SGB Update Sportsmans
PPR S.A. Extends Cash Tender Offer for Volcom
PPR S.A. announced that its previously announced tender offer to acquire all the outstanding shares of common stock of Volcom, Inc. for $24.50 per share in cash has been extended to allow additional time to obtain necessary foreign antitrust approvals and
Sport Chalet Sees No Store Openings in Current Year
Sport Chalet is not planning to open any stores in its fiscal year ended March 20112, according to its just-released annual report. It hasn't opened any stores since fiscal 2009…
Teva Adds Action Sports Marketing Experts
Teva, which is owned by Deckers Outdoor Corp., has hired former Red Bull athlete manager Toshi Corbet as sports marketing manager and Mickel Tingley as new business development manager for action outdoor. The appointments follow Deckers Outdoor's ann
Outdoor University Announces June Webinars
Outdoor Industry Association will offer four webinars this month through its Outdoor University® education program to help its members minimize legal risks and prepare for the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in August…
Greenrep.org Adds Teko and Life Factory Accounts
Greenrep.org has added Boulder, CO-based Teko Socks and San Francisco-based Life Factory water bottles to its line of environmentally conscious brands…
Fatal Shooting at Big 5
Police shot and killed a man who stole a shotgun from a display case at a Big 5 store in Watsonville, CA and fired the weapon multiple times…
Portland and OIA Fund Grant to Help Local Brands Adopt Eco Index
The Portland Development Commission (PDC) has matched a grant from Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) to help outdoor apparel and footwear companies in Portland, OR accelerate their adoption of the OIA Eco Index…
Big 5 Sporting Goods Names New SVP of Buying
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation appointed Boyd O. (“Bud”) Clark to replace Thomas J. Schlauch as senior vice president, buying, effective Aug. 1. Schlauch, who served in that role for 19 years, will provide transition services and assist in special proje
Teko Socks Hires Verde P.R. and Consulting
Teko Socks has hired Verde PR & Consulting as its agency, effective immediately…
Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Recreation Plan Wins National Award
Pennsylvania has earned top national honors for its five-year Statewide Outdoor Recreation Plan, which seeks to get residents to spend more time outdoors. Such plans must be updated every five years for states to remain eligible for federal funds, includi
May Sport Footwear Retail Sales Pace Weakens
With the month of May typically seen as the beginning of a clearance period for athletic footwear for many retailers, its importance is usually on the low end of the scale after the Easter and Spring Break periods are past and inventories are cleaned up h
Kuhl Joins Grassroots Outdoor Alliance as Vendor Partner
Grassroots Outdoor Alliance, a buying and support group for about 70 outdoor specialty stores, added the apparel brand Kuhl as a Vendor Partner…
The Buckle Sees May Comps Up 8.8 percent
The Buckle reported May comps improved 8.8% on net sales that increased 12.7 percent to $68.1 million for the four-week fiscal month from $60.4 million in the year-ago month…
TRCP Decries House Defunding of Clean Water Act Guidance
As negotiations for fiscal year 2012 budgets continue in the U.S. House of Representatives, sportsmen-conservationists are criticizing a measure that would defund the administration's work on Clean Water Act guidance that is crucial to sustaining wet
Newman Elected 41st Ducks Unlimited President
Ducks Unlimited welcomed longtime volunteer and Louisiana resident John Newman as its 41st president at DU's national convention in Quebec City, Canada, last week. Newman succeeds John Pope, who now serves as chairman of the board…
