SGB Update Outdoor

Everlast to License Women’s Apparel to Jacques Moret…

Shares of Everlast Worldwide more than doubled for the week after the company last week signed its biggest deal to-date handing over its U.S. women’s business to Jacques Moret, Inc. in a license deal that commences January 1, 2005. JMI will pay approxima

Foot Locker Inks ESPN Deal; Settles Discrimination Case…

Foot Locker Inc.’s consumer direct unit, Footlocker.com, has inked an agreement with ESPN.com to run ESPN Shop, an ESPN-branded direct mail catalog and e-commerce site. Both the catalog and the E-commerce site feature a variety of ESPN-branded and non-ES

Holiday Retail Forecasts Bolstered by November Sales Numbers…

Based on data reported by the U.S. Commerce Department, November GAFS retail sales, which include most general merchandise categories, rose 4.7% over last year. The National Retail Federation said that November sales were in line with their forecast of 4

Industry Starts to Settle Down After MandA Binge…

Industry vendors looked to acquisition help to boost sales and earnings growth for the third quarter, with the Hardgoods companies relying much more on those deals over the last year to bolster the top line. Benefits from foreign exchange rates also push

B.O.S.S. Has an Eye On… Backcountry.com

In the mid 90’s during the height of the dot com bubble, John Bresee and Jim Holland worked together running internet sites for other companies and publishing a ski resort newspaper in Snowbird, Utah. The pair wanted to launch a core retail shop catering

Veltec Launches SnowSports Division

Veltec Sports is bringing their expertise and marketing horsepower to the slopes this winter. Veltec’s new Snow Sports Division will make its official debut at January’s SIA Show, showcasing the latest helmets, goggles and eyewear from Briko, energy nutri

Sport-Haley to Look at Strategic Alternatives

Sport-Haley, Inc. has engaged the investment banking firm of Caymus Partners LLC to assist the Company in exploring potential strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value. It is not known at this time whether any transaction will result from explo

Fox River Inks Deal with WEDALI

Fox River has inked a sponsorship deal with the WEDALI (We Eat Dust…And Like It) Adventure Racing Team. Justin Bakken, Scott Lund, Paul Bronkhorst, Ellen Farseth and Scott Erlandson (all with ties to the Midwest) make up the team and recently placed 6th i

K2 Consolidates Paintball Unit

Two of K2's paintball brands, JT USA and Worr Game Products will consolidate their two operations and operate under the direction of Bud Orr, President. In a move to ensure the efficient operation of the two businesses, and serve the customer base,

adidas Sees 2004 as Most Successful Football Year

adidas expects to “once again achieve new record sales in football” in 2004, accoriding to comments made by Herbert Hainer, CEO of adidas-Salomon AG. More than 1.3 million replica jerseys, over 1.6 million UEFA EURO 2004™ licensed products and more than