SGB Update Sports & Fitness
Asics Appoints New UK Managing Director
Asics appointed Barry Mellis as its new managing director for U.K. & Eire. Mellis joins Asics with extensive UK and European sports trade experience, most recently as general manager of Intersport UK. Previously, she was at New Balance…
Bauer, USA Hockey Form Hockey Safety Panel
Bauer Hockey initiated a new newly-created hockey panel in an effort to strengthen communication surrounding safety issues such as concussion awareness and management, and neck injury prevention around the sport. The safety panel includes representatives
Organization Kicks Off Campaign to Protect Young Athletes from Injury
Safe Kids USA will launch a new educational effort aimed at helping parents, coaches and athletes reduce the more than 3.5 million injuries that occur in youth sports every year in the United States…
Lids To Administer Southeast Missouri State/Nike Deal
Hat World, Inc. announced its Lids Team Sports division has agreed to administer a five-year agreement between Southeast Missouri State University and Nike. In the deal the university agreed to name Nike the official uniform, apparel and footwear provide
Delayed BTS Shoppers Boost September Comps
A lukewarm start to the back-to-school season led to underwhelming growth for August retail, but it would appear anxious retailers can exhale a bit after a surprisingly solid September marked the return of stronger BTS sales as young consumers wait until
Schutt Sports Details Cash Flow Projections in Court Filing
Schutt Sports, which filed for Chapter 11 protection on Sept. 6, expects to have a cash flow of $10.7 million for the 10 weeks ended Nov. 12, according to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware…
Wolverine World Wide Raises Fiscal Year Profit View on Hefty Backlog Gains
Wolverine World Wide raised its full-year earnings outlook for the third time this year after posting better-than-expected third-quarter profits and burly double-digit backlog growth…
Billabong Deal Boosts Retail Presence in Australasia Region
Similar to the company’s recent acquisition of West 49 in Canada, Billabong reached an agreement to acquire Australian retail assets from the General Pants Group and associated parties for an undisclosed price…
Second Skin Garment Names Western Canadian Sales Manager
Second Skin Garment Company, parent company of the Second Skin and Hollas brands of golf apparel, announced that Rick Griffiths has joined the company as Western Canadian sales manager…
Wheaties Box to Feature Ford Ironman Champion
Wheaties will feature the champion of the Ford Ironman World Championship on its box for the first time in coming months as part of a campaign to position its Wheaties Fuel cereal as a key component of any sports nutrition diet…
FTC Proposes Revisions to Green Guides
Proposed revisions to the Federal Trade Commission's Green Guides cautions marketers not to make blanket, general claims that a product is “environmentally friendly” or “eco-friendly” because such claims raise expectations tha
Federal Grant to Help Nicaraguan Apparel Sector
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a $2 million grant to the International Labor Organization in a bid to improve labor conditions in the Nicaraguan garment sector. The grant marks an expansion of the Better Work program pioneered in Cambodia ten ye
Nordstrom Shows 7.5% Rise in September Comps
Nordstrom, Inc. experienced a 7.5% increase in same-store sales for the five-week period ended Oct. 2, 2010 compared with the five-week period ended Oct. 3, 2009…
Saks Up 6.5% in September Comps
Saks Incorporated said that owned sales totaled $256.4 million for the five weeks ended Oct. 2, 2010 compared to $242.2 million for the five weeks ended Oct. 3, 2009, a 5.9% increase…
Silstar Appoints New Vice President Of Sales
Silstar Corporation of America, parent company of Pinnacle Fishing, has appointed Adrian Dare as its new Vice President of Sales…
