SGB Update Sports & Fitness
Thule Reports Americas Lagged Europe in Q1
Thule Group AB reported its first quarter sales reached SEK1.37 billion ($165 mm), up 27.1 percent, or 11.5 percent in currency-neutral (c-n) terms as strong growth in Europe and the Rest of the World greatly outpaced growth in the Americas…
Fitness Activities Continue To Dominate Top Ten List of Core Participants
Fitness-related activities captured eight of the top ten rankings for core sports participants in the United States for 2014, according to the 2015 Sports, Fitness, and Leisure Activities Topline Participation Report published by the Sports & Fitness Indu
Red Wing Shoe Receives Manufacturing Leadership 100 Award
Red Wing Shoe Company, the parent of Vasque, was named a recipient of the Manufacturing Executive 2015 Manufacturing Leadership 100 Award (ML 100)…
Columbia Supports Nepal Disaster Relief
The Columbia Sportswear Company announced plans to support Nepalese earthquake relief efforts with a donation of $50,000 to several non-profit organizations including Mercy Corps, OXFAM and UNICEF…
Keen Partners with Mercy Corps for Nepal Relief Efforts
Keen has partnered with Mercy Corps, a leading global humanitarian organization, to help bring relief to communities in Nepal through Mercy Corps’ Nepal Earthquake Response Fund. Keen will match every dollar raised…
Big City Mountaineers Names Executive Director
Big City Mountaineers (BCM) appointed Bryan Martin as the organization's new executive director…
SUP Industry Endorses OR Summer Market and Surf Expo
The two-year-old StandUp Paddle Industry Association (SUPIA) has agreed to endorse the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market and Surf Expo exclusively, according to Emerald Expositions, which owns both trade shows…
Fanatics Seeks Incentives to Expand in Jacksonville
Fanatics is seeking $1.4 million in city and state incentives to hire 80 more employees and expand its headquarters in Jacksonville. The state of Florida would put up about $1.07 million while the city of Jacksonville's incentives would total $348,00
Accell Reports Q1 Sales and Profits Growth
Accell Group reported both sales and profits grew in the first quarter ended March 31, compared to the same period of 2014, in a brief update issued prior to its annual shareholder meeting…
GoPro Mountain Tacks on Fourth Day, Four Events
Organizers of the GoPro Mountain Games are adding four new events to keep the 15-year-old event fresh, including a tandem SUP cross race and disc golf competition…
Boston Marathon: Running on the Mend
Like many categories, running was disrupted this year by snowstorms and a long extended winter in the Northeast and Midwest. But discussions with stores and vendors at the Boston Marathon Expo found that the arrival of warmer weather in the latter part of
Puma Reports Solid First Quarter Sales Gains
Puma posted sales of €825 million ($931 mm), up 13 percent from a year earlier, or 4.5 percent in comparable terms, mainly driven by strong sales momentum in the Footwear category, parent company Kering reported…
Treksta to Sponsor Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Treksta, the maker of hiking and trail running footwear, has become a major sponsor of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour…
Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine Joins The Conservation Alliance
Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine, the definitive guide to outdoor sports, health, and adventure travel in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, gives back to the outdoors by becoming the newest member of The Conservation Alliance…
Currie Tech Hires Midwest Territory Manager
Currie Technologies, a division of Accell North America and maker of IZIP and eFlow electric bikes, has appointed Mark Rushmann as its midwest territory manager…
