SGB Update Sports & Fitness
Retail Sales Decreased 0.2 percent in February
Excluding automobiles, gasoline stations and restaurants, retail sales declined 0.2 percent seasonally-adjusted month-to-month yet were up 3 percent on an unadjusted year-over-year basis…
Clif Bar Opens Sustainable Bakery in Twin Falls
Clif Bar & Company, the parent of Clif Bar and Luna Bar, celebrated the groundbreaking of its first owned and operated bakery, the Clif Bar Baking Company, in Twin Falls, iD. With a focus on people and sustainability, the new 275,000-square-foot bakery…
Brown Shoe’s Q4 Profits Jump
Brown Shoe Company reported earnings on an adjusted basis were up 45.5 percent in the fourth quarter, to $9.0 million, or 20 cents per share, compared to reported net earnings of $6.2 million, or 14 cents, in the fourth quarter of 2013. Comps at Famous F
Adidas Partners with Prospect League
Adidas entered into a multi-year sponsorship with The Prospect League, an elite Midwestern collegiate wood bat summer baseball league…
Black Diamond Equipment Names New Managers
Black Diamond Equipment announced Heath Christensen and Tor Brown have returned to the company in new roles as director of sales for North America and mountain line category director, respectively. Industry veteran Matt Burbach will also join Black Diamon
Havaianas U.S. Expansion Fuels Alpargatas Q4 Growth
Alpargatas reported strong sales of its Havaianas flip flops in the United States and Europe continued to offset declining sales in Latin America in the fourth quarter. The company also reported higher sales of Mizuno and Timberland in its native Brazil..
Phoenix Footwear’s Q4 Revenues Climb
Phoenix Footwear, the parent of Trotters and SoftWalk, reported sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 increased 28.0 percent to $5.6 million…
Pearl Izumi Hosts Fun Runs to Celebrate National PI Day
Pearl Izumi is hosting a number of 3.1415 mile fun runs on National PI Day, which occurs on Saturday, Mar. 3…
National Bike Summit Underway in Washington D.C.
The National Bike Summit began Tuesday, March 10 in Washington, D.C., bringing together hundreds of passionate bicycling leaders from communities across the country.
Atomic’s Bruce McDonald Named an SIA 2014 Regional Rep of the Year
SnowSports Industries of America (SIA) recognized Atomic Sales Rep Bruce McDonald as a 2014 Regional Rep of the Year…
Saxx Underwear Appoints Erik Darby as U.S. Sales Leader
Saxx Underwear Co. announced the addition of Erik Darby, who formerly worked for Oakley, Converse and Pony, to the newly created position of U.S. sales director…
TomTom Connects Smart Watches to Nike+
TomTom announced that its range of TomTom Runner and Multi-Sport GPS Sport Watches will now connect to Nike+…
Fixing NA Becomes Top Priority for Adidas in 2015
Capping off a challenging year, Adidas AG significantly widened its fourth-quarter loss. The net loss came in at €140 million ($155 million), compared with a loss of €10 million for same period the year before…
Smith and Wesson Sees More Stability in Q3
Smith & Wesson reported third-quarter sales sunk 10.5 percent to $130.6 million, but the decline was ahead of guidance calling for sales between $113.0 and $118.0 million…
Quiksilver Q1 Earnings Delayed By Audit Commitee Probe
Quiksilver Inc. postponed its first quarter earnings release scheduled for March 5 pending an investigation of “a revenue cut-off issue” by company directors…
