SGB Update Outdoor
Dunham hires Berge as Sr. Outdoor Product Manager
Dunham hired Bobby Berge as Senior Outdoor Product Manager. Berge comes to the company with 22 years of experience in the outdoor business and will be responsible for all aspects of the Dunham product development team
including product marketing, design a
Sears Holdings Gets Majority Share of Sears Canada
Sears Holdings Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary SHLD Acquisition Corp. has taken up 10,161,968 common shares of Sears Canada pursuant to its take-over bid, representing approximately 9.5% of Sears Canada's outstanding shares. As a result, S
Shoe Carnival Doubles Earnings on 11.7% Comp-Sales Increase
Shoe Carnival, Inc. net earnings for the fourth quarter increased 154% to $3.0 million from net earnings of $1.2 million in the fourth quarter last year. Diluted earnings per share increased to 22 cents per share from 9 cents per share last year. Net sale
Manzella Appoints Two Senior Executives
Manzella appointed Joe Campisi as Chief Marketing Officer and Jim Wagner as Vice President of Design, Development and Sourcing. As chief marketing officer, Joe Campisi's primary responsibility at Manzella will be to lead global marketing efforts to r
Gander to Open New Minnesota Shop
Gander Mountain Blaine, Minn. market with the opening of a 66,000-square-foot store in April 2006. The Gander Mountain store will be located at 10650 Baltimore Street NE, just off Hwy 65, in Blaine. The store will employ a sales staff of approximately 75
Ron Jon Partners with Bula Parent for Canadian Stores
Ron Jon Surf Shops plans to license six shops across Canada in a deal with Filmar Corp., who also is a Canadian licensee of the popular O'Neill surfwear brand as well as the parent company to Bula Headwear. The first two Canadian stores are planned f
Outdoor Industry Rendezvous Scheduled for October in Chattanooga
The Outdoor Industry Rendezvous the industry’s largest leadership conference October 11-14, 2006 in Chattanooga, Tennessee to expand network and create new industry colleagues; explore new business tools and techniques; discover models of innovation and p
Sole Tech Adds to PR Team
Sole Technology announces a new player on the team with the addition of Brian Jones to its Public Relations department for éS and Emerica. Following skateboarding since he was a wee lad, Brian brings 20 years of skateboarding experience and seven years of
Factory Design Labs Expands Team
Factory Design Labs has added 11 new employees to its team since the start of the year. Amongst others, Andee Conner Foutch has joined Factory as the Media Director; Erik Evans joined as the director of finance; Tod Hamilton as Creative Services Studio Ma
Factory Design Labs and SIA Part Ways
After more than three years and literally hundreds of projects executed, Factory Design Labs and SnowSports Industries America (SIA) have terminated their relationship. Factory designed and produced SIA's “Intelligent Partner” brand platform, corpora
Allyance Helps Raise Funds for Boarding for Breast Cancer
The Allyance Mountain Team made an assault on Killington’ this past weekend, to support the Boarding For Breast Cancer events. Spring-like conditions and a strong, supportive crowd made the evening RailJam a success and the contributions of 10 very eligl
GBMI Names Ward as SVP of Operations
Global Brand Marketing, Inc. appointed Sam Ward to Senior Vice President of Operations. In this position, Mr. Ward will be responsible for leading the global operations strategy and will continue to improve the efficiencies in all operation and technology
Zumiez Posts 20.7% Q4 Comp Sales Gain
Zumiez Inc. reported total net sales for the fourth quarter increased 42.3% to $75.4 million from $53.0 million in the year-ago quarter. The company posted net income for the quarter of $6.8 million or 47 cents per diluted share versus net income of $4.2
Schutt Sports Appoints President and COO
Schutt Sports has appointed Eric Ashleman as president & COO. Julie Nimmons will continue as CEO. For the last four years, Eric has worked for the Danaher Corporation, first serving as VP of operations for Joslyn Manufacturing in Chicago, IL, as presiden
Under Armour Makes Changes to Management Team
Under Armour, Inc. promoted Wayne Marino to Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer. In addition, William Kraus was named Senior Vice President of Marketing; Richard Zielinski was appointed as Vice President, Technical Services. Tony O'Neill