SGB Update Outdoor
Johnson Acquires Two New Brands and More Tent Orders
Johnson Outdoors continues to add more brands to its Marine Electronics division, most recently with the acquisition of Cannon downriggers and Bottomline fishfinders. The brands and assets were acquired in a cash purchase from Computrol of Boise, Idaho, a
Interbike: Opportunities Abound for Bike Apparel…
Last Week BOSS covered many of the hardgoods companies at Interbike, which for the most part are the main attraction. While softgoods still only account for roughly 15% of the average Independent Bicycle Dealer’s annual sales, there is a growing opportuni
Garmin Acquires MotionBased Technologies to Support Move into Fitness
Shortly after officially launching their new line of heart rate monitors at Interbike in Las Vegas, Garmin has taken a second big step into the bicycle, fitness, and outdoor markets with the acquisition of MotionBased Technologies.
MotionBased is a web-b
Vail Swings into the Black in Fiscal ‘05…
Vail Resorts managed to swing back to profitability for the fiscal 2005 year thanks to across the board increases in revenues and profitable fiscal years at all of Vail’s five mountain resorts. Total fiscal year revenues climbed 11.5% to $810.0 million. N
Conservation Alliance Sees Success with Funding and Fund-Raising…
For the most recent Conservation Alliance funding cycle, membership voted to fund eight new groups, including the Alaska Wilderness League, the Campaign for the Snake River Headwaters, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and the Alaska Conservation Fou
Recall: Yakima Racks
Yakima Products is voluntarily recalling its Mighty Joe 2 and Mighty Joe 3 bicycle racks due to the latches designed to support the load arms. The company stated that these latches may appear to be latched when they are not. In such a case, the bicycle l
Spyder Seizes Counterfeits
Continually battling against black market schemes, the Spyder scored a win against counterfeit operations when a shipment of over 1000 imitation jackets and pants was stopped at the Finnish border. In late August, the Finnish National Board of Customs not
Black Label Hires Team and Promo Manager
Black Label announced the hiring of Salman Agah as the new team and promotions manager. Agah will bring with him marketing experience from launching his 'skaterade' brand sports drink and from launching 'icelounge.com,' not to mention
Interbike Sees Most Productive Year Yet
Buyers and manufacturers rolled into Interbike a week ago in a very confident mood. Strong spring and summer sales had led to breakout years for many companies and retailers. Best of all, the growth was coming from several different categories as BMX, r
Stage Stores September Comps Fall 2.6%
Stage Stores' total sales for the five-week period ended October 1, 2005 increased 0.7% to $98.5 million from $97.8 million in the prior year five-week period ended October 2, 2004. Comparable store sales decreased 2.6% versus an increase of 2.5% las
ShopKo September Comps Drop 4.6%
ShopKo Stores' consolidated sales for the five weeks ended October 1, 2005 decreased 4.6% to $250.7 million from $262.9 million during the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales decreased 4.6%…
Gottschalks September Comps Down 0.5%
Gottschalks same store sales for the month of September 2005 decreased 0.5% from the prior year. Total sales for the month increased 1.7% to $57.7 million from $56.8 million in September 2004…
Dragon Hires New Amature Surf Team Manager
Dragon Optical hired Chris Abad as Dragon's amateur surf team manager. Chris has been a sponsored professional athlete himself on the Dragon team for the past six years and is a great fit to manage an amateur surf team…
Miller Sports Technologies to go Public on OTCBB
Public Company Management Corporation's subsidiary, GoPublicToday.com inked contract agreement with Miller Sports Technologies, which operates under trade name Revolution Manufacturing. Under the contract, GoPublicToday.com will assist Miller Sports
Shoe Pavilion Q3 Comp Sales Climb 7.8%
Shoe Pavilion, Inc. reported that comparable store net sales increased 7.8% for the third quarter ended October 1, 2005 from the same period last year. Net sales for the third quarter ended October 1, 2005 increased 20.1% to $24.8 million from $20.7 milli
