K2 and Fotoball Begin Exchange Offer

K2 Inc.& Fotoball USA, pursuant to their previously announced merger agreement, K2 has commenced an exchange offer for all of the outstanding shares of Fotoball USA common stock. Subject to the terms and conditions of the offer, Fotoball USA stockholders

Puma Launches New Concept Store In Silicon Valley

PUMA announced the latest addition to their North American retail family, capping of a year of intense expansion. The capitol of Silicon Valley will welcome a PUMA concept store to the Valley Fair Mall on December 12th. The roughly 10,000 square foot Spo

InterBike Badge Program Raises $50,000

­Having made the final tally on the funds received through Interbike's new Exhibitor Badge Program, show organizers are proud to announce that the newly instated program was successful in generating $50,000 to benefit the America Bikes campaign…

Hooked On Outdoors Names New Managing Editor

Hooked on the Outdoors named Gina DeMillow as managing editor. Joining the magazine's editorial staff in Boulder, Colo., DeMillow is a veteran of the outdoor media marketplace. Previously, DeMillow was senior
associate editor at Backpacker magazine,

American Skiing Fiscal Q1 Loss Expands on Lower Revenues

American Skiing Company reported a net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2004 was $41.3 million, or $1.30 per basic and diluted share, compared with a net loss of $39.1 million, or $1.23 per basic and diluted share for the year-ago period. The net los

Puma Joins with Vexed Generation Clothing

PUMA entered a partnership with London based Vexed Generation Clothing. The collaboration introduces two new apparel lines, Martial Arts and Urban Mobility, to the men's 2004 Autumn Collection. Taking design direction from the needs of city dwellers,

K2 Accepts Brass Eagle Shares

K2, pursuant to its previously announced offer to exchange each share of common stock of Brass Eagle for 0.6036 of a share of K2 common stock, has accepted for exchange all shares of Brass Eagle common stock tendered and not withdrawn as of the expiration

GBMI Promotes Von Ruden to Head Diesel Sales

Global Brand Marketing, Inc. has promoted of Steve von Ruden to Vice President of U.S. Sales. In his new position, von Ruden will oversee all aspects of US sales operations for Diesel Footwear and will be based at company headquarters in Santa Barbara, Ca

GPG Honors Tackett Brothers

GRABBER Performance Group (GPG) awarded a cash prize and specially engraved trophy to Tackett Brothers of McKinney, TX for “Rep Group of the Year”. Donaldson & Associates also received awards for “Targeted Product Master” and “New Account Champion” for t

Schutt Sponsors Nike Coach of the Year Clinics

Schutt Sports has signed a two-year deal to become a Presenting Sponsor of the Nike Coach of the Year Clinics. Under the terms of the agreement, Schutt becomes the “official football protective gear” of the clinics.
The 2004 Nike Coach of the Year Clinic

Collegiate Pacific Declares Dividend

Collegiate Pacific's Board of Directors approved and declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.025 per share on the company's common stock for the second quarter of fiscal 2004…

WWW Announces Stock Repurchase Program

Directors of Wolverine World Wide, authorized the repurchase of an additional 2.0 million shares of the Company's common stock through open market or privately negotiated transactions over a two year period. The new
authorization follows similar rep

Jazz Golf Holds Rights Offering

Jazz Golf Equipment will be commencing a rights offering to shareholders. All registered shareholders of Jazz resident in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario will receive one right for each Class A common share held at the record