Adventure Medical Kits will donate 12 Backcountry Easy Care first aid kits to the Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation (ALCF). Dedicated to preserving Alex Lowe’s legacy, the ALCF supports sustainable, community-based humanitarian programs designed to help peo
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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,
Warnaco Exiting Last of Speedo Retail; Sells White Stag to Wal-Mart
The Warnaco Group, Inc. will undertake additional
restructuring initiatives in order to further lower costs and improve efficiency, icluding the closure of the 44 remaining Speedo Authentic Fitness stores and the sale of the White Stag trademark to Wal-Ma
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0.6036 of a share of K2 common stock, has accepted for exchange all shares of Brass Eagle common stock tendered and not withdrawn as of the expiration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
FESI Takes Interest In Stopping Counterfeit Goods
FESI, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry, representing in Brussels the interests of some 1,800 European Sporting Goods Manufacturers, attended two European events on the fight against counterfeiting, product piracy and organised crime.
Retail Plays Keep Away with Middle of the Market…
It has been argued of late that the recent increase in the export of white collar jobs — on top of the loss of the U.S. manufacturing job base — may result in a society that lacks a middle class, and is instead dominated by the wealthy and the working p
The New Sports Authority Exceeds Expectations for Q3; Disappoints for Q4…
Things look to be moving along nicely with the integration of the former TSA and Gart businesses, but it is increasingly apparent that the new management team will have a lot of work – and expense — ahead of them cleaning up the dozens of TSA stores that