Confluence Watersports has hired 41 new employees, bringing their total workforce to 217 people. In an exclusive interview with SPORTS EXECUTIVE WEEKLY, Kelley Woolsey, Confluence VP of Sales and Marketing, said these new employees are long overdue…
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Pegasus Appoints New Cannondale COO.
John Doer has come aboard as Cannondale’s Chief Operating Officer. The former VP of Supply Chain Management at Bell Sports has a solid background in the Cycling industry with a successful tenure at the helmet company…
Bike Imports Fall; May Specialty Up…
The National Sporting Goods Association is reporting that bicycle imports fell to 3.5 million units in the first quarter of 2003, 13% fewer than in the same quarter last year, according to U.S. Department of Commerce data. The sporting goods retail trade
Galyans Appoints New President and COO
Galyan's appointed Edwin J. Holman as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Mr. Holman will be responsible for Finance, Operations, Systems, Planning and Allocation, Stores and Culture. Real Estate, Legal, Store Planning and Construct
Cannondale Taps Bell Sports Vet as COO
John Doerr has joined Cannondale as its new Chief Operating Officer. A bike industry veteran and a passionate mountain biker, Doerr comes to Cannondale from Bell Sports where he was Vice President of Supply Chain Management…
Burton Taps Former adidas VP as Global Marketing Head
Bryan Johnston assumes the role of vice president of marketing at Burton Snowboards. Formerly the vice president of North American brand management within the Adidas-Salomon organization, Bryan begins his career at Burton with 20 years of experience in t
Nike Signs Taylor and Purcell to Lifetime Deals…
The company may have solidified their future in performance basketball with the signings last month of Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, but the addition of the key retro icons strengthens Nike’s foothold in the fashion end of the footwear ca
Delta Looks to Soffe for Business Boost…
The deal that sees Soffe become a unit of publicly-traded Delta Apparel Inc. appears to be worth $72 million if all performance conditions are met…
Latest Riddell Flip Brings Cash Aplenty…
Riddell Sports Group has been flipped once again after a two-year ownership stint under Lincolnshire Management…
Who Wants to Be a Billionaire…
Callaway’s proposed acquisition of Top-Flite, once completed, would see Oaktree Capital Management entirely divested of the former Spalding Sports business it took control of in April 2002. Earlier this year, Oaktree sold the company’s Etonic golf shoe d
VF Corp. Saves a Sinking Nautica….
VF Corp. chairman & CEO Mackey J. McDonald breathed a sigh of relief as the agreement to purchase Nautica was finalized on July 7th…
Gotcha Emerges From Bankruptcy…
Gotcha is emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after filing for protection last August. The company currently owes creditors about $8.0 million, but plans to pay it off with 6-8% interest within 44 months…
Stride Rite Making Exec Moves…
Rick Thornton has been named president and COO of the Stride Rite Corporation, with full general management responsibility for Keds, Sperry Top-Sider, Stride Rite Children's Group, Tommy Hilfiger Footwear, International and Sourcing. David Chamberla
adidas to Deliver 2003 Numbers Despite Weaker U.S. Business…
adidas-Salomon will need to rely on stronger than expected sales and margin growth in Europe and solid sales growth in Asia to achieve its projected 5% currency-neutral sales growth and 10% to 15% earnings growth for the year…
Aussie Adds More Stalls at the Barn…
Aussie Apparel Group continues to aggregate small alternative brands as it announced last week the addition of two more labels to its growing stable…
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