The North Face and Patagonia are looking for alternative suppliers of down feathers after being targeted by animal rights activists for buying from a California company that sources feathers from force-fed geese in Hungary, The Telegraph of London has rep
Month: February 2012
Shock Doctor Announces Partnership with MLB Catcher Carlos Santana
Shock Doctor announced a multi-year partnership with top Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher Carlos Santana of the Cleveland Indians. Santana joins Ryan Mathews, Percy Harvin, Nick Leddy and Jack Johnson on Team Shock Doctor, the company’s group of
PPR Sport and Lifestyle Division Appoints COO
PPR appointed Todd Hymel, an M&A specialist, as chief operating officer of the PPR Sport & Lifestyle division. He will be based in Paris and will report directly to Jochen Zeitz, chief executive officer of PPR Sport & Lifestyle division. The division incl
JJB Sports Plc Comps Decline Slows as Margins Improve
JJB Sports Plc, which operates more than 200 sporting goods stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland, said comp store sales continued to decline at a slower rate in the month ended Jan. 29 and fell 7.6 percent in the second half ended during that period,
Sports Inc. Adds Five New Dealers
Coming off a record-setting 2011, the Sports, Inc. Athletics Division started 2012 on a positive note by adding five new dealers to the membership. T&T Sporting Goods (Columbia, SC), Cascade Athletic Supply (Medford, OR), and Matty’s Sports (Miami,
Town Shoes Gains Equity Investment
Alberta Investment Management Corporation has partnered with Callisto Capital to make an investment that will provide them with a controlling interest in Town Shoes Limited, Canada's leading branded specialty footwear retailer. The founding Simpson
Performance Trainer Appointed to Under Armour Training Council
Power Train Sports Institute announced that its founder, Steve Saunders, has been named to the Under Armour Training Council. Widely recognized for his work with hundreds of professional athletes and thousands of youths and adults seeking higher levels of
Target Sued Over Toning Shoes
Following litigation against New Balance, Reebok and Skechers over their toning shoes, a plaintiff has filed a class action against Target alleging that the retailer's “TrimStep” footwear was deceptively advertised…
Pon Holdings Acquires Cervélo
Pon Holdings announced Friday that it had acquired Cervélo Cycles of Toronto, after successfully concluding negotiations that began last December. Cervélo co-founders Phil White and Gerard Vroomen will both…
Bianchi Buys Signficant Minority Stake in SOLA of Australia
Italian bicycle maker FIV Edoardo Bianchi SpA has acquired a significant minority stake in Sport Outdoor Leisure Australia Pty Ltd ( SOLA ), its exclusive distributor in Australia and one of Australia’s most prominent distributors of outdoor brands
Haiku by Sharon Eisenhauer Names Reps of the Year
Haiku by Sharon Eisenhauer, creator of poetically functional accessories for women, is proud to announce the Sales Rep of the Season Awards to Jodee Manfred of the Rockies territory and Kate Alexander of Alaska. The awards were presented at Outdoor Retai
Triathletes Come in Four Flavors, New Research Says
Triathletes can be divided into four segments based on experience and motivation, according to a study released at the Triathlon America conference at the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego, CA. They include…
OIA VantagePoint: Slower January Ends Solid Fiscal 2012
Outdoor Industry Association® and The SportsOneSource Group released the January 2012 OIA VantagePoint™ Outdoor Industry Monthly Trend Report, which caps off the fiscal year with some complex results — mostly due to the unusually late and tame onset of wi
Gramicci Hires Western Region Account Manager
Gramicci has hired Moss Bemis to be its western region account manager as part of a company wide sales and service expansion initiative. Bemis will be managing the business in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada..
Lack of Snow Finally Catches up with Ski Resort Occupancy, Reservations
Occupancy at ski resort properties declined 3.7 percent in January from year earlier levels, while reservations taken during the month for the January through June period plunged nearly 24 percent, according to Denver-based Mountain Travel Research Progra
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