NSGA Mourns Loss of Another Industry Veteran
The National Sporting Goods Association is reporting that former Chairman of the NSGA Board of Directors Robert S. “Bobby” Boyer, died Monday from cancer. The Funeral is scheduled for Thursday, December 4, at 4:00 p.m. at the Park Cities Presbyterian Chur
SGMA amd SMS in Joint Venture Research Firm
SGMA International and Sports Marketing Surveys has formed Sports Research Partnership, a joint venture expected to provide market research services to the sporting goods industry. William Lawliss will join SRP as Director of Business Development. He ha
P.E.4LIFE Appoints Sponsorship Development Consultant
P.E.4LIFE, the Washington, D.C.-advocacy group for physical education, has announced the appointment of Craig Jonas of the Jonas Group, Highlands Ranch, Colo., as the three-year-old organization’s first sponsorship development consultant…
Dunham Adds Two to Product Development Team
New Balance's Dunham Bootmaker division has added Kevin Quinn and Dan Calabrese to its Marketing Department. As Senior Product Development Manager Kevin Quinn will drive and manage the research and development efforts for all the brand's produc
Canari Adds Tim Jackson To Its Flock
Canari Cycle Wear continues to strengthen its rep team, this time with the announcement of Tim Jackson…
Vendors See Upside from Healthy Retail Market…
Tighter inventories and stronger retail sales have led to improving margins for industry apparel and footwear vendors while the hardlines companies continued to lag the total industry numbers for the third quarter ended September. For those companies not
Forzani Q3 Earnings Fall on Liquidation of Casual Apparel…
Shares of Forzani Group Ltd. fell 13.1% last week to close at C$16.51 on Friday after Canada’s largest sporting goods retailer reported sharply lower earnings for fiscal third quarter and lowered earnings estimates for the balance of the year…
K2, Inc. Asks Neighbor to Move In…
K2 Inc. is expanding faster than waistlines during the holidays as the sporting goods industry’s leading brand aggregator looked just up the street for an appetizer to hold them over until their next big deal. The company on Wednesday announced that it w
Let’s Hope the Season Can Live Up to All the Hype…
While analysts are debating whether or not this Christmas will be a blockbuster year, the American consumer is speaking out and saying that they are ready to spend. Through a flurry of early holiday polls, customers have told retailers that they are going
Court Wants to Hear More in Airwalk Bankruptcy Case…
Airwalk’s banker and parent company came up short last week in their bid to have a stay lifted that has so far stymied the parent’s plan to buy the now-bankrupt shoe company out of foreclosure. Congress Financial Corporation, Airwalk International’s seni
NRF Report Sees Retail Execs Waver…
The latest Executive Opinion Survey conducted by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi Ltd. (BTM) indicates that retail executives have backed off of their enthusiastic outlook for demand at retail…
After Some Turkey, Mall Retailers Take Aim at the Golden Goose…
While many of our gentle readers were lounging at home, top pants button undone, sated with the Holiday repast, Sports Executive Weekly was out pounding the tile in search of key indicators for this critical holiday season. Due to the realities of geogra
Sibley’s to Shut Down Operations…
Sibleys Shoes Inc., a key bellwether retailer for urban footwear trends in the Detroit market, said Wednesday that it will close its 29 retail shoe stores in Michigan and Ohio. The closures would signal the end of an 83 year run that started with a singl
Other Observations at Footwear Retail…
Footlocker: They are starting to see the first of the Nike allocations of AF1, with strong window signing for the black/black release. Still plenty of black S. Carter and G-unit release on hand. Nearly all Timberland styles were discounted. Most other styles were 2/$89 or had another cut price. Most of the I3 Pressure collection […]
As Footwear and Retail Stocks Jump on Renewed Confidence…
The market went wild last week after a number of analysts either initiated coverage or upgraded a number of stocks in the sporting goods industry, sending many companies near or to their 52-week highs. The indices tracked by Sports Executive Weekly on th
