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Varsity Brands has completed the proposed merger of the company with VB Merger Corporation, a subsidiary of VBR Holding Corporation. As previously announced, in the merger, each issued and outstanding share of Varsity common stock, other than treasury sha

Amazon.com launched its new Sporting Goods store a destination offering a selection across dozens of sports. Amazon.com has teamed with leading sporting goods merchants to offer more than 3,000 brands covering more than 50 sports, from archery to basketb

Construction of the new Bell Canoe Works facility is scheduled to begin in October 2003. The new plant will incorporate all composite and Royalex® manufacturing, boat and accessory warehousing, shipping, and administrative functions. The facility is expec

With pride and a sense of renewed commitment, Buck Knives announces the promotion of Veronica Toporek-Cox to Vice President of Marketing. With a solid 14 years of experience in marketing and the outdoor industry, this is the second promotion for Toporek-

WSI Manufacturing has filed for bankruptcy after a patent infringement lawsuit decision was made in Oklahoma. The determined that WSI’s acts in this case were willful, and awarded the defendants $600,000, but the judge in the case stated that he was consi

Petzl has been awarded the INOVIS STAR award for leadership in business commerce automation from INOVIS Corp – a business commerce software company based in Atlanta. Using INOVIS Software, Petzl's IT department has created an original EDI (Electronic

The Rockingham County, New Hampshire Superior Court on granted a preliminary injunction preventing former Bauer Nike Hockey employee Gaetan Champagne from “working on any aspect of skate research and development at Mission Hockey for six months from the d

Eagle Creek has promoted Michael Millenacker to vice president of sales. In his new role, Millenacker will take on full responsibility for Eagle Creek's North American sales force, spearhead new business development initiatives and assist Eagle Creek

PrimaLoft Insulation Technology has been chosen as the
insulation of choice for the new Aspen/Snowmass uniform program that was awarded to RLX Ralph Lauren for the next four years…

Nike shares climbed 10.5% last week, setting a new 52-week high at $61.50 at the close on Friday. Shares had opened higher on Friday after rising 4% in after-hours Thursday trading on news that the company had beaten Wall Street fiscal Q1 earnings estima

The polite nod of approval from Nike in their conference call may have given Footstar, Inc. a bit of a bump towards the end of the week, but it wasn’t enough to erase the plunge earlier that saw FTS shares down 20.2% for the week to close at $8.31 Friday.