SGB Update Sportsmans
Scott Sports Announces Running Team
Scott Sports announced the members of its running team. The men's running team includes: Joseph Gray, Ryan Bak, Jeremy Humphrey, Ian Sharman, Max Ferguson, and Kevin Everett (Triathlete). The women's running team includes Meghan Arbogast and Jod
Stoner-Andrews Adds Rep
Stoner-Andrews Inc., the rep agency based in Shelburne, VT, added Jason Giroux as the seventh member of its team…
Patriot Ordnance Factory -USA Names New Director of Sales
Patriot Ordnance Factory (POF) announces Monica Sipp as its new national director of sales and marketing…
STX Signs US Women’s Olympic Hockey Star Hilary Knight
Baltimore-based STX, LLC signed US Ice Hockey player Hilary Knight to a five-year agreement…
Shock Doctor Appoints VP of Sales for Insoles
Shock Doctor Sports has hired footwear and outdoor veteran Bill Kendall, who will be joining the company as the new vice president of sales for Insoles, specialty and outdoor. He was most recently director of sales for the Polarmax…
Sojitz GMC Acquires Asian Rights to Admiral Brand
Sojitz General Merchandise Corporation (Sojitz GMC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sojitz Corporation, acquired trademark rights to England’s Admiral casual fashion brand for five regions in East Asia (China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and South Korea
Wyoming Welcomes Magpul with Proposed Relocation Aid
Magpul Industries relocation to Wyoming could be aided by loans and grants from the state…
Wenonah Canoe Adds C4 Waterman to its Paddlesportfolio
Executives for Wenonah Canoe Inc. and C4 Waterman announced their merger last week in a deal that catapults one of the world's oldest founder-owned paddlesports companies into the rapidly growing SUP market…
Patagonia’s CEO Sheahan to Pass the Torch to Marcario on Feb. 7
Patagonia Inc., which has secured its status as the poster child for corporate responsibility despite a decade of heady growth, named a new CEO last week for the first time in a decade…
Ebay Enterprise Q4 Revenues Grow Double-Digits
EBay Inc. reported that mobile users accounted for 40 percent of its new users and accounts in 2013 and generated $35 billion in sales for its merchant partners and brands, up 88 percent from 2012….
Canadian Olympic Committee Accuses The North Face of Ambush Marketing
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is cautioning Canadian consumers about ambush marketing by The North Face and some of its Canadian retailers…
NOCSAE Approves Revised Football Helmet Standard
The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) board of directors has approved the development of a revised football helmet standard that will require helmets to limit certain concussion causing forces…
Palladin Consumer Retail Partners Acquires KT Health, LLC
Palladin Consumer Retail Partners, LLC has acquired KT Health, LLC, the leading producer of kinesiology tape and related sports medicine products in the retail market. KT Tape is the most widely distributed kinesiology tape brand in the U.S., sold in 22,0
NSGA Management Conference and Team Dealer Summit Agendas Set
The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) has set the Team Dealer Program for the historic 50th NSGA Management Conference and 16th Team Dealer Summit, which will be held April 27-30 in Indian Wells, CA. The conference and summit will once again hav
REI Names Kühl as 2013 Vendor Partner of the Year
REI selected Utah-based apparel company Kühl from among 1,300 vendors as its 2013 Vendor Partner of the Year during the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market trade show. Osprey Packs, Rossignol and Darn Tough Vermont were named divisional winners…
