GSI Commerce Inc. tapped Fiona Dias to join the company as executive vice president – partner strategy and marketing. In this new role, Dias will lead a new partner strategy group that will deliver industry insight and best practices to help grow GSI'
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Boccieri Golf Adds VP of Sales and Marketing for Heavy Putter
Boccieri Golf named Alan Pouyat as VP of sales and marketing to help service rapidly-growing, worldwide demand for the company’s Heavy Putter. Pouyat will oversee Boccieri Golf’s corporate and independent sales force, relying on his extensive sales, marke
Play Ball USA Plans Annual Meeting, Silent Auction for SGMA Spring Market
Play Ball USA, the non-profit organization promoting youth recreational baseball/softball programs, will hold its annual meeting June 10 at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas. The Sunday date – one day prior to the opening of SGMA’s new “Spring Mark
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Names NBA Exec as Director of PR
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Company hired Scott Leightman as its new director of public relations. Leightman joins TaylorMade after nine years in the National Basketball Association, most recently as the vice president of public relations for the Charlotte Bob
Reebok to Move EU HQ to Amsterdam
Reebok will move its European Headquarters from the current offices in Bolton, England to Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Reebok’s plan to relocate its EHQ to Amsterdam will enable it to centralize its European leadership team and more effectively manage its
The SportsOneSource Group Sees Sport Footwear Growth Moderating Again in 2007…
After posting solid increases in the first half of 2006 sport footwear saw much of the gains slip away as the year progressed, finally settling into a 3.5% increase for the year, according to analysis conducted by The SportsOneSource Group. SOS estimates
Nike, Inc. Fiscal Q3 Gets Lift from Europe, Asia and Subsidiaries…
Nike, Inc. surpassed analysts’ earnings expectations for the fiscal third quarter and posted solid double-digit revenue gains in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the subsidiary business that includes Cole Haan, Nike Golf, Exeter Brands, Nike Bauer Hockey, and Co
Snow Sports Sales Declines Level-off in January…
The slow start to the ’06-’07 winter season continued into the New Year, but specialty retailers managed to gain some ground back from the losses experienced in December. At the end of December, overall Snow Sports sales were down 4% to roughly $1.1 billi
Forzani Shares Reach Three-Year High on Continued Upside from Repositioning…
The Forzani Group continued to see improvements to its bottom line from the repositioning it initiated last year. Even with relatively low sales increases and expanding G&A and operating expenses in the fourth quarter, the company’s significant growth in
Horizon Fitness Receives ISO 9001:2000 Certification
Horizon Fitness has received ISO 9001:2000 certification. To receive ISO 9001:2000 certification, Horizon Fitness underwent an extensive auditing process by a third-party registrar company. The review process, which took more than a year to prepare for, e
True Temper Q4, Annual Sales Decreases Lead to Net Losses
True Temper Sports, Inc. saw fourth quarter net sales decrease 11.8% to $24.2 million from $27.4 million last year. Net sales for the full year decreased 8.2% to $108.0 million from the $117.6 million recorded in 2005. The company recorded a net loss for
Forzani Q4 Sales and Net Increase
The Forzani Group Ltd. reported a 24.1% increase in net earnings for the fourth quarter to CA$21.1 million ($18.3 mm), compared to the prior year's fourth quarter of CA$17.0 million ($14.6 mm). Retail system sales for the quarter were CA$440.2 millio
Cabela’s to Open Rapid City, S.D. Store
Cabela's Incorporated plans its newest retail store adjacent to Interstate 90 in Rapid City, S.D.
Construction on the 80,000 square-foot retail store is scheduled to begin this summer and it is expected to open for business in the spring of 2008…
Brooks Sports Names Director of Apparel Sales
Brooks Sports, Inc. has hired Liz Wilson as Director of Apparel Sales. Her major responsibilities include strategically developing and leading all aspects of apparel sales, for both the running specialty and the non-running specialty channels…
Nike Golf Recalls SUMO2 Over CT Variance
After Nike Golf was notified by the USGA in late February 2007 that there was a potential concern pertaining to the Characteristic Time measurement (CT) of SUMO² drivers in the marketplace, the company implemented a Comformance Program offering customers
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