Pacific Cycle has joined Bikes Belong, the national coalition of more than 350 bicycle suppliers and retailers working together to put more people on bicycles more often.
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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
Smartwool Announces Latest Round of Advocacy Grants
SmartWool Corporation announced the latest round of grant recipients from the SmartWool Advocacy Program, which includes the SmartWool Advocacy Fund and the SmartWool Breast Cancer Fund. This round of grants is our largest so far with $113,000 distributed
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Malden Bidding War Begins
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Cybex Finalizes Two Litigation Matters
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Fox River Hires Xany Gibson as Creative Director
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CenterStone Adds Reef to Client List
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Gregory Expands Product Development Team
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