The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment has approved a process for Cascade Lacrosse to recertify the model R lacrosse helmet…
Year: 2014
RECALL: 46,800 Uvex Bike Helmets
UVEX Sports Inc. is recalling about 46,800 bicycle helmets because the anchor for the helmet's chinstrap can fail, causing the helmets to slide off the head, posing a head injury hazard. The helmets also do not comply with the impact requirements of
Shoe Carnival Announces New Share Repurchase Program
Shoe Carnival, Inc. announced that on Dec. 11, 2014, its board of directors authorized a new share repurchase program for up to $25 million of its outstanding common stock…
Brown Shoe Co. Announces Sale of Shoes.com
Brown Shoe Company has sold Shoes.com to SHOEme, the parent of OnlineShoes.com and SHOEme.ca. Brown Shoe expects the sale to result in a gain in the fourth quarter of 2014, which will be considered a non-GAAP adjustment…
Crocs Appoints Gregg Ribatt CEO
Crocs, Inc. named veteran footwear and apparel industry executive Gregg Ribatt as its chief executive officer. Ribatt, who served as president and CEO of Collective Brands Performance & Lifestyle Group, will join Crocs in January…
Leadership Change at PRADCO Brands
PRADCO Outdoor Brands announces that its president, Ron Ten Berge, is no longer with the company…
Flambeau Outdoors Partners With Pale Morning Media
Flambeau Outdoors announces their partnering with Pale Morning Media for public relations and social media support…
Jack Wolfskin Debt Prices Drop Following Investor Meeting
Debt securities issued by Jack Wolfskin' GmbH have dropped between 9 and 13 percent in value in secondary trading markets in the last month, according to a report by Reuters that cites trading data collected by its affiliate, Thomson Reuters LPC.
Ocean Container Lines Suspend Congestion Surcharges Until Jan. 1
Major ocean container lines carrying the vast majority of Asian imports to ports along the western United States have pledged not to impose port congestion surcharges until 2015, according to the Federal Maritime Commission…
Fox Factory to Acquire Race Face and Easton Cycling in Transformative Deal
Fox Factory Holding Corp. took decisive action to fix an unexpected deterioration in its mountain biking sales last week by signing a definitive agreement to acquire all the assets of the Race Face and Easton Cycling businesses, which design, manufacture
Amer Sports to Relocate Mavic’s U.S. Office to Ogden Campus
Mavic Inc. will relocate from Haverhill, MA to Ogden, UT next summer to fully integrate with Amer Sports Winter and Outdoor (AWSO) Americas…
Glowing Tents, Helinox Brand Fuel Hiring Spree at Big Agnes
Big Agnes's has hired two top managers from Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) and added four other employees in recent months to prepare for explosive growth in 2015.
Lululemon Cites Port Delays in Lower Fourth Quarter Guidance
Lululemon Athletica Inc., which has tied part of its growth to flowing new product through its stores more frequently, expects growing delays at West Coast ports to shave $10 million from its fourth quarter sales…
Strong Pre-Season Ski Sales, Summer Visitation Narrow Vail Resorts’ Q1 Loss
Vail Resorts Inc. said growing summer visitation to its resorts as well as strong results at its pre-season ski sales narrowed normal seasonal losses at its Mountain segment in the fiscal first quarter ended Oct. 31 compared with a year earlier…
CCRKBA Calls for New Association Full Disclosure
In response to this week's launch of a new gun control organization consisting of state legislators from all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) today called on the American State Legislato
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