SGB Update Outdoor

Cutter and Buck Fiscal Q2 Profits Jump…

While Cutter & Buck reported a decline in total sales in its fiscal 2004 second quarter, the company continued their turnaround as net income jumped 600% due to actions emphasizing profitable sales, reducing costs and improving sourcing and product pricin

Variflex Looks to Shrek for Help…

Variflex had another tough quarter, with sales declining 4.0% from $12.6 million in fiscal Q1 2003 to 12.1 million in fiscal Q1 2004 ended October 31. VFLX swung to a loss of $477,000. or 10 cents per share, compared to $11,000, or $0 per share LY…

Spiegel Actions May Signal Renewed Focus on Bauer…

Spiegel is becoming more active with its management of their Eddie Bauer subsidiary, asking the judge overseeing their Chapter 11 bankruptcy for permission to close around 30 stores and open 17 new ones. This action may not bode well for LL Bean’s intere

Rocky Hits Wolverine with Stalker Suit…

Rocky Shoes & Boots and Wolverine Worldwide are duking it out over the “Stalker” brand name. Rocky last week sued Wolverine in Federal District Court in Columbus, OH, citing Wolverine’s use of the word “stalker” on a new line of hunting boots…

Brown Shoe Co. Escapes Big Lawsuit Hit; Exits Canada Factory…

In spite of several proactive initiatives to remedy an environmental impact problem in Colorado, Brown Shoe Company lost a lawsuit filed by Denver area residents. The plaintiffs had sought more than $380 million, including punitive damages, but the jury d

The White Weekend after Black Friday…

As the entire Northeast turned white under a blanket of snow last weekend, retailers from the fashion, electronics, and sporting goods sectors were reporting a disappointing outcome for the second biggest shopping weekend of the year. But outdoor retail a

InSport Awarded Navy SEAL Contract

InSport has been awarded a significant contract to meet the performance demands of the elite Navy SEALs. Under the contract, InSport will build the Navy SEAL’s next-generation combat clothing ensemble, known as the Protective Combat Uniform, or PCU.

Lu Rasmussen joines Precor

Fitness industry veteran Lu Rasmussen has joined Precor in
the newly created position of Director of Leasing. according to Precor VP of Commercial Sales Chris Torggler, Rasmussen has a directive to launch an ongoing, comprehensive leasing program that s

Dillards Increases Credit Facility to $1 billion

Dillard's has amended and extended its senior secured revolving credit facility. The amendments include an increase to the amount of the facility to $1 billion from the previous amount of $400 million…

Collegiate Pacific Acquires Team Sports Distributor

Collegiate Pacific announced that it has executed a letter of intent to acquire Kesslers Team Sports of Richmond, IN., the nation's largest independent team sporting goods distributor with annual revenues exceeding $30 million. Kesslers is recognized

Singing Rock Expands

Singing Rock office team expands with 2 new employees.Vojtech Dvorak will be joining the team as the world wide brand manager, and Jan Novotny joins product development as sourcing manager. Vojtech's area will cover grafic work, shop displays, sales

Cold Sports Distribution Inc. Fouded

Bruce Caslowitz and Blaise Rosenthal have formed Cold Sports Distribution Inc. Bruce has an experienced role in snowboarding as sales coordinator and Blaise is the founder of Millennium Three and a professional snowboarder…

Athlete’s Foot Targets Greece

The Athlete's Foot has formalized an agreement with Veto S.A. of Athens, Greece to become The Athlete's Foot's master franchisee for Greece. The company projects multiple store openings over the length of the 10-year agreement in an effort

Primaloft Sponsors Adirondack Backcountry Ski Festival

PrimaLoft is continuing its involvement as a primary sponsor of the second annual Adirondack Backcountry
Ski Festival to be held on Friday, February 27th – Sunday, February 29th in Keene Valley, NY…

Dragon Brings In New Reps

Dragon Optical Is proud to announce the addition of new territorial reps to our team. All the new reps bring exceptional experience and relationships with their retailers to Dragon…