SGB Update

If you've been blessed enough to go on a snowboard cat trip before, you'll immediately notice one thing – the overwhelming majority of cat trip guests are men. Burton Snowboards, the Outdoor Industry Women's Coalition (OIWC) and Baldface Lo

SnowSports Industries America (SIA) is pleased to announce the hiring of two new staff members to join its growing team. Christine Martinez has been named the new market research manager while Sara Hobbs will assume the position of executive assistant to

Footstar, Inc. filed a motions Friday in U.S. bankruptcy court to close “in the near term” 165 underperforming stores, including all of its 88 Just For Feet stores and 77 of its 429 Footaction stores. The motions included an “emergency” request for autho

Europe and the Internet continue to outpace gains in Foot Locker’s U.S. retail stores in the fourth quarter even as the company starts to anniversary lower average selling prices, negative comps and the reduced Nike product on the floor in the year-ago pe

Pacific Sunwear is also in the pink for 2004, as February sales at both the PacSun and d.e.m.o. nameplates continue the strong performance of 2003…

Rocky Shoes & Boots has entered into a subcontract agreement with Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Company (“Belleville”) to produce 200,000 pairs of Infantry Combat Boots (“ICBs”) for $16.4 million. The ICBs will be delivered to the U.S. military under Bell

Genesco Inc. is starting to see some positive signs in the mall and is looking to turn the corner soon, raising its earnings guidance for the current year to deliver EPS in the $1.37 to $1.44 per share range on sales between $901 million and $920 million.

Despite improved sales results for the fourth quarter and the year, The Forzani Group Ltd. reported that net earnings for the year ended February 1 are now estimated to be in the range of C$0.85 and C$0.87 per share versus previous guidance of C$1.01 to C

With the acquisition of Tomark Sports at the beginning of the Year, Collegiate Pacific became a vertically integrated company, controlling everything from the manufacturing process to the distribution channels. The company is already leveraging this advan

Overall profitability and productivity in the specialty fitness retail market fell this year according to the NSGA cost of doing business study. Average net operating profit fell 220 basis points to 2.0% in 2003 from 4.2% in 2001. The average return on to

U.S. sporting goods imports rose 4.1% to $9.375 billion in 2003 when compared to 2002 according to SGMA International’s analysis of U.S. Commerce department data. Imports have risen 36.2% since 1993.
Total footwear imports declined 1.9% for the year wh

Dana Design has hired four sales representatives to market the brand’s packs, travel bags and tents to specialty retailers in 17 states. Peter and Jen Grimes, based out of Frederic, Wis., cover Illinios, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebra