SGB Update Outdoor

Sales Reps Wanted — Lafuma USA

LaFuma, European leader in the outdoor industry is looking for an outside sales representative to cover the Rocky Mountain territory: Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming. Lafuma offers a wide range of products including packs, sleeping bags, footwe

180s Wins Preliminary Injunction Against JC Penney, Drew Pearson

180s announced Monday that a Federal judge in Baltimore has issued a preliminary injunction on behalf of 180s against J.C. Penney Company Inc., J.C. Penney Corporation Inc. and and Drew Pearson Marketing, Inc. 180s requested the order because of alleged

Golfsmith Q3 Net Income Falls 47% on 7.9% Comp Sales Decline

Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. reported net revenues for the third quarter ended October 2 increased 3.9% to $73.9 million compared with $71.1 million in the year-ago period. Same-store sales decreased 7.9% in Q3 compared to an increase of 12.6%

WSA Super Bowl Scheduling Snafu Creates Challenges…

The scheduling screw up for the February WSA show has caused a lot of concern and confusion in the athletic footwear industry. (For those of you just getting back into the country, the second day of the WSA Show is Super Bowl Sunday, one of the biggest d

The Buckle Net Up 22% on 5% Comps…

The Buckle reported a solid increase in sales and income for the fiscal third quarter. Sales grew 10.2% to $133.7 million compared to $121.3 million for fiscal 2003. Comparable store sales were up 5.1% for the quarter…

Black Diamond Restructures and Recalls…

Black Diamond is bringing several new faces on-board for engineering, design and administrative positions in an effort to re-structure to cope with the changing nature of the climbing and ski hardgoods market…

Eddie Bauer Off the Block After Parent Sees Disappointing Bids…

Eddie Bauer’s parent company, Spiegel, has reportedly taken the retail chain off of the auction block, after receiving a series of disappointing bids. Final bids for the company were received in August, and sources close to the deal said that the valuatio

Trek Signs Deal with Alliance for Private Label Credit Cards…

Trek has added one more item to its list of dealer services. Earlier this year Trek inked an exclusive deal with Catalyst marketing to provide catalog support to retailers during Trek’s annual super sale, and now the company has signed a five-year deal wi

Rebel Sport Looks to Holidays for Profit Recovery…

Briscoe Group, the parent company to New Zealand’s largest sporting goods and outdoor equipment retailer, Rebel Sport, reported un-audited sales for the three months ended October 31, 2004 were $71.6 million, a 5.0% increase over the $68.2 million reporte

Bike Buyer — Sport Chalet

Sport Chalet, Inc. is looking for a Senior Buyer with an emphasis in Bicycles or Fitness – responsibilities include assortment planning, product development, selection and promotion, vendor negotiation, gross margin and inventory control, develop s

adidas to Keep Soccer Boot Production in Germany

The Executive Board of adidas-Salomon AG has decided to maintain the production of football boots in Germany, thereby underlining its commitment to the roots of its production in its home market. The plan includes measures to further automate series prod

Rossignol Hurt by Asia Weakness…

Rossignol’s fiscal second quarter and first half showed a marked improvement, but requests to delay shipments and exchange rates again pulled sales down. The delayed shipments are having a “positive effect” on second half sales, and the company is maintai

Occupational Market Pushes LaCrosse Sales Up…

LaCrosse Footwear recovered from a flat second quarter and posted a 15.4% increase in third quarter net sales to $34.5 million compared to $29.9 million in the third quarter of 2003. The company said it has benefited from the occupational market's ye