Pacific Sunwear Cuts demo President

Following its decision to close its demo chain, Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. announced it will eliminate the position of division president of demo that is currently held by Lou Ann Bett…

OIA and Outdoor Retailer Enter 15-Year Pact

Outdoor Industry Association and Nielsen Business Media (NBM), parent company of Outdoor Retailer, have entered a 15-year strategic alliance that will boost efforts to ensure the long term success and growth of the $289 billion outdoor industry. Outdoor R

Heelys Receives Nasdaq Deficiency Letter

Heelys, Inc. received a Nasdaq Staff deficiency letter on January 17, 2008 indicating that the company no longer complies with the Nasdaq audit committee requirement as set forth in Marketplace Rule 4350, which requires a listed company to have an audit c

Nex-LvL Names Head Ski and Snowboard Reps

Nex-LvL Golf Inc. the official licensee of HEAD Tennis and Golf Sportswear and the Distributor for HEAD Ski and Snowboard Apparel in North America, named five new sales reps covering the U.S. and five new reps covering the Canadian markets. The new reps i

PGA Show Sees International Presence Led by Canada

The PGA Merchandise show reports that its aisles were packed in part due to a large contingent of guests from the international golf community. Likely lured by the weak dollar and easy exchange rates, our nearest neighbor to the north, Canada led the cont

Gramicci Adds to Design Team

Gramicci continues to deepen its design team with the addition of Natalie Sichko, formerly with Perry Ellis International, as associate designer for women’s…

Puma Extends Ghana Football Association Deal

PUMA and the Ghana Football Association (GFA) entered a multi-year extension of their successful partnership through the 2014 FIFA World Cup. PUMA will be the Official Supplier of The Black Stars and all its associated teams including the Men’s ‘A’, ‘B’,

Cleveland Golf Sells FIDRA Brand

Cleveland Golf has sold FIDRA, the golf apparel company formerly owned by Quiksilver, Inc., to Goodtimes International Co., Ltd., which has since changed names to FIDRA Co., Ltd. Quiksilver entered the golf apparel business in 2001 after purchasing the F

Callaway Expects Double-Digit Sales Growth for 2007

Callaway Golf Company expects net sales for fiscal 2007 will increase approximately 10 percent to a record $1.125 billion with corresponding earnings per diluted share of 79 cents to 81 cents. For fiscal 2006, the company reported net sales of $1.018 bill

Volcom Lowers Q4 Guidance; To Acquire Electric Visual

Volcom, Inc. expects to realize fourth quarter revenues in the range of $67 million to $68 million with earnings per diluted share of approximately 29 cents to 30 cents. Previously, the company stated it expected total revenues to be between $70 million a

Dick’s Sporting Goods Names Colombo as Vice Chairman

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. will see William J. Colombo assume the role of vice chairman effective February 2, 2008, the end of Dick's fiscal year. He will step down from his current role as president and COO. Mr. Colombo's responsibilities

Quiksilver Decreases Q1 Guidance; Rossignol Sale Possible

Quiksilver, Inc. decreased its fiscal first quarter earnings expectations to a loss of 9 cents to 12 cents per share, down from earlier guidance of a small loss. In addition, following the sale of Cleveland Golf in December 2007, the company is reviewing

Fairway and Greene Names Clark as VP of Sales

Fairway & Greene has appointed Jeff Clark as VP of sales effective January 14, 2008. Mr. Clark will be responsible for overseeing the company's overall golf sales operation for the United States. He will report directly to Fairway & Greene President,

NBA: Garnett and Celtics Lead Holiday Sales

The NBA reports that The Boston Celtics and the team's All-Star forward Kevin Garnett are the hottest selling merchandise and jerseys, respectively for the league at the NBA Store in New York City and online at NBAStore.com for the holiday season. Th