SGB Update

Saxx Underwear Names Tim Bartels CEO

Saxx Underwear Co. hired Tim Bartels as its newly appointed chief executive officer, effective immediately. He most recently worked at Columbia Sportswear where he served as vice president of global footwear sales…

PeopleForBikes President to Help Govern New World Cycling Alliance

PeopleForBikes President Tim Blumenthal has been appointed to the international steering board for the World Cycling Alliance, which was launched at the Velo-city Global conference in Adelaide last month to create a global advocacy network that will lobby

Sportsman’s Warehouse Comps Fall in Fiscal Q1

Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings Inc. reported same store sales plunged 18.1 percent during the 13 weeks ended May 3, 2014 as a surge in firearms and ammunition sales fell off. Same-store sales in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013 had increased 20.

Report: Toms Puts Itself Up for Sale

According to the Financial Times, Toms Shoes has hired bankers to explore a sale of the company. The report said Toms could fetch as much as $600 million…

AAFA Appoints President and CEO

The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) announced that Juanita D. Duggan, an experienced trade association executive and lobbyist, will join the association on July 1 as president and CEO…

Sponsor Adidas Concerned With FIFA Corruption Claims

Adidas released a statement expressing its concern about allegations of corruption at FIFA, the world governing body of soccer that is has long sponsored and that kicks off the World Cup 2014 Thursday….