SGB Update Outdoor
Ultimate Direction Ramps Up Running Sponsorships
Ultimate Direction will be sponsoring several organizations throughout the next several months to increase its brand awareness and continue its team and individual sponsorship for outstanding players in the running community.
Zumiez May Comps Jump 18.2%
Zumiez Inc. saw total net sales for the month of May increase 39.5% to $15.0 million from $10.7 million during the year-ago month. The company's comparable store sales increased 18.2% for the four week period, versus a comparable store sales increase
Cabela’s Refinance of Bonds Nets $53 million
Cabela's Incorporated refinanced a portion of its economic development bonds related to the company's Wheeling, West Virginia location. As a result, the company has received roughly $53 million dollars from the retirement of certain of those bon
Blademasters Hires Mariconda as Marketing and Major Account Manager
Blademaster, a hockey skate care company, appointed John Mariconda as Marketing and Major Account Manager. Mariconda joins the company from TPS Hockey where he held senior roles in sales, marketing and product development…
Meng and Associates Hires Steve Pike
Golf marketing and public relations firm, Meng & Associates Inc., has brought aboard former PGA.com equipment editor Steve Pike as an associate writer. Pike is an award-winning golf writer, and will help create high-impact editorial for Meng & Associates
New Mexico Governor to File Petition for Roadless Protection
The National Environmental Trust will host a telephone press conference where Gov. Bill Richardson will announce his petition for complete protection of roadless national forests in New Mexico, making him the first western governor to petition the Bush ad
McKinney Joins Mitchell and Ness
Mitchell & Ness hired Sean McKinney to the company’s executive leadership team. As Vice President of Sales and Marketing, McKinney will oversee the two departments and focus on enhancing the worldwide distribution of the Mitchell & Ness brand…
Sports Retailers See Healthy Start for Hardgoods…
Hardgoods sales, which make up anywhere between 45% to 55% of total revenues for most Sports Retailers, posted some pretty healthy gains in the retail first quarter through April. Both the athletic hardgoods and outdoor hardgoods areas posted sales incre
Famous Footwear Sees Operating Profit Decline on Inventory Clean-Up and Athletic Weakness…
Famous Footwear saw its sixth straight quarter of comp store sales increases in the first quarter ended April 29, posting a 1.9% comp sales gain for the period on top of a 1.5% increase in the year-ago period, but continued efforts to clean up inventories
Adams Golf Sees Q1 Iron Sales More than Double…
Adams Golf rode the strength of its Irons division during the first quarter to overcome weak sales in the driver segment. However, shrinking margins caused the top-line gains to run astray before reaching the bottom-line, where the company posted a mid-s
Crocs Ups Guidance on Strong Demand
Crocs, Inc. has raised its sales and net income per diluted common share guidance for the second quarter ending June 30, 2006. The Company now expects sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2006 to be between $62 million and $65 million compared to its pr
Crocs Shareholders to Sell-off More Stock
Crocs, Inc. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an underwritten public secondary offering of shares of common stock held by Crocs, Inc. stockholders. Crocs, Inc. will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the
Deckers Taps Van Dine Group for Consulting Project
Jim Van Dine, former president of Keen Footwear, and Van Dine and Partners has been contracted to collaborate with Deckers Outdoor Corp. management on a variety of projects, from strategic planning and brand development, to operational effectiveness.
Foot Locker Names Pepsi Finance Chief to Board
Foot Locker, Inc. has elected Matthew M. McKenna, Senior Vice President of Finance for PepsiCo, Inc., to the company's Board of Directors, effective immediately. He was elected at Foot Lokcer, Inc.'s Annual Shareholder Meeting on May 24, 2006..
Stride Rite Names Independent Director to Board
The Stride Rite Corporation has announced the appointment of Mark J. Cocozza to the Company's Board of Directors effective as of May 25, 2006 pursuant to an agreement with a group of investors led by Barington Capital Group, L.P. Mr. Cocozza current
