Department of Defence ends Wind Power Road Block

Following a missed deadline, and in response to a lawsuit
from Sierra Club, the Defense Department released their Congressionally mandated study on national security impacts of windmills. While the report appears to downplay the effectiveness of current m

Nike Launches Armstrong Marketing Campaign for NY Marathon

To mark the 10th anniversary of the day when he was diagnosed with cancer – October 2nd (10/2) – Lance Armstrong and Nike, will launch the “Run Like Lance Challenge,” created to support Armstrong and track his miles as he trains for the 2006 New York City

Saks Completes Parisian Sale

Saks Incorporated has completed the sale of Parisian to Belk, Inc. for a total purchase price of approximately $285 million in cash…

ORC Industries to Acquire Bell Canoe Works

ORC Industries announced the signing of an agreement with Ted Bell to acquire the assets of Bell Canoe Works of Princeton, Minnesota. Bell’s manufacturing operation will be moved to the ORC complex in LaCrosse, Wisconsin and become part of the company’s g

Eureka!’s Freedom Tent Wins da Vinci Award

Eureka!'s Freedom Tent has been awarded the prestigious da Vinci Award® by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society – Michigan Chapter, for its design, which provides increased access and independence for people with disabilities. The da Vinci Awards®

NSGA: Athletic Footwear Sales Climb

Retail sales of athletic footwear rose 9.8% during the six-month period, October 2005 through March 2006, according to newly released data from the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA). Sales for the six-month reporting period were $6.08 billion ver

Kellwood Creates New Corporate Marketing Team

Kellwood Company has created a new corporate marketing function. Pat Burns, currently vice president of strategic planning and new business development, will assume responsibility for corporate marketing in addition to his current responsibilities. In sup

Igloo Appoints Clark as Sr. HR Director

Igloo Products Corporation appointed G. Michael Clark as its Senior Director of Human Resources, with full responsibility for all of the company's Human Resource functions. He will be reporting to CEO, Jim Morley…

Interbike’s OutDoor Demo Begins

Interbike’s OutDoor Demo starts today in Boulder City Nevada’s Boot Leg Canyon with 61,200 square feet of outdoor exhibit space filled with more than 130 bicycle and accessory manufacturers, the largest ever in Interbike’s 25-year history…

Veltec Inks Development Partnership with Cole

Veltec Sports entereed into a Joint Development Partnership (JDP) with wheel manufacturer Cole USA.
The project will bring Cole's patented DSA (Dynamic Spoke Alignment) technology for road and MTB wheels to market in North America for the first time.

Gramicci Sees Successful OR Summer Market

Gramicci launched a complete branding effort at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market last August that seems to be paying off. After the introduction of its expanded Spring ’07 product line developed by its new team of designers and a full schedule of appoin

Timberland Begins 9th Annual Serve-a-Palooza

Timberland employees and community partners will join forces to improve more than 150 local communities from Istanbul, Turkey to Steamboat Springs, Colorado as part of the company's 9th annual “Serv-a-palooza,” a worldwide community service initiativ

L.L.Bean’s First Mass. Store Surpasses Expectations

L.L.Bean held the grand opening of its first Massachusetts store in Burlington. Over 1,000 customers were lined up outside when the doors opened, some arriving in the middle of the night with sleeping bags and tents, hoping to be among the first to enter.