Pelé Sports Earns ISPO Award
The Trinity 3E from Pelé Sports was awarded the most innovative product of the year in the area of “footwear” as part of the ISPO BRANDNEW Awards…
Washington State Parks Girds for Budget Shortfall
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is preparing to dramatically cut costs, change short-term service levels and become more self sufficient as part of a strategy to prepare for a budget gap as high as $30 million. The changes comes as th
Asics America Appoints Tracy Paoletti to VP, Sales
Asics America Corporation promoted Tracy Paoletti to vice president of sales with three regional managers reporting directly to her. Her team will consist of Mike Mitchell, senior regional director, West, Patty Kelly, regional manager, East and Mike Jense
Astral Buoyancy Names New Rep
Astral Buoyancy Company said Chris Summa of Modern Tradition Sales will service its dealers and drive sales in the key territory that includes Florida, Alabama, Georgia and the Caribbean starting Nov. 15…
NSGA Creates New Industry All-Star Awards Program…
The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) has created a new way for the industry to recognize outstanding accomplishments and contributions with the launch of its All-Star Awards program. The All-Star Awards program is meant to recognize the most out
MEC Awards More than $600,000 in Grants
Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) named the fall recipients of its community grants program, with 58 community-based environmental and outdoor recreation projects awarded a total of $604,389. These grants are announced twice each year, with over $1.3 million
Isis Finalizes Product and Design Team
Isis appointed a director of design and development, a product manager, a product developer and a product designer at its new home in Boulder, CO. The appointments follows parent company American Rec's decision last spring to move the women’s a
Bicycle Leadership Conference Registration Opens
Registration has opened for the 2012 Bicycle Leadership Conference taking place April 17-19 in Monterey, CA. The conference will examine the rising importance of cities in bicycle advocacy, digital marketing strategies, and means of raising capital in a r
ComScore: Black Friday Online Spending Up 26 Percent
ComScore reported U.S. retail e-commerce spending for the first 25 days of the November – December 2011 holiday season increased 15 percent to $12.7 billion. Black Friday (November 25) saw $816 million in online sales, making it the heaviest online spendi
Gellert Named Brand President at Black Diamond Equipment
Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd. promoted Ryan Gellert to the newly established position of Black Diamond Equipment brand president. Peter Metcalf will remain president and CEO of Black Diamond, Inc…
Salomon Names Full U.S. Alpine Category Manager
Salomon has appointed Jake Fuller to the position of Salomon USA Alpine product category manager…
U.S.S.A. Names Ski, Snowboarding and Freeskiing Team Vendors
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association named 60 different brands as suppliers to the U.S. Ski Team, U.S. Snowboarding and U.S. Freeskiing…
City Sports Raises $10K for Breast Cancer Research
City Sports raised $10,000 to benefit the Tufts Medical Center Breast Cancer Research Fund, the result of a successful October social media campaign which generated awareness for the cause via the brand's official Facebook page…
Li Ning Sees Q2 Momentum Slow
Li Ning Company Limited said order volume for its second quarter were flat on a year-on-year basis. Both the average retail selling price and order volume for apparel posted low-single digit percentage declines; whereas for footwear products, the average
Rife Putters Sold to Innovex
Innovex Golf announced that it has acquired Rife Putters. Terms were not disclosed…
