SGB Update

The SIA.04 SnowSports Show wrapped up Thursday, January 29, at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, and the phrase unanimously echoed throughout the hall was, “the best show in years”. Celebrating its 50th anniversary this season, SnowSports Indus

Obermeyer has announced the winners of this winter’s retail competition, which included categories for in-store displays and on-line clinic participation. Retailers from around the country submitted their most successful displays from the past year to be

Collegiate Pacific reported it's operating results for its three and six month periods ended December 31, 2003. The First half of the year showed net sales increased 23% to $10.2 million, operating profits increased 85%, pretax profits increased 183%

Reebok International president and chief operating officer Jay Margolis announces the appointment of Dennis Baldwin as the chief marketing officer for the Reebok brand. Baldwin, who had been the brand's senior vice president of global footwear since

The May Department Stores Company announced the retirement of two senior executives and the promotion of two other executives. Clarence O. (Bud) Reynolds, chairman of Lord & Taylor, and Kenneth L. Wilkerson, chairman of Hecht's/Strawbridge's, wi

Bite Footwear obtained an agreement with Superfeet to be the exclusive distributor of Superfeet insoles to the United States golf industry. The relationship between the two companies is a natural fit: both Bite and Superfeet focus on developing functional

Stonewear Designs has launched a Yoga Ambassador program to help support the popularity they already enjoy among yoga enthusiasts. The goal of the Yoga Ambassadors program is to build a small corps of yoga instructors to be an auxiliary force to Stonewear

Paddles are flowing out of the Bending Branches Paddle manufacturing facility in Osceola, WI. After launching a complete line of compression and injection-molded composite kayak paddles at the 2002 Outdoor Retailer show, dealer response was so good that t

KangaROOS has named Amie Turrill Owens to the position of vice president of brand management. At KangaROOS, Owens will be responsible for leading brand strategy and setting product direction…

Kestrel Bicycles USA announces that
it has signed on as the official bike supplier to the new Red Edge Cycling
Team…

On Saturday, January 24, Tubbs Snowshoes and the Vermont Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation held their second annual 'Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer' Snowshoe Series at Stratton Mountain…

Timbuk2 Designs announced a new relationship with Canadian distributor: Vézar and Associates. Vézar will have the exclusive rights to distribute Timbuk2 products in Canada beginning January 1, 2004…

Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. and Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, a subsidiary of K2 Inc., have signed a new, multi-year exclusive agreement to develop the next standard in high-performance baseball equipment utilizing Liquidmetal alloys. This new pact