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SOLE Donates $15K to Karno Kids

Dean Karnazes and SOLE Custom Footbeds have teamed up to support and encourage America’s youth to get outside and be physically active with SOLE’s $15,000 contribution to Karnazes’s charity, Karno Kids. The donation is comprised of $2 from every Dean Karn

NRF: More Than Half of Gift Cards Yet to Be Used

Though the holiday season officially ended several weeks ago, retailers continue to see consumers hitting the stores to spend gift cards. According to an NRF survey, conducted by BIGresearch, consumers have plenty left to spend: shoppers said they had spe

One Goal Hockey Show Opens Season with a Bang…

At the One Goal Hockey Show in Toronto, Ontario, January 14-16, retailers got to see the new products that will hit shops for the 2007/2008 season. The show itself saw more traffic than last year, with some even estimating as much as a 30% increase. Vendo

Colorado Sees Record Skier Visits

Colorado Ski Country USA's 26 member resorts posted record-setting skier visitation for the first portion of the winter season. Collectively, Colorado ski resorts hosted 3,285,649 skiers and snowboarders, an increase of 6.74 percent, or 207,533 visit

Eider Inks Licensing Deal with Killy

Eider has signed a 10-year agreement to market and design the Killy snowsports brand. The new women’s and men’s line will be available in selected snowsports specialty stores for the winter ’07-08 season…

Warnaco’s Swimwear President Resigns

The Warnaco Group, Inc. announced the resignation of Roger Williams as Group President, Swimwear, citing personal reasons. The Company has initiated a search for a new Group President, Swimwear. Until a new Group President is appointed, Sherry Waterson, P

686 Teams with New Era on Times Collection

686 will partner with New Era Cap for the 2007-2008 exclusive Times line outerwear collection for men and women. For 2007/2008, the 686 X New Era team designed a waterproof/breathable New Era 59FIFTY cap, with a proprietary interlocking system on select j

Reef Moving to Carlsbad

After nearly a decade at its current site in Kearny Mesa, Reef announces plans to migrate its global headquarters north to a 52,000 square foot office in Carlsbad, CA. In April of this year, 120 Reef employees will head to the newly remodeled building, lo

Peregrine Opens New Western Warehouse

Peregrine Outfitters will be shipping from a new warehouse in Ogden, Utah in addition to their existing facility in Williston, Vermont. The new western facility is in the Business Development Ogden (BDO) Industrial Park near several other outdoor industry

Icebreaker Taps Diamond Sports for Northeastern Sales

Icebreaker has hired Diamond Sports Inc. as the sales rep agency for the Northeast region of the United States. Diamond Sports’ two principals Al Diamond of New Paltz, New York and Erik Mushial of Portland, Maine will be driving the sales efforts for Ice

VF Corp. May be Moving Closer to Deal for Majestic…

VF Corp. is apparently inching closer to a deal to a acquire Majestic Athletic. While both parties have been mum about a deal since the story first surfaced in a Sports Business Journal article in December, a spokesperson for VF Corp. confirmed Friday tha

Brine Extends Sponsorship of Syracuse Men’s Lacrosse

Brine has signed an agreement with Syracuse Men's Lacrosse to continue a long-standing relationship as the team's official equipment supplier. Brine has provided the Syracuse Orange with lacrosse gear for the past twenty-five plus years…

OIA Chooses Award Finalists

Outdoor Industry Association has chosen the finalists for the 2007 Outdoor Industry Ambassador Award and Outdoor Industry Innovator Award, as nominated by the outdoor industry and then selected by OIA’s Board of Directors. The award winners will be announ

Walk-EZ Promotes McCall to SVP

Walk-EZ International promoted Bill McCall from Director of Promotional Events to Senior Vice President of Global Sales. Drawing upon his twenty-five year tenure in the snow sports industry, Bill will provide positive leadership and direction to the Walk-

Crocs Acquires Fury, Inc.

Crocs, Inc. has acquired hockey company Fury, Inc. The acquisition took place in October of 2006, and Fury is now operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of Crocs. Crocs will use Fury to introduce Crocs' proprietary Croslite material to the hockey an