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New RAEN CEO Jesse Northcott Focused on Keeping Up Momentum
Former CEO Jeff Fitzhugh, who departed RAEN for De Rigo Eyewear, says Northcott is the natural choice to take the helm.
News July 24, 2024Vista Outdoor Releases Preliminary Financial Results as CSG Agrees to Higher Price
The competition to acquire some or all of Vista Outdoor heated up this week as the company delayed a special shareholder meeting on the matter by a week and released…
News July 24, 2024Kent Outdoors Focused on Innovation and Growing Distribution, Says CEO Randy Hales
Randy Hales announced to his wife that he was planning to retire in 2018 after finishing a seven-and-a-half-year run leading mobile accessories company ZAGG Inc. After completing some training, he…
News July 22, 2024Women’s a Bright Spot in Challenging Core Market
We talk to several key surf shops about what brands and categories are working, and also have data from ActionWatch about how brands like Vuori are changing the dynamic on…
Executive Edition July 22, 2024Additional Large Vista Outdoor Shareholder Doesn’t Support Sale to CSG
Another large Vista Outdoor shareholder announced Wednesday that they do not support the sale of the company’s ammunition business to Czechoslovak Group (CSG). Gates Capital, which owns 5,589,041 shares (or…
News July 18, 2024Surf Industry Members Association Adjusts to “Seismic” Change
Ahead of the annual Waterman’s Weekend, Executive Director Vipe Desai reflects on SIMA’s 35-year history and how the association is evolving with the surf industry.
News July 18, 2024VF to Sell Supreme to EssilorLuxottica
Updated 11:15 am PST: VF Corp. filed corrected financial information for Supreme after its initial announcement. Supreme contributed $538 million of revenue and $116 million in operating income during VF’s…
News July 17, 2024