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Aussie Apparel Group Ltd. is further expanding its stable of action sports brands, announcing last week that it has signed a letter-of-intent with GBI to acquire the Bluetorch trademark and other intellectual property. Terms of the deal were not disclose

Augusta Sportswear Inc. is in the process of adding 30,000 square feet to its existing facility in Grovetown, GA. The expansion enables the company to add a new conveyor system that is expected to expedite order fulfillment and shipment.

The buy-out saga at Elder-Beerman Stores continues to get more interesting after it was revealed last week that the CEO and CFO of the company were identified as the “Exclusive Bidders” in the acquisition talks reported by EBSC on May 16. Elder-Beerman s

Huffy Sports Company announced last week that the company had agreed to a new two-year labor agreement with workers that took effect on June 15, 2003…

Unifi Inc. was on the losing end of its own arbitration case with DuPont, after an Arbitration Panel ruled in favor of DuPont in a case involving the two companies' manufacturing alliance for the production of partially oriented polyester filament y

Payless ShoeSource said last week that it may not be able to meet its financial covenants with its lender after the discount footwear retailer slashed its earnings forecast for Q2 in the second time in less than two weeks…

Reebok and the NBA have signed a deal to develop and market NBA apparel and accessories in Asia. The five-year pan-Asian partnership marks the first time the NBA has had one licensee cover the region. The product will immediately be available selected s

Asics continues to defend it’s trademarks with another suit against a discount retailer. Last week, it was Target Corporation’s turn as Asics filed suit against the second largest discounter for trademark infringement, unfair competition, and trademark d

Sport Brands International, LLC (SBI) on Tuesday closed the $351 million acquisition of all global Fila subsidiaries, which include Fila USA, Fila Sport SpA, Fila Nederland BV, Ciesse Piumini SRL and Enyce, from Fila Holding S.p.A. SBI will also assume a

The ink was barely dry on the the re-org announced two months ago, but Outdoor lifestyle retailer and cataloguer Cabela’s has again shifted a few seats in the executive suite.

The issues raised at the recent NSGA Management Conference about the standardization of source-tagging may be answered sooner rather than later after Wal-Mart made the announcement last week that they will start to require its suppliers to be radio-freque

The end of a cycling success story came to somewhat of an end last week as SRAM Corp. took the final steps in the closure of the RockShox manufacturing facility in Colorado Springs. SRAM, the manufacturer of braking and shifting components, acquired the

Dynamo, LP, a manufacturer of commercial and consumer pool, foosball and table hockey products, particularly for the coin-operated and specialty retail sales channels.

Shares at VF Corporation, the parent company of The North Face, Eastpak and Jansport, dropped 8.8% for the week to close at $35.23 on Friday after the company issued a rather dim view of its prospects for the second quarter…