Gander Opens Stores in Minnesota and Florida
Gander Mountain opened its newest stores in Eau Claire, Minn. and Ocala, FL. Tuesday and will celebrate grand openings for both large format stores May 30…
Kalis Joins Innovative Designs Consultant Staff
Innovative Designs, Inc. has added Todd Kalis, an eight-year veteran of the National Football League, to its list of consultants. Innovative Designs manufactures the hunting apparel, swimwear, wind shirts, jackets, sleeping bags under the Arctic Armor and
Twins Enterprise Becomes Headwear Supplier of the Jimmy Fund
For more than 60 years, the Jimmy Fund and Twins Enterprise have been favorite organizations of Boston Red Sox fans. Now the two are joining forces to help fight cancer. Twins Enterprise has become the Official Headwear Supplier of the Jimmy Fund, which s
New SVP of Sales for Trotters/SoftWalk
Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. appointed Russell Hall as president of its Chambers Belt Company division. Additionally, the company announced that Mike Crosno has been promoted to SVP of sales of its Trotters and SoftWalk divisions. Both appointments are ef
Amer Sports Announces Board Changes
Finnish sporting goods maker Amer Sports on Tuesday proposed three new members for its board, responding to calls for a board revamp made in March by its largest shareholder, Icelandic investor Novator. Amer proposed Martin Burkhalter of the Norwegian sof
Columbia Trims Headquarters Jobs
Columbia Sportswear trimmed headcount at its headquarters near Beaverton through layoffs and voluntary buyouts, according to a report in Monday's edition of The Oregonian newspaper. The newspaper said company spokesman John Fread would not say how ma
Sierra Designs, Ultimate Direction Name New Sales Director
Sierra Designs and Ultimate Direction hired Jason McGibbon as the companies’ new director of sales. McGibbon comes to Sierra Designs and Ultimate Direction from Mission Playground, where he was working as a consultant and acting vice president of sales. P
Le Coq Sportif to Shutter U.S. Operations…
Le Coq Sportif is closing its Portland-based North American subsidiary just months after re-launching the French sportswear brand in the United States. The company re-entered the U.S. market in February with a line of apparel and footwear targeting resort
Industry Looks to Avoid Loss of ‘First Sale’ Rule…
The U.S. House and Senate have overwhelmingly approved language urging Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) not to revoke the “first sale” rule that has helped limit tariffs on billions of dollars in apparel, footwear and other sporting goods imports for 20 ye
Famous Footwear Workforce Largely Stays Behind…
About 60 of Famous Footwear's 270 employees in Madison, WI, have committed to relocating to St. Louis or otherwise taking jobs with the company, a Brown Shoe Co. spokeswomen told Sports Executive Weekly. For example, some have agreed to take jobs in
K2 Sports Shuffles Management…
Upward mobility is alive and well at K2, which has reached deep into its bench to fill slots in its sales organization. John O’Connor, formerly U.S. sales manager for K2 Snowboards, has been promoted to U.S. sales director for K2 Sports…
True Temper Sales Grow 21% on OEM, Hockey…
True Temper Sports, Inc. posted strong first quarter results as sales grew in the double-digits on new product launches both in its performance sports business and through its OEM supply agreements with golf manufacturers. The sales increase led the compa
Forefront Q1 Loss Widens…
Forefront Holdings saw net sales decline 20.6% to $8.1 million from $10.1 million for the year-ago first quarter. Sales decreased in all product segments except for OEM/Internet and NFL…
Bob’s Stores in the Red in Q1…
Bob's Stores, a division of TJX Cos., saw a first quarter decrease in comparable store sales lead to a divisional loss as cold, wet weather discouraged shopping. Net sales, slid 5.4% to $60.6 million from $64.0 million. Comps fell 3% after a 1% decre
Dick’s Becomes Title Sponsor of Pittsburgh Marathon
The Pittsburgh Marathon will be held May 3rd 2009 and will be renamed the Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon. The marathon was last run back in 2003 and had hosted the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s Marathon in 2000, and several USA marathon
