SGB Update

Mavic Promotes Walker, Adds Sales Reps

Mavic Inc. has promoted longtime factory sales representative Aaron Walker to the new position of product merchandising manager and hired new sales reps in the upper Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions…

TomTom Doubles Sport Sales in Second Quarter

TomTom reported that revenues from sports products more than doubled in the second quarter thanks to the introduction of its Cardio GPS sport watches, which are now available in 26 countries…

Deckers Outdoor Sees 24 Percent Q1 Growth

Deckers Outdoor Corporation reported revenues improved 24.3 percent in the first quarter to $211.5 million with strong double-digit gains at Ugg, Teva and Sanuk. Sales were again led by direct-to-consumer with 29.4 percent growth at retail and 43.7 percen

Rocky Brands Makes Hires to Support Growth

In alignment with its Blueprint for Growth, Rocky Brands made several hires and promotions to enhance its family of footwear and apparel brands, Rocky, Durango, Georgia Boot and Creative Recreation…

Columbia Sportswear’s Q2 Revenues Climb 16 Percent

Columbia Sportswear Co. reported sales grew 16 percent in the second quarter to $324.2 million compared with sales of $280.5 million for the same period in 2013. Columbia brand net sales increased $38.5 million, or 15 percent, to $291.0 million, and the

Eagle Imports Chooses Marketing Agency of Record

Eagle Imports Inc., an exclusive US importer of international firearm brands including Bersa, MAC, American Classic, SPS and Comanche today announces a new creative and strategic partnership with outdoor marketing agency, Epicosity…

Callaway Golf’s Q2 Revenues Sink

Callaway Golf Company reported second quarter sales decreased 7 percent to $232 million, compared to $250 million in 2013. Income from operations decreased 6 percent to $10.8 million…

Task Force Formed to Counter Cyber Threats to Hunters

Sportsmen, conservation organizations and outdoor personalities met at the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance (USSA) headquarters to develop strategies to counter the recent increase in cyber-attacks on hunters…

Top Officials Call for Renewal of Land and Water Conservation Fund

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) joined Randy Newberg, host of The Sportsman Channel's “Fresh Tracks with Randy Newberg,” to discuss the importance of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)

NRF Projects Consumer Spending Increase

The National Retail Federation expects a surge in consumer spending during the next five months to compensate for a weak start to the year…

Academy Sports To Open Third Baton Rouge Area Store

Academy Sports + Outdoors will open a store in Denham Springs, LA, just outside of Baton Rouge. Academy also announced the renewal of its multi-year partnerships with the New Orleans Saints and LSU Tigers…

Terna, Lorpen Merge

The majority shareholder of the Spanish company IASA (owner of the brands Astore and Ternua) has acquired Lorpen, a company based in Navarra, Spain…