Author: James Hartford

Brooks Sports, Inc. has launched an online shopping functionality to make its performance running product available for purchase anytime, anywhere on brooksrunning.com. The new online service allows performance running stores to fulfill Brooks' onlin

ECCO USA announced that Vice President of Sales, Thomas Nelson, has been named president. He succeeds Jan Stig Andersen who recently resigned, but will remain at the company through August 2005. Mr. Nelson will officially take over responsibility as presi

PrimaLoft Insulation Technology has been selected as the insulation of choice for the new American Skiing Company outerwear program that was recently awarded to L.L. Bean. Beginning this fall, outerwear will be supplied to all on-mountain personnel at al

SGMA-organized lobby efforts on National P.E. Day hit a major home-run in Congress for the Carol M. White Physical Education Program. The House of Representatives appropriations subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education voted Thursday to include $73.4 million

Easton Hockey has agreed to a five-year strategic alliance with the University of Minnesota Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey programs. Under the partnership, Easton will serve as the official glove, stick, pant, and on-ice apparel supplier for the Golden Gop

The Forzani Group Ltd. reported that total revenue for the first quarter ended May 1 increased 4.2% to CN$238.2 million over the same period last year, due primarily to the acquisition of National Gym Clothing Limited on January 31, 2005. Corporate sote

Liberty Mountain, one of the largest distributors of outdoor products in the U.S. has signed an agreement for exclusive distribution of the VAUDE line of technical outdoor products in the United States. Starting in 2006, Liberty Mountain will offer VAUDE

Northern Power Systems, a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems Corp, has entered into an agreement to design, engineer and construct a 400 kW solar power system at Timberland's 429,000 square-foot Ontario distribution center in Southern Californi

LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. was named as the fifth strongest performing company in the Pacific Northwest by the Seattle Times. The newspaper analyzes Northwest companies based on key performance indicators over the past two years, including return on equity,

Cabela's Incorporated is reportedly in negotiations to build one of its large-format destination retail stores on a 28.6 acre site near Cardinals Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Plans call for the 160,000-square-foot outdoor gear superstore to be open

Gander Mountain Company has signed leases for 11 new outdoor lifestyle specialty stores to open in the summer and fall of 2005, including one replacement store, in line with the company's announced plans to open a total of 18 to 20 new stores in 2005

The Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards Association (VICS) and American Apparel and Footwear Association
(AAFA) announced they will co-sponsor a study on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology use. The study will be conducted and summariz