SGB Update

Soul Sports Lands $20,000 Relocation Grant From Park City

Soul Sports has obtained a $20,000 economic development grant to relocate its Soul Poles operation a ew miles to Park City, UT, the upscale mountain resort town that is recruiting sustainable businesses to diversify its economy. The award demonstrates the

Luxottica Says North American Sales Accelerated in Q2

Luxottica Group reported its North America sales accelerated in the quarter and that its sunglassess businesses continued to set the pace globally at both it Wholesale and Retail divisions. Ray-Ban and Oakley drove a 9.9 percent currency-neutral increase

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…

Ruger Reschedules Q2 Earnings Announcement

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. will announce its financial results for the second quarter and file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q on Tuesday, July 29, 2014, after the close of the stock market…

Rusted Rooster Media Adds to Staff

Rusted Rooster Media, a complete in-house production and consulting agency, announced that Katie Wilberding has joined the company as production and marketing coordinator.

Timberland Appoints New Brand President

Timberland promoted Stewart Whitney to brand president effective Oct. 5, 2014. Whitney led Timberland’s growth in the Asia Pacific region since 2008. He will report to Patrik Frisk, who has held the position since the brand’s 2011 acquisition

Red Fox to Sponsor USA Pro Challenge

Red Fox Wireless, the maker of wireless audio headphones and accessories, announced its partnership with the USA Pro Challenge professional cycling race…