Thibodeau Takes Over at Alpina as Schaer Retires

Rolf Schaer, President and CEO of Alpina Sports Corporation, has sold his interest in Alpina Sports Corp to Frank Thibodeau, the company’s marketing consultant of the last 20 years. As a result, the reins of Alpina Sports have been handed from Rolf Schaer

OIWC Elects Three New Board Members

The Outdoor Industries Women's Coalition has elected Berne Broudy, Jill Bongiolatti and Amy Luther to its Board. The OIWC Board is charged with designing and implementing programming and networking events aimed at helping women achieve their success.

Ryan Clark is New VP of Sales and Marketing at Ground

Tucker Hacking, president and CEO of Ground llc, announced late Tuesday the appointment of Ryan Clark as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Ryan will be responsible for the development and implementation of brand initiatives while over seeing the

Axis Outdoor Gets the Ball Rolling

Axis Outdoor has finalized it's sales force, covering all of North America and hired Allan Slade as Sales and Marketing Manager. Additionally, the distributor has picked up the 2003 ISPO new product innovator award winning 'Dryzone' product

Nike Establishes New Value Market Strategy…

Nike, Inc. has played another hand as it develops its brand segmentation strategy to penetrate all levels of the retail market. With the $43 million deal to acquire Official Starter Properties LLC and Official Starter LLC and its Starter, Team Starter an

Huffy 2003 Loss to Widen; Will See $70 mm Q1 Loss…

Huffy Corporation announced late Friday that $3.5 to $5.0 million in accounting entries, related primarily to customer deductions, credits and reserves for inventory valuation and doubtful account receivables for the former Gen-X Sports business, should h

Head NV Sees Tax Hit Hurt Q2 Profits…

Head N.V. saw their bottom line take a major hit in the second quarter, as a $20.6 million (€17 mm) income tax expense drove the net loss for the period up 245%, or up 225% when measured in the company’s native Euro currency..