Northbridge Acquires EP Pro; Forms Golf Apparel Group

Northbridge Equity Partners has recently formed Summit Golf Brands as a golf-focused apparel group. Summit, which owns Fairway & Greene Ltd., is also announcing the recent acquisition of EP Pro. This initial brand portfolio represents two of the golf indu

Puma Inks Sponsorship Deal with Geoff Ogilvy

Puma announced a four year agreement with professional golfer, Geoff Ogilvy, to commence in 2006. Ogilvy will be wearing PUMA Golf footwear and apparel on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour. He will debut his new look at the Mercedes Championshi

GSI Commerce Shifts CFO Position

GSI Commerce Inc. announced two role changes affecting the company's management team aimed at broadening the leadership experience of some of the company's top managers. Michael R. Conn, formerly the company's senior vice president of corpo

Roehr Retires From Cabela’s

Cabela's Incorporated announced that David A. Roehr, its Executive Vice President and Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of World's Foremost Bank, Cabela's wholly-owned credit card bank subsidiary, has retired to pursue other i

IMBA and NPS Outline 2006 Projects

The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) and the National Park Service (NPS) announced 12 partnership projects for 2006, including three pilot programs. In May, 2005 the two organizations signed a partnership agreement to bring mountain bik

Urban Climber Magazine Launches Film Production Company

Urban Climber Magazine created a new climbing film production entity. The first film to be released under the Urban Climber Magazine name will be FUSE, a co-production between Urban Climber Magazine and IndeVisual Productions. FUSE, currently in post-prod

NSAA Revises Environmental Charter

In an effort to renew the ski industry’s commitment to environmental stewardship a five-year revision to the Environmental Charter has been released by the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA). The Charter, part of the industry’s Sustainable Slopes progr

Michael Crooke Lands with Revolution Living

Michael Crooke, the outgoing CEO of Patagonia, will become the founding CEO of Revolution Living, the new company
created by Steve Case to build businesses that inspire people to live more balanced and meaningful lives. Crooke, credited with helping to bu

Tectonic Outdoors Adds Xu to Team

Outdoor industry veterans Greg Schwarz & Chris Vahlkamp welcome Director Sarah Xu aboard to augment their unique full service company specializing in design, sourcing, packaging, and creative marketing strategies for private label programs…

Hydrapak Inks Deal with Backbone

Hydrapak has retained Backbone Media of Carbondale, Colorado to handle its public relations efforts. Hydrapak will partner will Backbone to oversee media communications and promotions of its current and future products…

Barryvox and RECCO Create New Beacon

Since the original Barryvox was commissioned in 1968
to protect the Swiss Army in avalanche terrain, the brand name has been synonymous with alpine safety. Building on this respected reputation, a new industry partnership promises to heighten the professi

Gottschalks December Comps Climb 3.7%

Gottschalks Inc. same store sales for the month of December 2005 increased 3.7% from the prior year. Total sales for the month increased 5.0% to $131.5 million from $125.2 million in December 2004. On a year-to-date basis, same store sales increased 1.2%

Stage Stores December Comps Jump 7.3%

Stage Stores, Inc. reported that total sales for the month of December increased 9.2%, to $241.9 million versus $221.5 million in last year's five-week period ended January 1, 2005. Comparable store sales increased 7.3% versus an increase of 3.1% las

Costco December Comps Increase 7%

Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $6.37 billion for the month of December, an increase of 10% from $5.77 billion in the same five-week period of the prior fiscal year. Comparable sales for the month increased 7%…