K2 Extends Women’s Alliance into Snowboarding

This summer, K2 Snowboarding created their Women’s Alliance made up of five women, differing in age, style, personality, profession and background, have been recruited to drive the look, feel, and performance for K2’s women’s products. Each representing a

Performance and Supergo Recall Carbon Handlebars

Performance Inc. and Supergo, in cooperation with the CPSC have announced the voluntary recall of roughly 300 “Forte Flyte OS” and “Weyless CF200” Carbon Handlebars. According to the companies, the handlebars can develop cracks that may not be visible, wh

Stride Rite Looks to “Triumph” with Keds Heritage…

The Stride Rite Corporation saw an increase in its Children’s, Sperry Top-Sider, and International businesses in the fiscal third quarter ended August 28, but continued sluggishness at the Keds and Tommy Hilfiger Footwear divisions kept the total revenue

The Sporting Goods Real Estate Game…

The realities of overlapping territories are starting to come home to roost as Dick’s Sporting Goods ponders the fate of a number of Galyan’s stores. Galyan’s Trading Company opened its first store in the state of Wisconsin in March of this year, bowing

The Sporting Goods Real Estate Game…

The realities of overlapping territories are starting to come home to roost as Dick’s Sporting Goods ponders the fate of a number of Galyan’s stores. Galyan’s Trading Company opened its first store in the state of Wisconsin in March of this year, bowing

U.S. Takes Bigger Piece of Yue Yuen Biz in Q3…

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of athletic footwear, reported that revenues for the fiscal third quarter ended June 30 rose 15.6% to $768.4 million from $664.9 million in the year-ago period. Net income increas

Coleman to Head New Outdoor Division at Jarden Corp…

Jarden Corporation, the company behind several household consumer brands such as Bicycle playing cards and FoodSaver vacuum food storage devices, has acquired all of the assets and assumed all debt of Coleman’s parent company, American Household. Jarden p

K2 Cranks Up Its Licensing Arm…

When K2 Inc. acquired the Fotoball business in late 2003, KTO chairman and CEO Dick Heckman made it quite clear that the company saw a much broader role for the Fotoball management in developing licensing and promotional programs for the various brands un

adidas Has New Central Europe Head; Confirms Guidance…

After more than 16 years with the company, Michael Rupp, currently Managing Director of adidas' Area Central (AC) will take a one-year- break from his responsibilities at adidas-Salomon. Rupp is apparently taking a leave to take an extended sailing

Vaude Strengthens EU Sales Team

Starting October 1st, Vaude’s field sales team will be strengthened by the addition of Ruth Raunegger who together with Georg Baumgartner will serve VAUDE customers in Baden-Württemberg…

SIA Makes Snow Industry Summit Seminars Available On-Line

Two of the most popular seminars presented at the 2004 Snow Industry Summit at Copper Mountain are being made available online through a partnership between SnowSports Industries America (SIA) and the George Washington University Department of Sports Mana