Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. appointed Kris Hamper as chief financial officer for global operations. Hamper will be located in the Portland, OR headquarters and provide financial direction for both LED Lenser (Yang Jiang, China and Solingen, Germany) and L
Month: February 2012
Rocky Brands Adds Distributors in Four Countries
Rocky Brands added new distributors in Germany, Finland, United Arab Emirates (UAE), United Kingdom and Russia…
Puma Partners with BMW Motorsport
Puma has entered into a new multi-year partnership with BMW Motorsport. The global sportlifestyle brand has become the official supplier of team and racewear for all BMW Motorsport racing operations, including DTM, ALMS and various high-profile long-dista
Brooks Opens First Asian Subsidiary
Brooks Sports, Inc. said it will open its first Asian subsidiary, Brooks Sports K. K., in the world’s second largest running market, Japan. Partnering with Custom Produce INC. (CPI), Brooks will bring…
Polartec Awards Princeton Unversity Outdoor Club $10,000
Polartec generated 31,000 video views and gathered 27,000 votes in its second annual Polartec Made Possible College Challenge, a contest that this year awarded $10,000 to the outdoor club at Princeton University…
Nike Invents A Shoe For Athletes With Prosthetic Limbs
Nike is introducing a new sole utilizing state-of-the art design methods and technologies to create a lightweight, durable composite sole that can easily be used with Össur's Flex-Run prosthetic blade for amputee athletes…
New Balance Proposes Expanded HQ in Brighton
New Balance is proposing to expand its Brighton campus with a new headquarters building, a track and field center, shops and restaurants, and a hockey rink…
New Balance Partners with Playworks
The New Balance Foundation announced a national partnership with Playworks, a national nonprofit organization that supports learning and a positive school climate by providing healthy, inclusive play and physical activity, to expand the power of play to m
Foot Locker Amends Credit Agreement
Foot Locker Inc. said that on Jan. 27, 2012, it entered into an amended and restated credit agreement. The restated credit agreement provides for a five-year asset-based revolving credit facility under which up to $200 million initially will be available.
Bakers Footwear Sees Q4 Comps Slid 8 Percent
Bakers Footwear Group, Inc. said that for the thirteen-weeks ended Jan. 28, the company's fourth fiscal quarter, sales were $53.6 million, decreasing 8.0 percent from $58.2 million for the thirteen-weeks ended Jan. 29, 2011…
LaCrosse Footwear’s Q4 Sales Drop 16 Percent
LaCrosse Footwear reported fourth-quarter sales slid 15.9 percent to $43.8 million, compared to $52.1 million in the same period of 2010. Sales to the outdoor market were down 20 percent, reflecting a cautious retail environment and unfavorable weather co
K2 Donates $25,000 to SOS Outreach
K2 Sports, Inc. has donated another $25,000 to youth development charity SOS Outreach to demonstrate its support for programs that get youth from diverse demographic backgrounds outdoors…
Columbia Delivers Robust Q4 But Sees Softness in 2012
Columbia Sportswear reported earnings jumped 40.1 percent in the fourth quarter on a 15.1 percent increase in revenue. However, the outerwear giant said that given the unusually warm winter globally as well as “macro-economic challenges that continue to c
House Committee Rejects Bike Funding Amendment to Transportation Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee narrowly rejected an amendment Thursday that would have restored funding of programs that have built thousands of bike lanes, sidewalks and trails over the past decade…
Kantar: Comps Store Sales up 4.9 Percent in January
Retail same-store sales stepped up to a 4.9 percent gain in January largely on the back of improved results from a few retailers such as Costco and Target, according to Kantar Retail. The sales-weighted composite for the 21 retailers reporting—most of the
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