SGB Update Sports & Fitness
JJB Sports Fined For Hiding Acquisition Costs
JJB Sports was fined £445,000 ($609,000) by the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority (FSA) for misleading the market over the cost of two acquisitions…
Tax Cuts Buoyed Early January Consumer Confidence
Tax cuts appeared to buoy consumer confidence in early January, but concern over rising fuel and food costs and flat wages could undermine confidence going forward, according to the Thomson Reuters University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers released Frid
Tapout Ordered to Pay Sales Rep $2.4 Million
A former Tapout sales representative who filed suit over a wage dispute was awarded $2.4 million in punitive damages by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury, according to a report in Beverly Hills Courier…
New Balance Foundation Donates $7M to Childhood Obesity Program
New Balance Foundation donated $7 million to Children’s Hospital Boston to establish the New Balance Foundation Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention, Clinical Research and Care. The gift will be used to transform the lives of overweight and obese
Spyder Reups Sponsorship with the U.S. Ski Team
Spyder Active Sports has been named as the official outwear provider of the U.S. Ski Team through 2016. The announcement at the SnowSports Industries America Snow Show in Denver extends a 21-year partnership between Spyder and the U.S. Ski Team…
RECALL: KEE Action Sports Paintball Gun
About 1,400 paintball guns from KEE Action Sports are being recalled. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said that when users attempt to pierce the CO2 cartridge by closing the lever to the cartridge chamber, the cartridge can fly out of the mark
Grassroots Outdoor Alliance Moves Summer Show to Ogden
The Grassroots Outdoor Alliance is moving its its 2011 Summer Show from Snowbasin to the Ogden/Weber Convention & Visitors Bureau, according to a report by Utah Business. While the show has outgrown facilities at Snowbasin, it also further validates the C
Jarden Expects Record Fourth Quarter Revenues
Jarden Corporation, which owns Coleman, K2, Marmot, Penn Rawlings and other outdoor and team brands, expects record revenues of at least $1.65 billion for the fourth quarter of 2010 and approximately $6.0 billion for the full year, according to preliminar
OBIT: Former NSGA Chairman John Cook Passes Away
John Cook, Sr., who served as chairman of the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) from 1987-1988, passed away on Sat., Jan. 15. He was 82 years old…
Adams Golf Wins YES! Bid
With a bid of $1.5 million and a total purchase cost of $1.65 million, Adams Golf has purchased Denver-based Progear Holdings dba Yes! Golf and its related assets…
Fleet Feet Introduces Vendor Partner Grant Program
Fleet Feet, Incorporated, the leading franchisor of running specialty stores, has launched a Vendor Partner Grant Program. The company awarded $25,000 in grants to five stores on behalf of its vendor partners to support the stores' charitable contrib
Sundog Eyewear Bolsters USA Golf Distribution
Sundog Eyewear has named Sundog Sport Eyewear USA, led by Doug Hamilton, as its new distributor in 24 States…
Easton Baseball Gains Little League Waiver
Little League Baseball announced a waiver, effective immediately, for several Easton Baseball bats after placing a moratorium on all composite bats in September 2010…
NSSF: 2011 SHOT Show had 3rd-most Attendees in Show’s History
The 2011 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show soared above expectations by setting records for buyer attendance at 31,769 and media attendance at 2,074, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, which sponsored the show…
Fleet Feet Surpasses $100 Million in 2010
Wrapping up another stellar year, Fleet Feet Sports, Inc. revenues for the Fleet Feet Sports franchises surpassed $100 million in 2010 for the first time and marked the seventh straight year of double digit comp store gains…
