SGB Update Sports & Fitness
Spyder Appoints Backbone Media to Manage Public Relations
Spyder Active Sports Inc. has retained Backbone Media of Carbondale, Colorado to handle its public relations efforts…
Gap’s Piperlime.com Expands into Apparel
Piperlime.com, the Gap Inc.'s shoe and handbags e-retail site, is expanded its product offerings to women’s apparel…
Smith and Wesson Reports Q1 Sales Up 30% on Handguns, Tactical Rifles
Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation said net sales for the first fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2009 were $102.2 million, which was $23.8 million, or 30.3%, higher than net sales of $78.5 million for the first fiscal quarter last year…
REI Releases Stewardship Report
REI released its third annual stewardship report that provides an evaluation of the co-op’s social and environmental efforts in the 2008 calendar year…
Canada Goose selects CenterStone’s B2B E-Commerce Solution
CenterStone Technologies, Inc. announced that Canada Goose has selected the company’s iVendix Software-as-a-Service (Saas) application. When the iVendix B2B solution goes “live” later this fall, the Canadian manufacturer of down jackets
Dick’s SG Launches Mobile Site at Dallas Cowboy’s New Stadium
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. launched its new mobile site past Labor Day weekend on the world's largest HDTV video board at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium. The retailer said it was the first time a stadium video billboard had offered this level o
NC Highway Patrol Switches to SWHC Pistols and Tactical Rifles
Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation said the North Carolina Highway Patrol has chosen to equip all of its officers with Smith & Wesson Military & Police (M&P) Series pistols and with M&P Series tactical rifles. The M&P357 pistols and M&P15 tactical rifles
Forzani Comps Fall 1% in Second Quarter
The Forzani Group Ltd. total revenue for the second quarter was up 0.3% from a year earlier and included an 8.1% gain in wholesale sales to third parties and the franchise network. Comparable store sales fell 1.0% during the quarter. Forzani slipped to a
CLC Forecasting Decline in Sales and Licensing Revenues for Year
Collegiate Licensing Company, which manages the trademarks of most major colleges, is forecasting retail sales of college fan merchandise could be down 7% this year from sales of $4.3 billion last year. In an interview with Reuters, Derek Eiler, SVP and
Quiksilver, Inc. Meets the Street in Fiscal Q3, Forecasts Loss for the Fourth Quarter
Quiksilver Inc. managed to show a small profit in its fiscal third quarter ended July 31, thanks to cost cutting efforts. But the company surprised Wall Street by forecasting a loss in the fourth quarter due to weakening sales and higher interest costs.
Wolverine World Wide Restructures Outdoor Group
Just before press time last week, Sports Executive Weekly learned that Wolverine World Wide is restructuring the reporting structure of its Outdoor Group. The main component of this restructuring was the appointment of Bill Dodge as vice president – produ
SGMA: Team Sports Impacted by Economy
According to recent research conducted by the SGMA, overall participation numbers in team sports are not as strong as they once were. The popularity of traditional team sports in the U.S. is being undermined by four key issues: the struggling U.S. econom
Cherokee Inc. to License JEM Sportswear
Cherokee Inc. entered into an exclusive agreement in the U.S. with JEM Sportswear for men’s and boy’s knit tops for its Sideout brand. JEM Sportswear, based in San Fernando, CA, currently has 35 active licensing deals with Disney, Hasbro, Fox,
Nordstrom Reports August Comps Slide 7.6%
Nordstrom, Inc. reported a 7.6% decrease in same-store sales for the four-week period ended August 29. Total sales were $541 million for August 2009, a decrease of 3.0% compared with $558 million for the same period in fiscal 2008…
Kohl’s August Comps Increase 0.2%
Kohl’s Corporation total sales for the four-week month ended August 29, 2009 increased 4.8% to $1.32 billion compared to $1.26 billion during the four-week month ended August 30, 2008. On a comparable store basis, sales increased 0.2%…
