Millea Leaves Post with Amer Sports

Steve Millea has decided to leave Amer Sports Group to return to the U.S. Millea was the former President of Wilson Golf and Racquet Sports and most recently served as Vice President, Sourcing, Asia Pacific since December 2005. Millea has been with Wilson

Mervin Mfg. Moves Parts of Back-End Ops to Utah

Mervin Manufacturing has officially moved to the new sales offices at The Mountain Center in Park City, UT. This new building houses all of the Quiksilver Winter Sports Division brands which are Rossignol, Dynastar, Roxy Skis and Snowboards, and all of t

Teko Joins Chicago Climate Exchange

Teko has joined Chicago Climate Exchange, North America’s only, and the world’s first, greenhouse gas emission registry, reduction and trading system for all six greenhouse gases. As an exchange participant, Teko will purchase offsets to cover all transpo

NSGA: Used Sporting Goods Market Increases by $30 Million

Consumers purchased $885 million in used sporting goods equipment in 2005 up from slightly more than $855 million in 2004, according to a newly released report by the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA). This is the eighth study done by the Associa

Teva Offsets Vehicle Emissions

Teva, in an effort to reduce the company’s impact on the climate change, has offset the greenhouse gas emissions produced from it’s six vehicle fleet in 2006. DrivingGreen supports greenhouse gas emission reduction projects managed by AgCert and offers G

Could June Retail Signal a Consumer Slow Down?

After two solid months of comparable store sales gains at retail, the market got a taste in June of what may be one of two things. It was either a blip on the map from a shift in weather and tough comparisons to the prior year or the start of a slowing tr

Fiskars Acquires The Silva Group and Brunton…

Fiskars, the parent company of Gerber Legendary Blades, has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the Sweden-based Silva Group including its U.S. subsidiary, The Brunton Company. Silva's net sales in fiscal year 2005/2006 were about EUR 34 millio

Collegiate Pacific Adds New Era Feather to Cap…

Collegiate Pacific signed a marketing and distribution agreement with New Era Cap last week. Collegiate will launch its New Era Team Sports Division on July 15, which will cover marketing, order processing, and distribution for New Era in the institution

World Cup Brings Success to Football Brands…

Many manufacturers invested heavily into World Cup marketing this year in an effort to turn this international frenzy into profits. With the tournament ending in a victory for Italy on Sunday, companies are looking back on the results to measure their suc

OIF Participation Study Shows Mixed Trends…

Outdoor Industry Foundation’s latest participation study, which was conducted by The Leisure Trends Group, apparently unearthed some interesting trends in the marketplace. While overall participation in outdoor recreation remains stable, people are gettin

PMI Becomes Exclusive Distributor of SMC Rescue Gear

After extensive analysis, Seattle Manufacturing Corporation has decided that SMC Work and Rescue products will only be available through the dealer network of Pigeon Mountain Industries. Previously, SMC had used both PMI and CMC as distributors in the Wor