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Felt Racing has extended its 2004 sponsorship of the Colavita Olive Oil Pro Cycling Team through the end of 2006. With Felt, the Division III NJ-based team will be looking to build on the success it enjoyed in 2004 as it tackles a complete US pro calenda

WaterMark will be moving its headquarters to Portland, Oregon during the first quarter of 2005. Sales, marketing, Landsports product management, product development and demand planning will move into the new office during the first quarter of 2005, with f

The Hockey Company has appointed Jamie Coughlin to the position of Vice-President of Sales – North America for The Hockey Company. Most recently, Jamie was Senior Vice-President of Sales and Marketing for Igloo Vikski (Fisher, Swix, DR, and Ferland brands

CenterStone Technologies, Inc., a Denver-based developer of Web software and services for managing sales orders, announces the addition of Terry Gates to its staff. Gates is the senior vice president of technology and is in charge of all engineering and

Royal Precision has hired Mike Biviano of Phoenix, Ariz., as its new Manager of Tour Operations beginning. Formerly with Callaway Golf, Biviano has worked closely with PGA golfers for more than eight years, and his knowledge and experience is a tremendous

Speedo and USA Swimming have extended their 20-year partnership through 2012. This unprecedented eight-year extension will enable the two organizations to maximize the sport’s long-term marketing efforts following a surge in popularity resulting from this

Perhaps it was the Red Sox coming back to crush the Yankees in the ALCS, or perhaps it was the renewed vigor he now feels he has to attack the business after his heart bypass surgery two years ago. Whatever the reason, Paul Fireman feels he has the energ

Ingersol Rand, parent company to Kryptonite Locks, took a $10 million write down in conjunction with the BIC pen issue reported last month in SEW_0438. Operating margins for the company’s Safety & Security segment declined from 21.2% of sales in Q3 2003 t

Callaway Golf Company’s efforts to compensate retailers for new lower prices on clubs by shipping additional goods at no charge put a major dent in margins in the third quarter, pushing the company deep into the red for the period even as a new CEO search

Fortune Brands management said the company’s Acushnet golf business, which includes the Footjoy, Cobra, Titleist, and Pinnacle brands, reported third quarter golf sales dipped 2.0% to $269.6 million versus $275.2 million in the year-ago period…

K2 Inc. was reaping the benefits of their marketing initiatives in the SnowSports industry in the company’s third quarter, as sales increased 98.5% to $333.5 million year-on-year and net income jumped almost 300%. KTO shares jumped 6.5% for the week to c

If you pulled a Rip Van Winkle and went to sleep ten years ago and awoke just this last week, you would probably think that you had done so in some sort of bizarro world where VF Corporation, which relied on selling jeans to the value market and intimate

Timberland saw a larger portion of its sales come from the International segment market in the third quarter, thanks in large part to FX rates shifts in currency. The Consumer Direct business — while lagging the growth rate of the Wholesale business – w