SGB Update

Woolrich vice president Bruce Heggenstaller announced the appointment of Tim Joseph as director of marketing and media. In his new position, he will have responsibility for all corporate marketing and advertising… Roswell Brayton, president and CEO of

Princeton Tec is tailoring their lighting technologies for the bicycling industry. Their new Bike Series will offer cyclists three different handlebar mounted models which will make their trade debut at the upcoming Inter Bike show in October 2003, and wi

3M announced today that Inge Thulin, vice president, Europe and Middle East, has been appointed executive vice president, International Operations. Thulin succeeds Joseph Giordano, who has announced his retirement from 3M.Herman E. Nauwelaerts, division v

The sheer volume of personnel moves made in the industry the past few weeks – and a few that have been unreported until now – has pushed the usual back page Movers & Shakers footnote blurbs to front page news this week.
Both Retailers and Vendors look to

Footstar, Inc. reported the findings to date of its previously announced investigation into accounting discrepancies identified by Footstar management in November 2002. The Company also announced that Mickey Robinson, Chairman and CEO, has left the Compa

Quiksilver chairman and CEO Bob McKnight said they had “one of the best quarters we have ever had” when it reported results for its fiscal third quarter. The company said it expects to meet analyst expectations for the balance of the year and surpass the

The street appears to like the job Cutter & Buck CEO Fran Conley is doing, rewarding the company with a 17.6% jumps in CBUK shares for the week to close at $8.00 on Friday. They also appeared to be placing a bet that she was going to stay on for awhile..

On the heels of their recently-announced deal with Major League Baseball to be the exclusive supplier of non-authentic MLB fleece and T-shirts for the U.S. Mass Market, as well as Canada and Latin America, VF Imagewear officials revealed last week that th

It appears that consumers aren’t nearly as upbeat about the economy as the strong August sales results may have indicated. The University of Michigan’s preliminary reading of the Consumer Sentiment Index for September dipped to 88.2, down from the final

The warning flags are starting to go up around the industry as early looks at third quarter results for the vendor side of the fence appear to show some strain from a combination of pricing pressure and lower unit sales in the commodity businesses…

Royal Precision has entered into union negotiations for the layoff of 110 of their 230-person workforce. The company has been affected by the recent industry-wide golf slowdown, and is now re-committing their production forces to focus on the “high-perfor

Precor is looking to grow, and they may look to acquisitions to do it. Since Amer Group bought the fitness company in 2002 they have been looking for an avenue to expand their offerings into the strength market, but the company has seen slower-than-expec

Australia’s largest sporting goods retailer has completed an astounding year, making majority shareholder Harvey Norman Inc., a furniture and electronics retailer, very happy with its investment. The 2002 fiscal year was 15 months long for REB, bringing