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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

Ski Racing has added new editorial staff and several promotions. Don Cameron, former sports editor for the Vail Daily has been named editor. Alex Pasquariello, a reporter from Mountain Sports Media, takes over as managing editor. Assistant editor Eric McC

Collegiate Pacific has acquired selected assets including the intellectual property and trademark of Triple Threat Flag Football Belts Inc. Triple Threat has been the premier name in flag football belts and accessories for the intramural and recreational

Increasing its marketing expenditures in an ongoing effort to appeal to a younger, broader audience, Vibram will unveil an advertising campaign this fall. The company has secured CerconeBrownCurtis to produce a series of print advertisements, scheduled t

VNU has hired two new team members for the Laguna Beach-based Sports Group – Jim Palmer and Malia Alani. Jim Palmer has been brought on as the new Group Marketing Director for VNU Sports Group which produces OR Summer and Winter Markets, Health + Fitness

Riddell Bell Holdings, for the first quarter 2005, net sales were $87.2 million compared to $28.2 million for the same period a year ago, a 209.2% increase. The $59.0 million increase in net sales is primarily attributable to the inclusion of Bell Sports.

Dragon optics has hired Mike Bell as the new Motocross national sales manager where he will head up all power sports sales. With a vast knowledge of the motocross world, Mike comes to Dragon with not only an amazing sports career, but an extensive history

Mackey J. McDonald, Chairman and CEO of VF Corporation announced broad-based organizational changes, with a more streamlined leadership structure designed to support the Company's long-term growth plans…