Escalade, Incorporated Announces Retirement of David L. Fetherman as President and Chief Executive Officer
November 15, 2019 at 05:35 pm EST
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Escalade, Incorporated announced that David L. Fetherman has informed the Escalade Board of Directors of his intent to retire from his position as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer. Pending the hiring of his replacement, Mr. Fetherman has agreed to continue to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer through this transition period. In addition, it is anticipated that Mr. Fetherman will continue to serve on Escalade's Board of Directors until his successor takes office. Mr. Fetherman has served as Escalade's President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a member of Escalade's Board of Directors since 2015.
Prior to assuming those positions, he was the President of Escalade Sports since 2012 and was its Vice President of Sales and Marketing beginning in 2007.
Escalade, Incorporated designs, manufactures, and sells sporting goods, fitness, and indoor/outdoor recreation equipment. It operates in one business segment: Sporting Goods (Escalade Sports). Escalade Sports manufactures, imports, and distributes sporting goods brands in basketball goals, archery, indoor and outdoor game recreation and fitness products through sporting goods retailers, specialty dealers, key on-line retailers, direct-to-consumer e-commerce, traditional department stores and mass merchants. Its archery brands include Bear Archery, Trophy Ridge, Whisker Biscuit, Cajun Bowfishing, Karnage, SIK and BearX. Its table tennis brands include STIGA and Ping-Pong. Its basketball brands include Goalrilla, Goalsetter, Goaliath, Silverback and Hoopstar. Its billiard tables and accessories brands include American Heritage Billiards, Brunswick Billiards, Gold Crown, Centennial and others. Its outdoor games brands include Victory Tailgate, Triumph Sports, Zume Games and ACL.
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