SGB Update Sports & Fitness
Keen Hires Three Product Managers
Keen Inc. hired three product experts to lead the trailhead, casual and sock teams. The hires include Jeff Dill as footwear business director of the trailhead category; Johanna Koeberle, senior merchandising manager for Blvd, the Keen casual category; an
Granite Gear Names New Reps in Pacific NW, Alaska
Garth Evans of Technical Spectrum Marketing and Darren Stone and his agency, the Stone Group West, have begun representing Granite Gear in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana) and Alaska…
Mountain Khakis to Skip Outdoor Retailer
Mountain Khakis announced it will not be attending year’s Outdoor Retailer Summer Market and divert the savings to
programs that drive traffic to dealers…
Li-Ning Partners with Endomondo Around Running Events
Li-Ning has teamed up with Endomondo, the online sports and fitness community based on real-time GPS tracking for runners and cyclers, to host “Rediscover the Run.”…
Fruit of the Loom to Sponsor Bluegrass State Games
The Bluegrass Sports Commission (BSC) announced that Fruit of the Loom has signed on to be the official apparel sponsor of the Bluegrass State Games, presented by Subway Restaurants…
Fanatics Hires Kohl’s Exec as GMM
Fanatics, Inc., the online retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise, appointed Jack Boyle as president of merchandising. Prior to his position at Fanatics, Boyle was EVP – general merchandise manager, women’s and intimate apparel at Kohl&#
Japanese Climbers Presumed Dead on Mt. McKinley
The National Park Service said Sunday a two-day ground search of the debris path from a fatal avalanche on Mt. McKinley had been permanently suspended after clues were found confirming the likely location of four deceased climbers from Japan…
Callaway Golf Appoints Marketing Chief
Callaway Golf Company announced the appointment of Harry Arnett as senior vice president, marketing. In this role, Arnett assumes leadership of the company's global marketing, communications and go-to-market functions…
USA Cycling Fills Most of the Slots On Olympics Team
USA Cycling announced Friday 21 of its 24 nominees to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team, including 10 male and 11 female athletes across the disciplines of road cycling, track cycling, mountain biking and bicycle motocross (BMX)…
Retailers, Brands and Technology Providers Agree on Global Serial Number System
Major American retailers, brands and technology providers have agreed on a set of guidelines for assigning serialized identification numbers to individual items – making it possible to trace individual products as they move through the global apparel supp
Spyder Names Key Account Manager
Spyder Active Sports, Inc. has hired Ariana Burkley as a key account manager. Effective June 4, Burkley assumed responsibility for Spyder’s key accounts in the Rocky Mountain region. She will report to Spyder’s VP of Sales for North America El
PGA Tour Opens Second Chicago Area Store
PGA Tour Superstore is opening a second Chicagoland location on Thursday (June 14) in Downers Grove…
Hanesbrands to Redeem Debt
HanesBrands intends to redeem in July $150 million of its floating rate senior notes due 2014 as part of plans to pay off its approximately $300 million of floating-rate bond debt in 2012…
Vans Targets $1 Billion Growth, Reveals New LXVI Product Line
Vans at an investors meeting provided details on its strategy to add $1 billion in revenues over the next five years. Growth in the Americas, representing about 70 percent of total revenues in 2011, will account for nearly half of the anticipated growth,
Bakers Footwear Q1 Loss Narrows
Bakers Footwear Group, Inc. reported net sales were $44.3 million in the first quarter ended April 28, a decrease of 5.7 percent, from $47.0 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2011. Comparable store sales decreased 2.7 percent compared to an increase
