SGB Update Sports & Fitness
Outdoor Nation, Paddle Companies, Outdoor Retailer and the National Park Service Announce the Launch of 2014 Paddle Nation Grants
Funds will be awarded to the best paddling initiatives that get young people on rivers across the U.S…
Outdoor Brands Dominate Adweek List
Outdoor specialty brands took a third of the spots in a short list of brands that still offer lifetime warranties. The short list was published as a sidebar to the cover story for the March 17 edition of the newspaper titled “For Some Retail Brands, Lifet
Iconix Brand Group Promotes Seth Horowitz to COO
Iconix Brand Group, Inc. announced several key management changes. They included the promotion of Seth Horowitz to chief operating officer and the appointment of Jeff Lupinacci as chief financial officer…
DSW’s Q4 Profits See Slight Decline
DSW Inc. reported net income, adjusted to exclude non-recurring items, fell slightly to $28.7 million, or 31 cents per share, from $31.4 million, or 34 cents a year ago. Results topped Wall Street's consensus estimate of 29 cents a share. Same-store
AMC’s ‘Outdoors Rx’ Director Honored at White House Event
Interior Sec. Sally Jewell honored a program director at the Appalachian Mountain Club’s for an innovative new outdoor prescription program “Outdoors Rx, at a special ceremony at The White House Tuesday. Launched last year with MassGeneral Hos
Costa Sunglasses Appoints Regional Sales Manager
Costa Sunglasses recently hired Emily Boynton as northeast regional sales manager for its Rx, sunglass specialty and department store accounts…
MC Sports Honors Boat Maker as Vendor of the Year
Midwest retailer MC Sports recently named Pelican International as its 2013 Vendor of the Year….
Big Shot Bikes Doubles Warehouse and Distribution Center
Big Shot Bikes LLC, based in Fort Collins, CO is expanding its warehouse, shop and distribution center from 7,000 square feet to just over 12,000 squaref feet…
Brown Shoe Q4 Profit Surges, Outlook Disappoints
Brown Shoe Co., Inc. reported fourth quarter 2013 net earnings surged 55.0 percent on lower costs and higher sales at the company's Wholesale division. However, same-store sales at Famous Footwear declined in the period and the footwear company forec
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book and Music Stores Down in February
Early estimates of February retail sales came in better than expected, with sales by sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores’ leading the way in growth over January, but falling the most when measure against year ago levels, according to advanc
Thule Group Got Quarter of Energy From Renewable Sources in 2013
Thule Group AG now gets a quarter of its energy from renewable energy according to its second annual environmental report. The report highlights progress the Swedish company made in 2013 reducing its use of water, increasing its use of renewable energy an
Sportsman’s Warehouse Introduces Loyalty Rewards Program
Sportsman’s Warehouse, with 48 stores around the United States and a strong web presence, has implemented a new loyalty rewards program for its valued customers…
Columbia Sportswear’s Raises $1 Million for Breast Cancer Research
Columbia’s Tested Tough in Pink Collection, a partnership with the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) and key participating retailers, raised over $123,000 in 2013 pushing the overall donation from the campaign to over $1 million since 2007…
QDMA Called to Become the Unified Voice of Deer Hunting at the Whitetail Summit
Deer hunting needs a unified voice to secure and enhance its future, and QDMA is positioned to fill that need…
Evernham Sales Associates Announces New Team Members
Evernham Sales Associates, Inc., an independent hunting, shooting and law enforcement manufacturer’s representative agency serving 13 Midwest states, adds four new sales representatives…
