http://www.sportsonesource.com/rss/SOS_SBUrss.xml Up-to-Date news from Sportsman's Business Update that keeps your finger on the pulse of the hunting, fishing, and fly-fishing trade markets! Copyright (c) 2010 SportsOneSource en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT 15 http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=1&Prod=8&id=32217 http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=1&Prod=8&id=32217 Long-time optics sales executive Rich Babcock has joined sports optics provider Kruger Optical as its national sales manager...... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=4&Prod=8&id=32211 http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=4&Prod=8&id=32211 Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. reported sales rose 8.6% to $89.4 million from $83.7 million a year ago. Net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 was $2.4 million, or 4 ce... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=9&Prod=8&id=32199 http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=9&Prod=8&id=32199 Comp stores sales at Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) declined 3.5% in 2009, or less than the 5% decline the co-op had expected, the Seattle Times reported... ... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=8&Prod=8&id=32195 http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=8&Prod=8&id=32195 The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund, in partnership with The V Foundation for Cancer Research, announced that Sof Sole, an Implus Footcare brand family, has joined the fight against women... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=8&Prod=8&id=32194 http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=8&Prod=8&id=32194 Gerber Legendary Brands in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling 149,000 Gerber Gator Machete and 6,000 Cator Machete Jr. machetes due to report... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=8&Prod=8&id=32184 http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=8&Prod=8&id=32184 FLW Outdoors, the tournament fishing organization, announced that Wolverine has joined FLW Outdoors as an associate sponsor. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed...... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=1&Prod=8&id=32174 http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=1&Prod=8&id=32174 Confluence Watersports has hired Brad Taylor for the newly created position of director of field sales. Taylor will oversee the company’s U.S. field sales team to further... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=5&Prod=8&id=32159 http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=5&Prod=8&id=32159 Data released by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,243,211 checks in February 2010, ranking the month the second highest Febru... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=1&Prod=8&id=32158 http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=1&Prod=8&id=32158 Ellett Brothers announces Dick Rosenlieb as Director of Merchandising for the Shooting Division. Rosenlieb joins the Ellett Brothers Family after 20 years of service with the Natio... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=4&Prod=8&id=32144 http://www.SportsOneSource.com/news/sbu/sbu_article.asp?section=4&Prod=8&id=32144 Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. reported an 8.3% gain in fourth-quarter earnings. Sales increased by 10.7% to $1.3 billion due primarily to a 2.5% increase in comparable store sales, t... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT