PGA Tour Superstore will make a $5,000 grant to The First Tee of The Grand Strand to deliver…
Year: 2014
Under Armour to Receive CLIO Sports’ Brand Innovation Award
CLIO Sports, the international competition honoring creative excellence in sports, will reward Under Armour with the CLIO Sports Brand Innovation Award…
Arc’teryx Enters Footwear Fray With Two-Piece Construction
Arc’teryx Equipment, long admired for the style and fit of its technical outdoor apparel, entered the footwear business last week with a line of technical performance shoes built using a two-piece construction method the brand says enhances performa
Survey Indicates Better Employee Engagement Helping Chinese Footwear Factories Retain Workers
Footwear brands and retailers seeking better performance and social compliance from their Chinese suppliers may want to put more emphasis on helping them engage their workers, according to the fifth annual Footwear Factory Survey from the Footwear Distrib
Trade Groups Urge California to Restart Prop 65 Reform Effort
Trade groups representing apparel, footwear and travel goods companies are seeking to restart Proposition 65 reform efforts in California from scratch after concluding a regulatory draft prepared by the state’s health regulator would increase their
Modell’s to Expand to United Arab Emirates
Modell's Sporting Goods has partnered with UAE LLC, a leading sports retailer of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in a deal that will yield the first Modell’s locations outside of the United States…
Washington Redskins’ Trademark Registrations Cancelled
In what’s expected to put significantly more pressure on Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to change his team's name, the United States Patent and Trademark Office canceled the team's trademarks on the basis that it is “disparaging t
Smith and Wesson Projects FY Revenue Decline
Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. reported earnings from continuing operations fell in its latest quarter amid declining lower long gun sales. The company also gave a down outlook for the year…
U.S. Soccer Sales Already Top 2010 World Cup
More U.S. soccer apparel sold on Fanatics.com in the first five days of the 2014 World Cup than during the entire 2010 event, according Fanatics Inc…
Learfield Sports to Acquire Licensing Resource Group
Learfield Sports, a college sports multimedia rights firm, entered into an agreement to acquire the sports marketing company Licensing Resource Group…
New Jersey Passes Ivory Ban…
The New Jersey legislature passed S. 2012/A. 3128, a total ivory ban bill with no exemptions for existing legal ivory, including 10,000-year-old mammoth ivory…
Remington and TRCP Announce Partnership
The Remington Outdoor Company and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership are launching a new partnership to spotlight and strengthen the connection hunters and shooters have to America's outdoor resources and the role they play in preserving
Yurbuds Acquisition Marks Harman’s First Active Lifestyle Investment
Yurbuds LLC, which carved out a business by designing slip-resistant ear buds for runners and other endurance athletes, was acquired last week by Harman International Industries. While Harman is a major supplier of personal entertainment systems for the a
Samsonite-Gregory Deal Highlights Growing Role of Asian Consumers and Investors in Outdoor Industry
In announcing its plans last week to acquire Gregory Mountain Products, Hong Kong-based Samsonite International S.A. highlighted the growing role Asian investors and consumers are playing in the outdoor industry. Its agreement to pay Black Diamond Inc. $8
Nike Appoints VP of Global Apparel
Nike Inc. appointed Reenie Benziger as vice president of Nike's global apparel business. Benziger moves from her current role as VP/GM of Global Young Athletes, where she has led the rapid growth of that category…
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