Nike, Inc. will be consolidating its existing Wilsonville, Ore. and Winchester, Tenn. footwear distribution centers into a single location by 2008. A comprehensive business analysis projected several benefits to Nike and Nike retailer customers including:
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ispo china Moves to Peking in Winter 2007
ispo china winter 07 will take place March 14 – 17, 2007 in a new venue – Peking. The reason for the move is the stronger orientation of the fair towards winter sports. With the new venue, ispo china is moving even closer to the big skiing areas and main
Slipstreamz Inks New Distribution Agreements
Slipstreamz has inked new distributor agreements with Cycles Lambert and J&B Importers. Both J&B Importers and Cycles Lambert began distributing The Slip in September 2006…
Yue Yuen Year-to-Date Sales and Income Climb 17%
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Limited total turnover rose year on year by 17.2% to approximately $2.74 billion and profit attributable to equity holders of the Company increased year on year by 17.2% to approximately
$266 million. Total footwear production
Gildan Recalls 114,000 Sweatshirts
Gildan Activewear is recalling about 114,000 Youth Hooded Sweatshirts because they have a drawstring through the hood, posing a strangulation hazard to children. In February 1996, CPSC issued guidelines to help prevent children from strangling or getting
SmartWool Hosts its First Servapalooza
SmartWool Corporation will hold its first-ever Servapalooza, a global celebration of service driven by SmartWool's parent company, Timberland. On September 21, 2006, more than 6,200 Timberland volunteers around the world will act on their common com
U.S. Court Reinstates Roadless Rule
U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Laporte reinstated the “Roadless Rule,” a Clinton-era ban on road construction in nearly a third of national forests. In her ruling she stated that the Bush administration failed to conduct necessary environmental studies bef
Lamkin Tops $300K with ‘Grips for Life’ Proram
With September designated as Prostate Cancer Awareness month, Lamkin Corporation’s ‘Grips for Life’ program has just topped $300,000 in donations to the Prostate Cancer Foundation…
Cascade Designs Promotes Meidell to Vice-President of Outdoor
Cascade Designs promoted Ken Meidell to Vice-President of Outdoor. Meidell will step into his role immediately, building on the momentum of successful new product releases for 2007 at Summer Outdoor Retailer and European OutDoor Trade Fair. As Vice-Presid
Caplea Hired as Thule Division President
Thule recruited George Caplea as new Division President for its North American Towing Systems operations. George Caplea is the former Executive President of the Trelleborg Group who recently decided to leave the company after nine years of service…
Forzani Sees Strong Back-to-School Results
The Forzani Group Ltd. reported strong sales and margins for the fiscal 2007 “Back to School” selling season. Overall same store sales for the six-week period increased 4.3%. Corporate same store sales were up 2.3%, with footwear sales outpacing hardgoods
Golf Galaxy Sees Positive Comps and Expansion Drive Q2 Income Up
Golf Galaxy, Inc. net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 increased 37.4% to $95.6 million, compared with $69.6 million for the same period of the prior year. Comparable store sales increased 0.8% for the fiscal second quarter, compared to an incr
Hrubant Joins Coleman as Sr. Product Manager
Mark Hrubant has joined The Coleman Company, Inc. as senior product manager – Exponent products. In this newly created position, Mark will direct and lead activities to ensure the global business success of Coleman Exponent products by identifying, defini
G3 Taps Mammut Vet to Head EU Sales Effort
Ski industry veteran Sepp Stenger will join G3 Genuine Guide Gear to head the company’s European sales and marketing efforts. Stenger will officially begin working with G3 on November 1, 2006. As a long time member of the European ski and snowboard indus
Bite Shoes Hires Wert as Director of Sales and Marketing/Specialty Division
Bite Shoes appointed Evan Wert to the newly created position of Director of Sales and Marketing/Specialty Division. Wert will have overall responsibility for growing the division including the outdoor, running, comfort, fishing, and medical markets. He w
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