SGB Update Outdoor

Marc Frank Montoya signs with Sims for another 2 years:

Sims snowboards is pleased to announce that Marc Frank Montoya has signed with Sims for another 2 years. “MFM is one of the most explosive riders out there and it was a no brainer, we gave him whatever he wanted” says Travis Wood, Director of Marketing fo

Lands End Hires McCreight As SVP Core Merchandising

Lands' End, Inc., has named David McCreight, a nationally regarded merchandising and retailing executive at Disney Stores Worldwide, to senior vice president of core merchandising, Lands' End. McCreight will join Lands' End on Dec. 1, and w

Burlington CEO Speaks Out On China Safeguards

Wilbur L. Ross, Chairman of Burlington Industries said, “We are delighted with the Administration's decision regarding the China safeguards. The textile and apparel industries have been hurt severely by inappropriate behavior on the part of China and

Boeri Refutes Consumer Report’s Findings

In the December 2003 issue of Consumer Reports Magazine an article was published titled “Safety on the Slopes”. In this article several ski helmets were tested and evaluated by the staff at Consumer Reports. One of the tested models was the Boeri Axis Rag

New Balance Talks on China Strategy…

In an exclusive interview with Sports Executive Weekly, New Balance Athletic Shoe president Jim Tompkins threw water on a Chinese newspaper report that suggested that New Balance would open 70 stores in China by the end of next year.

Krueger to Run CAT Footwear Business for Wolverine

Wolverine World Wide announced that Blake W. Krueger, the Company's Executive Vice President and General Counsel, will assume responsibility for the global CAT Footwear business. In this new capacity, Krueger will continue to report directly to Timo

Atlas Expands Winter Women’s Workshops

Atlas Snow-Shoe Company expands its Explore Winter Women's Workshops this season to include more venues nationwide. Presented by world-renowned adventure athlete Cathy Sassin, each indoor Explore Winter workshop will teach women everything they need

Life Link Adds New Link

Life-Link, the leading manufacturer of backcountry travel gear, is proud to announce that world-renowned professional snowboarder, Travis Rice has signed with the company to promote its Avalanche Safety Gear and to help form Life-Link's New Avalanche

Nalgene Brings In New Sales Director and Manager…

Nalge Nunc International, manufacturer of NALGENE Brand Products named Margaret Gregory to Director, Sales and Marketing, and promoted Brian Warren to Sales Manager, both for the company’s NALGENE Consumer Products…

Martino Flynn Wins Leki Distribution

Martino Flynn, LLC, has been selected by LEKI USA, the world's leading manufacturer of Skiing, Hiking and Trekking Poles, to create marketing materials and launch a public relations campaign for its new line of Nordic Walking Poles.

Callaway Promotes Davis to SVP of Manufacturing

Callaway Golf Company has promoted Ian Davis to the position of Senior Vice President of Manufacturing. Davis has been with the Company since March 2000, most recently as Vice President of Club and Ball Manufacturing. In his new position, Davis will repor

Sears Tests Urban Shop Pilot for Holidays

Sears has initiated a pilot of 50 urban shops that also include popular male urban brands such as Icewear, Run Athletics by Russell Simmons, P. Miller and South Pole. The urban shops are located at select Sears stores in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Mi

Airwalk Foreclosure Plan Stymied at 11th Hour…

Airwalk International’s parent company, Sunrise Capital Partners, almost made it to the finish line in their bid to buy the troubled company out of foreclosure on Friday, but they were stymied at the eleventh hour by a group of Asian factories and an agen

Pacific Sunwear Sees the Fleecing of America’s Teen Consumer…

The warmer weather in late October may have put a damper on some hot “cool weather” categories for Pacific Sunwear’s two retail concepts, but November is starting to shape up again, with the fleece category driving increases at both PacSun and d.e.m.o. N