SGB Update Sports & Fitness
Sequential Brand Posts Q4 Profit
Sequential Brands Group, the parent of Heelys, reported revenues increased to $10.6 million in the fourth quarter compared with $1.8 million in the prior year quarter. It earned $4 million, or 16 cents a share, in the quarter, against a loss of $7.3 milio
Fruit of the Loom Efforts in Honduras Recognized by EPA
Fruit of the Loom, Inc., which designs, makes and markets Spalding and Russell Athletic apparel, has been named a recipient of the EPA's Climate Leadership Award for its committment to reducing its carbon footprint in Honduras, which supplies 27 perc
HanesBrands’ Analyst Meeting Highlights Margin Improvement
HanesBrands, the parent of Champion, Hanes and Gear For Sports, highlighted its margin-enhancing Innovate-to-Elevate strategy and priorities for use of cash flow at the company’s investor day meeting on Thursday, Feb. 27…
Modell’s Sporting Goods Opens 154th Store
Modell’s Sporting Goods is celebrating the opening of their 154th location, now arriving in Capitol Heights, MD…
Joint Interbike/OR Media Event to Promote Outdoor Technology
Interbike and Outdoor Retailer joined forces to launch Charged Up, a new immersive media event designed to bring the latest in electric bike innovation and active outdoor technology to the attention of the non-endemic consumer and technology print, broadc
RECALL: 150 Mammut RescYou Devices
Mammut Sports Group Inc. recalled about 70 of its RescYou crevasse rescue devices in the United States and 80 in Canada because the pull cord lock cam can fail, posing a risk of death and inuring during a rescue…
Jos. A Bank Open to One More Offer Before Acquiring Eddie Bauer
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc.'s board of directors unanimously rejected the latest unsolicited bid for its shares by The Men's Wearhouse Inc., but left the door open for the rival retailer to make one more offer before consummating its acquisition
Worldwide Concludes Spring 2014 Show with Record Numbers
Worldwide Buying Group just completed their 2014 Spring Show in Reno, Nevada with 585 owners/buyers in attendance including twenty new prospective retailers and record number of booths at 720…
Sturm, Ruger’s Q4 Misses Street Targets
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. reported sales rose 28.3 percent in the fourth quarter, to $181.9 million from $141.8 million a year ago…
TJX Eager to Open Sierra Trading Post Stores
The TJX Companies plans to open late this year its first Sierra Trading Post (STP) stores since acquiring the retailer and has grown much more enamored with the outdoor space, CEO Carol Meyrowitz said Wednesday. Meyrowtiz said the new stores would offer e
GU Energy Promotes Three to VP and Director Positions
GU Energy Labs has promoted Michael Littleton to vice president of finance, Magdalena Lewy-Boulet to vice president of innovation and Lauren O’Connor to director of marketing…
Adidas Awards $100K to Top 40 Time in Adizero Cleat
Adidas said it awarded $100,000 to Oregon State WR Brandin Cooks, who ran the fastest 40-yard dash in the 4.6 ounce adizero 5-Star 40 cleat. Cooks won the cash with his 4.33 time…
Adidas Stops Selling Sexy Brazil World Cup Shirts
Adidas AG said it will withdraw a range of T-shirts tied to this year's World Cup after Brazil's tourism board said they encourage sexual tourism. One shows a woman in a bikini along with Rio de Janeiro’s Sugarloaf mountain and the phrase
Leupold and Stevens, Inc. Names New President and CEO
Leupold & Stevens, Inc. announces that Bruce Pettet is their new chief executive officer and president…
Wisconsin to Launch Scholastic Mountain Biking League
The National Interscholastic Cycling Association, which is organizing high school mountain biking leagues across the United States, announced Wisconsin as the newest state in its growing nationwide program…
