SGB Update

Cascade Designs conducted an investigation into possible
defects in MSR SuperFuel cans. The company concluded that the batch of SuperFuel from Lot #502-167 contains an undetermined number of defective cans that may leak
fuel from either a defective seam o

Dansko announces the hiring of Christian Shea as
Marketing/Development Specialist, a new position for the company. Shea was most recently at Digital Globe in Longmont, Colo., and 23airmail, in Denver.

Amer Sports Corporation reported its first quarter under a new name last week, posting currency-neutral increases across all divisions with the exception of the Atomic Winter Sports group. The company had to anniversary big numbers from Q1 last year when

adidas-Salomon will sell its Salomon business segment, including the related subsidiaries and brands Salomon, Mavic, Bonfire, Arc'Teryx and Cliché, to the Amer Sports Corporation. The transaction values the segment at approximately €485 million ($624

Nautilus seems to be taking some steps in the right direction in its objective to capture 40% of the global fitness market. The company has been steadily increasing its margins and stepping up its investment in both research and marketing, resulting in sa

Looks like France isn’t the place to be any longer for winter sports brands as the second blockbuster deal in a month finds another hometown brand acquired by an out-of-town suitor. adidas-Salomon AG announced Monday morning that it had reached an agreem

It just doesn't pay to work for a snow sports brand in France these days… adidas-Salomon AG announced Monday morning that it had reached an agreement with Amer Sports Corporation for the Finland-based parent of Wilson, Atomic, Precor, and Suunto to

Despite a dip in sales in its fiscal third quarter, Delta Apparel got a nice bottom line lift from improving gross margins and operating margins in the period ended April 2. Net sales for the period dipped less than 1% to $58.3 million from $58.8 million

Cabela's saw first quarter comp store sales decline 6.3%, due primarily to the last year’s grand opening of Cabela’s retail store in Penn., which brought this quarter’s comps down by 4.5 percentage points. The remainder of the comp-store decline was

Head Sport AG has decided to outsource 90% of its tennis racquet production from its European sites in Austria and the Czech Republic to China. The move is in response to the sharp rise in the Euro-Dollar exchange rates over the past two years and the sub

Russell Corporation may have transitioned itself from an apparel manufacturing company to a sports apparel and equipment marketing company over the last five years, but it is its latest foray into the world of athletic footwear that fueled growth in the m

Amer Sports Corporation reported its first quarter under a new name last week, posting currency-neutral increases across all divisions with the exception of the Atomic Winter Sports group. The company had to anniversary big numbers from Q1 last year when

K-Swiss, Inc. posted a pretty healthy first quarter despite a decline in Domestic sales, easily crushing Wall Street earnings estimates by a wide margin. But the positive mood was tempered a bit by estimates for the second that led shares lower for the w