SGB Update

Michael Phelps Suspended By USA Swimming For Six Months

USA Swimming has suspended Michael Phelps for six months, forced him to withdraw from next year's world championships and taken away his funding from the sport's national governing body as a result of the Olympic champion's second DUI arres

Hillsound Equipment Adds Reps

Hillsound Equipment has added Orno Group LLC as its newest sales agency. Partners Greg Danziger and Luisa Harkins will be representing the brand in the Rocky Mountain region covering Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico…

CustomWeather Issues Long Range Snow Forecast

CustomWeather released its U.S. Ski Outlook for Winter 2014-2015, highlighting the best regions for optimal skiing conditions this winter during the months of December 2014 –February 2015…

Flylow Hires Reps for BC and Great Lakes

Flylow, a Colorado manufacturer of technical backcountry and resort ski clothing and accessories, has hired Kirby Laughlin and Matt Henry as its newest sales reps…

U.K.’s Craghoppers Wins NatGeo Apparel License

Craghoppers has secured an exclusive North American license to manufacture a collection of National Geographic-branded adventure travel apparel that will hit North American stores next spring…

Bergans USA Adds Staff and Space

Two years after entering the U.S. market, Bergans of Norway's has added staff and space at the Colorado headquarter of its U.S. subsidiary…

Davidson’s Appoints New VP

Davidson's announces the promotion of Larry Massimo to the position of executive vice president…

Skechers Performance Division Partners with American Cancer Society

Skechers Performance Division announced a partnership with the American Cancer Society to support the organization’s fight against breast cancer. The month-long breast cancer awareness program encompasses a limited-edition performance footwear line,

Camping Apparel and Gear Imports Outpacing Consumer Goods

Imports of camping apparel and gear dipped 1.1 percent in August, but are up 5.9 percent for the year-to-date period ended Aug. 31, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis…

Outdoor Apparel Brands Embrace Fair Trade Certification

Five outdoor apparel brands celebrated Fair Trade Month by releasing new Fair Trade Certified apparel, including Prana, which announced it had invested in two factories in India to quintuple its assortment of such styles for Spring 2015…

GoPro Tripling Presence at Best Buy

GoPro, announced a large scale merchandising rollout with Best Buy, the world's largest specialty consumer electronics retailer…

Seaguar Donations Help Fight Breast Cancer

As part of the launch of Seaguar Pink Label fluorocarbon leader material, Seaguar committed to donating a portion of the sale proceeds to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. (NBCF)…

September Retail Jobs Up

According to the National Retail Federation's calculations, retail industry employment increased by 35,500 jobs in September…