Tri-Bag Hires Burningham as N.A. President

Tri-Bag has named Dave Burningham president of Tri-Bag North America as part of its global expansion plans. Dave Burningham brings 15 years of industry experience, including senior roles at MacGregor Golf and Tommy Amour Golf, and 25 years of business man

Half Moon Completes New Green Distribution Center

Half-Moon Outfitters is a bit more Green after a ten-month renovation on a building that will serve as its new distribution center. Consultants to the project say the building is expected to become one of the first in the Southeast to attain the U.S. Gree

Lowa Acquires X-Socks Distribution in U.S.

LOWA Boots U.S. has acquired distribution rights to X-Socks. Based in Asola, Italy, X-Socks designs and manufactures X-Socks and X-Bionic Underwear. The socks cross over many market boundaries including outdoor, hunting, biking, golf, and military. The un

Kelty Inks Partnership with Glass McClure

Kelty will partner with Sacramento-based Glass McClure in a 2007 redesign of their print and online advertising campaigns. Glass McClure will work with Kelty to redesign their website, develop a comprehensive ad inventory, and bolster a web outreach campa

Hot Chillys Signs Deal with CenterStone

Hot Chillys is now LIVE on CenterStone’s B2B Sales Order Management solution, iVendix. Hot Chillys’ dealers and sales reps will be able to place their pre-season orders and all their re-orders through this Web-enabled B2B tool. Dealers will also be able

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…

Isis’ Founder Wins OIWC Pioneering Woman Award

Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition announced that Carolyn Cooke has been chosen as the 2007 recipient of the Pioneering Woman Award. The Pioneering Women Award honors women who have furthered the OIWC mission by demonstrating an outstanding commitment t

Malden Bidding War Begins

Chrysalis Capital Partners issued a statement regarding the recent Malden Mills Bankruptcy and potential sale to Gordon Brothers. The Private equity firm said that recent reports have stated that the sale of Malden Mills to Gordon Brothers Group is near c

Cybex Finalizes Two Litigation Matters

Cybex International, Inc. announced that two litigation matters are now complete. The Free Motion patent litigation is being dismissed with prejudice pursuant to a settlement agreement between the parties. As part of the settlement, Cybex is receiving a l

Fleet Feet Conference Wraps Up in Phoenix

Fleet Feet, Inc. honored Brooks Sports as the Outstanding Apparel Vendor of 2006, and recognized two of its franchisees at its annual Winter Franchise Conference January 15 – 17. Champion Athleticwear introduced its Pink Ribbon Award for Retail Excellence