Brown Shoe Company, Inc. has named Dan Friedman as Senior Vice President-Product and Sourcing. The company also added Margie Connelly as Vice President-Licensing and Mark Matiszik as Vice President-E-Commerce…
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OR Summer Market Sells Out
Outdoor Retailer Summer Market is larger than ever. The 2006 Summer Market, which will take place in Salt Lake City from August 10-13, 2006, will feature over 950 exhibiting companies across a record 400,000 square feet of floor space. With just over 20
Tecnica Receives Moon Boot Trademark Extension
Tecnica USA, inventor and owner of Moon Boot, has been granted an expansion of the Moon Boot trademark under Madrid protocols by the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office. In recognition of Tecnica being the inventor of the Moon Boot and the true owner of the
Boromisa and Kruger Take Seats on Wolverine’s Board
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. ppointed Jeffrey M. Boromisa and Blake W. Krueger to the Company's Board of Directors. Jeffrey M. Boromisa is the Senior Vice President and CFO of the Kellogg Company. Krueger has been a senior executive of WWW for over 10
Highgear Hosts BCM Fund Raiser at ORSM
Highgear is sponsoring a fundraiser for Big City Mountaineers during Outdoor Retailer in August. The fundraiser will take place at Highgear’s booth from 4 – 6pm on day 1 & 2 of the show. By making a donation of $20 or more attendees can receive a new Hig
Wolverine Hits on all Cylinders in Q1
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. achieved record revenue for the first quarter of 2006 totaling $262.8 million, a 7.2% increase over first quarter 2005 revenue of $245.2 million. Earnings per share during the first quarter of 2006 grew to 34 cents per share com
Gildan Shifts U.S. Production to Dominican Republic
Gildan Activewear Inc. informed employees at its textile facilities at Valleyfield, near Montreal, Quebec, and at Bombay, N.Y., that operations at these facilities will be reduced to a 5-day work week, starting in August 2006. Gildan is currently ramping
Prentice Capital Mgmt. Purchases $15.2 million G-III Secondary Offering
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. has entered into an agreement that will raise $15.2 million in new equity capital through the private placement of 1,500,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $10.11 per share to entities affiliated with Prentice Capital M
Deckers Inks Partnership with UC Santa Barbara Environmental Science School
Deckers Outdoor Corporation signed a partnership with UC Santa Barbara Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. UCSB Alumni Doug Otto, Deckers Founder and Chairman, began producing sandals in 1973. Since then, Deckers has grown into an
Millea Leaves Amer Sports
Steve Millea, the former President of Wilson Golf and Racquet Sports and most recently Vice President, Sourcing, Asia Pacific since December 2005 has decided to leave the Amer Sports Group and return to the US. Millea has been with Wilson since 1984…
Fischer Shuffles U.S. Management Deck
Fischer US President David Auer, has announced several key promotions within the Fischer staff. Keith Apple has been appointed to the new position of V.P. Alpine Division. Matt Berkowitz will be Director Alpine Marketing. Peter Ashley assumes the newly c
Execute Sports Triples On-line Sales Volume
Execute Sports, Inc.'s online sales volume has more than tripled since its March launch through leading retailers including Dick's Sporting Goods, The Sports Authority, Sport Chalet, Sports R Us, GI Joe's, Modell's, Fog Dog, MVP, MC Sp
Vaude Inks New French Distribution Deal
Vaude has made new arrangements for sales and distribution in France. Effective immediately, the mountain sports brand will be distributed by the Horizon Vertical sales agency. With this new marketing partner that has distributed high quality mountain sp
Wolverine Sees 10.5% Sales Increase; Ups Guidance
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. second quarter 2006 revenue totaled $238.5 million, a 10.5% increase over second quarter 2005 revenue of $215.7 million. Earnings per share for the second quarter of 2006 were 25 cents compared to 22 cents reported for the secon
PGA Fall Expo ‘Reinvented’
A fresh approach to better serve the golf industry will make its debut at the 2006 PGA Fall Expo, Sept 12-14 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Based on feedback from PGA Professionals and industry leaders, every aspect of this year’s event has been enhanced to create
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