Author: SGB Media

At the beginning of the year, Keen Footwear proudly announced a sudden change of corporate spending: nearly $1 million originally allocated towards a spring/summer 2005 advertising campaign would be set aside for contributions to a variety of non-profit o

American Capital Strategies has invested an additional $19 million into Confluence Holdings to support the acquisition of Watermark. The new investment takes the form of a senior term loan and senior subordinated debt. American Capital's total curren

Wolverine has inked an agreement with Paramount Apparel International, Inc. to develop and market Wolverine brand headwear for men. Kevin Smith, vice president of Wolverine Brand Licensing at Wolverine World Wide, Inc., said that the search for a strong l

Douglas W. Walrod has joined Dick's Sporting Goods as Senior Vice President – Real Estate and Development.
Mr. Walrod joins Dick's with 30 years of real estate, development and leasing experience. Most recently Mr. Walrod was with Sears Roebuck

Woolrich has inked a deal with Newman International Group of Melbourne, Australia, as the brand’s agent for Australia and New Zealand. Woolrich currently has licensing agreements in place covering the European and Japanese markets…

Scott USA has hired Julie Ham to the company's bike group. Ham will be the sales manager for the Montana and eastern Idaho territory. Julie is a graduate of the University of Montana in Missoula. Her degrees are in Exercise Science and Exercise Physi

Mountainsmith is gearing up for an exciting summer kick-off as the Official Pack and Luggage Sponsor of the third annual Teva Mountain Games. Mountainsmith's goal is to promote brand awareness, tie-in with local retailers, and educate consumers. Thei

Ritchey Design has hired Ming Tan as Senior Marketing Manager. Tan will be working from the new Ritchey offices in San Carlos, CA. Ming spent the last four years with Veltec Sports managing the branding and direction of the Look and CicloSport brands.

Royal Robbins has hired Erika Borges as its new marketing manager. Erika brings to Royal Robbins more than 12 years of marketing and advertising experience, working with major national and international brands. As marketing manager, Borges will be respo

At Dorel Industries annual general meeting, CEO Martin Schwartz focused on product development as one of the strengths that has created a ten-year compound annual growth rate of 22% for revenue and 33% for net income. He also said additional growth is exp

Eastern Mountain Sports has added technical mountain bike “hubs” to its retail concept along with an increased stock of wicking, lightweight apparel that will be integrated into current retail locations throughout the northeast to support athletes. The co