SGB Update Sports & Fitness
USDA Launches New Conservation Initiative
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow to launch a new conservation initiative with an focus on public-private partnership. The new program promises to go beyond traditional government efforts to a
Hibbett’s Q1 Comps Grow 4.1 Percent
Given the category challenges facing Dick’s Sporting Goods and the weather hurdles facing many retailers in the first quarter, Hibbett Sports, Inc. was content to muster a modest profit gain in the first-quarter, boosted by a healthy 4.1 percent com
Foot Locker Sees Record Quarterly Profits
Aided by its role as kingpin of the basketball category, Foot Locker Inc. reported its most profitable quarter in its history an athletic company and perhaps its 135-year history. On a conference call with analysts, Ken Hicks, chairman and CEO, noted that
Under Armour Partners With Rugby Canada
Under Armour and Rugby Canada announced a new multi-year sponsorship designating UA as the official technical partner for the sport's national governing body…
Shoe Carnival’s Q1 Comps Slip
Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported net earnings for the first quarter declined slightly to $9.2 million, or 45 cents per share, from $9.5 million, or 47 cents, per diluted share. Sales reached $235.8 million a 1.5 percent increase…
Zumiez Posts Flat Q1 Earnings
Zumiez Inc. reported total net sales for the first quarter ended May 3, increased 9.7 percent to $162.9 million from $148.5 million in the first quarter ended May 4. Comparable sales increased 1.8 percent…
The Mountain Air Becomes 49th Grassroots Retailer
The Mountain Air, a specialty outdoor retailer that has done business in San Luis Obispo, CA since 1975, has been admitted as the newest retail member of Grassroots Outdoor Alliance…
Redington Sponsors GoPro Mountain Games
Redington, which makes performance fly fishing gear, has secured the title of the official fly fishing sponsor of the event is excited to announce its partnership with the 2014 GoPro Mountain Games…
AAFA Signs MOU with Hong Kong Textile Industry
The Hong Kong General Chamber of Textiles Ltd. (HKGCOT) and the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate cooperation between the two organizations…
Yue Yuen Estimates $37M Worker Provision over China Strike
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd said it would make a preliminary provision of some $37 million to an employee benefit program at its Gaobu factory in southern China as part of an agreement that resolved a major strike…
Farm to Feet Named Official Sock of Cayuga Trails 50
Farm to Feet has signed on as the official sock of the Cayuga Trails 50 (CT50), presented by Farm to Feet’s retail partner the Finger Lakes Running Company. The second running of the 50-mile trail running race in Ithaca, NY, is scheduled for June 1
Gander Mountain to Open First South Carolina Store
Gander Mountain announced today they are expanding their network of outdoor specialty stores with a new location in North Charleston, set to open later this year…
NSSF Offers $100,000 in College Grants For Shooting Programs
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is making a total of $100,000 in grants available to public and private colleges for start-ups of new target-shooting clubs and teams…
May Bookings for Mountain Resorts Up Double Digits
As of April 30, bookings at U.S. mountain resorts for the month of May were running 12.7 percent ahead of their level a year earlier, according to DestiMetrics, a Denver company that tracks bookings and occupancy at approximately 300 properties in the E
Mizuno’s Mobile App Supports Non-Profit
Mizuno is converting “miles into money” by donating $1 for every mile run up to 100,000 miles by runners who download and run with Mizuno's mobile “baton” app at www.ifeverybodyran.com. The program is the next phase of Mizuno's “What If Everybod
