SGB Update

Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. intends to increase the size of its proposed registered follow-on public offering of common stock to approximately 2,500,000 shares. In addition, the Company expects to grant the underwriters an over-allotment option to purch

The expiration of apparel quotas for WTO member countries — notably China — at the end of this year is prompting an outcry by members of Congress and a new international coalition of textile and apparel industries and labor associations from 45 countrie

DeFeet recently signed a sponsorship deal with World Cup Ski Racer, Bode Miller. “It’s great to be working with DeFeet on their ski sock line,” Miller said. “They're all about performance, and they’ll build me exactly what I need to win.”

REI CEO Dennis Madsen will be retiring following the company’s annual general meeting at the end of March, 2005. Over the next 10 months he will assist Sally Jewell, current COO, in transitioning to the role of CEO. BOSS caught up with Madsen just before

With all of the stories of great sell-through and amazing consumer response surrounding Keen Footwear, BOSS decided to took a closer look at the company, catching up with Jim van Dine, VP of Sales, in between his latest round of flights. Apparently much

LaFuma is reporting a 29.0% increase in net attributable profit to €1.6 million ($1.9 mm) for the first half of the year on a 1.5% increase in sales – from €80.4 million ($82.0 mm) in the first half last year to €81.6 million ($98.2 mm) for the first six

Chinook Trading has been producing private label footwear for retailers for over a decade now, but has recently decided to launch its own brands in order to build more equity. In charge of the new project is former Kamik Global Marketing VP, Mike Coogan..

Asolo USA has decided to re-organize and relocate Lowe Alpine’s American operations and brand management. The Colorado-based offices will join Asolo N.A. in their headquarters in New Hampshire. As part of the transition process, two of Lowe’s key executi

Deckers CEO Doug Otto provided quite a bit of detail on the Teva brand at the Piper Jaffray Consumer Conference in New York City last week and highlighted the strong performance of Deckers’ Ugg product.Finalizing the purchase of the Teva brand from Mark T

Kellwood CEO Hal Upbin went into real detail about the company’s performance at the Piper Jaffray conference, but glossed over the American Recreation division. He did mention that American Rec. is currently the number two player in the U.S. camping mark

The Netherlands-based trade publication, Bike Europe, is reporting that Specilaized has been handed a €500,000 ($605,000) fine for suddenly ending a distribution agreement with Ets. José Alvarez. The fine is to cover “economic, financial & commercial los

The OIA is quite pleased with the recent presidential proclamation which officially declared June “Great Outdoors Month.” The language used in the document was remarkably similar to much of the language the OIA has been using in its efforts on Capitol Hil

In response to a suit filed by LL Bean earlier in the month, Claria, a spyware software company, has countersued, calling the original Bean motion, “a baseless resort to sham litigation, all part of its unsuccessful litigation strategy.” BOSS reported la

Vail Resorts mountain revenue for Q3 of 2004 was $234.2 million, a $23.4 million, or 11.1%, increase from $210.8 million for the comparable period last year. Lodging revenue for the quarter grew $3.5 million, or 7.5%, to $49.6 million. Resort revenue, the

Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the closing of the Fila acquisition by Sport Brands International LLC, an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Partners, LP. But the company looks very different today that it did just six months ago after a round of