SGB Update

Genesco Inc., parent company of the Journeys, Underground Station and Johnston & Murphy shoe chains, has acquired Hat World Corporation, parent of the Hat World and Lids headwear chains, in a deal worth $165 million, “subject to adjustment for changes in

Cornerstone Equity Investors will sell its investment in True Temper Corporation to company management and Gilbert Global Equity Partners and “related entities” in a deal that is expected to close “within the next 90 days”…

Shortly after recalling 420,000 of their Bowflex machines (see SEW_0405) Nautilus has decided to extend the warranty on all of the “Bowflex Power Pro” machines from five years to ten. In connection with the recall, the CPSC said that there were “59 back,

Tom Shine, currently Reebok’s SVP for Sports & Entertainment Marketing, is the latest to plead guilty in the federal probe of Just for Feet. The incident occurred when Shine was president of Logo Athletic, which filed for bankruptcy in 2000 and was acquir

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

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

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…