SGB Update

Quiksilver Slashes Q1 Loss on 2% Revenue Decline

Quiksilver, Inc.'s sales dipped 2% in its first quarter ended Jan. 31, to $432.7 million from $443.3 million a year ago. The pro-forma consolidated loss from continuing operations was $2.5 million, or 2 cents per share, an improvement over a deficit

West Marine Delays Earnings Release

West Marine, Inc. announced that it has delayed the release of its 2009 fourth-quarter and fiscal-year earnings release, as well as the related conference call and webcast scheduled to take place today (March 11, 2010) while working through final audit it

New Denver Venue Helps SIA Snow Show Set Attendance Record

SnowSports Industries America (SIA) is reporting a six-year attendance high for the inaugural Snow Show recently held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver from Jan. 28-31, 2010. The sold-out Snow Show attracted 18,932 attendees and featured over 3,

Smith and Wesson’s Posts Flat Earnings on 8.6% Sales Gain

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. reported sales rose 8.6% to $89.4 million from $83.7 million a year ago. Net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 was $2.4 million, or 4 cents per diluted share, compared with net income of $2.4 million, or 5 cents per

Reebok Donates More $25,000 to Youth Hockey in Canada and U.S.

Last week, Reebok Hockey announced that is was offering a $10,000 reward for any information that directly led to return of Sidney Crosby's 'olden' stick. With Hockey Canada's announcement on Wednesday that the stick had been recovere

Pearl Izumi Appoints Southeast Run Rep

Pearl Izumi said Joe Hurst will be joining the company as its RUN-only Agency Representative for Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama…

Visits to Colorado Ski Country Resorts Down 4%

Visits to Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) resorts in January and February were down 4% versus the same period in 2009, according to figures released by the trade group, which represents 22 ski areas…

Survey Shows Optimism Among Bike Dealers

Sixty percent of bike retailers surveyed by The Bike Cooperative expect positive sales growth in 2010, including 12% expecting sales growth of 10% or more. Local economics and online competition were deemed the biggest threats to sales growth this year…

Zappos Introduces Zappets

Zappos has launched a new campaign to celebrate its customer service reps. The campaign features puppet characters, called Zappets, that resemble Muppets and centers around the notion of “delivering happiness.”…