies. Nan Hanks and Associates will cover the Southeast territory for Cloudveil’s outdoor and ski categories, and Charlie Perkins and Matt Linnevers will take on the outdoor, ski and angling lines in the Great Lakes terr
Salewa Hires Sword to Head U.S. Subsidiary
The Salewa Group has hired Christopher Sword to manage its recently established North American subsidiary and its three leading brands: Salewa, Dynafit and silvretta. Tim Kelley, who comes from the former Dynafit distributor Life-Link, will take the posit
Nike Names Hamill as Exeter President
NIKE, Inc. named Clare Hamill, a 26-year Nike veteran with broad global product, merchandising and general management experience, as president and CEO of the company's wholly-owned Exeter Brands Group, which designs, markets and distributes athletic
NRF: More Than Half of Gift Cards Yet to Be Used
Though the holiday season officially ended several weeks ago, retailers continue to see consumers hitting the stores to spend gift cards. According to an NRF survey, conducted by BIGresearch, consumers have plenty left to spend: shoppers said they had spe
