SGB Update Outdoor
Norton Takes a (Snowmobile) Stand in Yellowstone…
Interior Secretary Gale Norton made her stance on air, noise, and water pollution in National Parks known to all. Last week, Secretary Norton went on a three-day snowmobile tour through Yellowstone, holding a press conference and photo opportunity where
Intrawest Explores Strategic Alternatives for Mammoth Mtn.
At the request of Mr. Dave McCoy, founder and controlling shareholder of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area has engaged Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin as their exclusive financial advisor to explore strategic alternatives to enhance the v
Collegiate Pacific Acquires Salkeld Sports
Collegiate Pacific has signed a letter of intent to acquire Salkeld and Sons Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Salkeld is a premiere team sports distributor in the state of Ill. with particular concentration on the Chicago-Land area. The C
Orange 21 Income Jumps 60%, Sales Up 22%
Orange 21 announced selected un-audited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2004. The company expects to report net sales for 2004 of approximately $33.5 million, representing a 22% increase over the Company's net sales of $27.4 million
Gasperini Places Focus on Women’s Market at Volvo SportDesigns Forum
Women and girls have come a long way. In 1995, a scantily clad woman in a snowboarding magazine sold beer – or worst case – men’s snowboarding apparel. But now, ten years later, ads in vertical magazines show women carving and ripping it up just like th
Jake Burton Carpenter and Donna Carpenter Speak Up on Women’s Snowboard Market
The featured speakers at the recent Volvo SportsDesign Forum made no bones about it: Women athletes have deserved their own product lines, events and status in the sports world and culture from the beginning. Burton Snowboards owners Jake Burton Carpenter
adidas-Salomon Signs New Credit Revolver
adidas-Salomon signed its € 800 million Revolving Credit Facility, which will serve as a replacement for the medium-term lines that the Group terminated in the summer of 2004. This measure will allow adidas-Salomon to continue to improve its financing str
adidas-Salomon Still Looks for Europe Gains in 2005, Nice Boost in 2006…
Herbert Hainer, chairman and CEO of adidas-Salomon, said in an interview with Reuters last week that he expects sales in Europe to increase in single-digits for 2005 despite a dip in order backlog reported at the end of third quarter. Brand adidas generat
Big 5 Sporting Goods Restatement Casts Shadow Over Solid 2004…
A Big 5 Sporting Goods accounts payable supervisor is at the center of an issue that will cause the retailer to re-state earnings for the years 2000 through 2003, effectively taking the wind out of the sails of BGFV management as they reported another sol
Acushnet Contributes Less to Parent’s Profit Pie, But Market Share Grows…
Fortune Brands reported fourth quarter and full year results, pointing to solid results in the Acushnet Golf division that they said “outperformed the market once again,” but the numbers clearly indicate that the division was a drag on overall FO performa
Garmin 2004 Income Climbs 15% On 33% Sales Gain…
Garmin reported revenue for the fiscal year was $762.5 million, an increase of 33.1% over the $573.0 million generated last year. The Consumer segment reported revenue for the fiscal year of $591.0 million, up 31% compared to fiscal 2003. Recreation GPS
Oakley’s Fourth Quarter Income Triples on Stronger Military and ‘Thump’ Sales…
In spite of initial reports coming out of Circuit City that Oakley’s ‘Thump’ sunglass/MP-3 player was seeing slow sell through, Oakley managed to pull off a very impressive fourth quarter. Oakley Q4 net sales increased 24.5% to $153.0 million, compared wi
The Timberland Company Looks to International for 2005 Growth; Boots a Drag…
The Timberland Company pointed to double-digit constant dollar gains in Europe and Asia, coupled with balanced growth in its Domestic business and stronger global Footwear sales, as the primary drivers for a 7.2% constant dollar increase in fourth quarter
December SnowSports Sales Slow at Specialty; Chain Stores Still Has Gains…
Warm December weather slowed foot traffic in many New England Specialty SnowSports retailers causing nationwide SnowSports Specialty retail sales to slump 5% in units and 2% in dollars during the month. For the same month, SnowSports Chain retailers saw s
Louisiana Court Rejects Bass Pro TIF…
The Louisiana State Supreme Court has ruled that Livingston Parish’s TIF bill, designed to lure Bass Pro into opening a store in the town, was unconstitutional because it used dedicated tax dollars in its funding. The court did not rule on the constitutio
