Champion Launches Athletes’ Creed Campaign
Champion Athleticwear, the National Alliance for Youth Sports and a council of key sports industry leaders are launching an effort to create an Athletes' Creed, a belief system designed to inspire players of all levels to reclaim the pure enjoyment o
High Sierra Enters Licensing Pact
High Sierra Sport Company has entered into a representation agreement with licensing and brand merchandising agency Global Icons to extend its product line to expand its recognition for innovation in apparel and accessories, camping, outdoor furniture, tr
Primaloft to Launch New Website to Support Channels, Consumers
PrimaLoft, the premier manufacturer of performance insulations and yarns, will launch a new website just in time for the 2010 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market…
Schuylkill Valley Sports Promotes John DeMaria
Schuylkill Valley Sports has promoted John DeMaria to director of apparel and licensed products. DeMaria will continue his duties in purchasing and merchandising all sports apparel for the 18 store chain…
Play Outdoors Celebrates First Brick-and-Mortar Store
Online retailer Play Outdoors announced the grand opening of its first brick-and-mortar store in its hometown of Bend, Oregon…
Yakima Names Reps of the Year
Yakima has named Connecticut-based Atlantic Associates as sales agency of the year and Rob Robinson of Robb Sports as sales rep of the year…
Victorinox President Rick Taggart Retires
The president of Victorinox Swiss Army, Inc. (VSAI) will retire from the company in August, 2010. Rick Taggart plans to return to his home in Grand Junction, CO to …
Gildan-Prewitt Cuts More Sock Jobs
Gildan-Prewitt company officials announced plans to relocate 30% of its knitting equipment and all its remaining wet processing operations in Fort Payne, AL to Honduras. About 130 of Fort Payne's remaining hosiery workers will lose their jobs by the
Industry Retailers Triple Fiscal Q1 Profits
The retail fiscal first quarter of 2010 saw retailers gain considerable upside in the bottom line as more than a year of belt tightening, expense controls and inventory reductions helped push profits up three-fold versus the year-ago period…
June Retail Results Mixed as Consumer Retrenches
Retailers posted positive results for the fiscal five-week June period ended July 3, but the increase came in shy of higher expectations and failed to reverse the declines of very week prior-year period…
RECALL: Felt Bicycles
Citing faulty steer tubes, Felt Bicycles has issued a voluntary recall on its 2009 model B12, B16, and S32; roughly 2,100 bicycles sold through specialty stores nationwide from October 2008 through May 2010…
Adidas Captures World Cup Buzz
According to a study by NM Incite, a Nielsen McKinsey Company, Adidas buzz accounted for 25.1% share of World Cup buzz online since the start of the games…
NRF: Retailers Slow to Adopt Mobile Strategies
Nearly three-quarters of retailers are exploring mobile strategies, but 62% of retailers have either not yet begun or are only in the early stages of planning their mobile strategy, according to a recent Shop.org survey…
Performance Bicycle Implements Store Design Overhaul
In an effort to create a more intimate experience for its consumers, Performance Bicycle is set to open two new retail locations and relocate and remodel two other locations in Pennsylvania and California…
BMC Opens New Swiss Factory and New U.S. Distribution…
BMC Trading AG unveiled a highly-automated factory last week near its headquarter in Grenchen, Switzerland that it says revolutionizes the process of weaving carbon fiber bike frames…
