Author: Teresa Hartford

After watching demand for their upper-end NFL product plummet over the last year, Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia Company moved to build new revenues streams in a deal with The Collegiate Licensing Company to design, manufacture, and sell nostalgic collegiate s

Stable. Strong. Healthy. From the largest conglomerate to the smallest family-owned specialty manufacturers, those are the words paddlesports executives have used to describe the market. The Outdoor Retailer Summer Market will open with paddlesports manuf

Black Diamond Equipment and Scarpa, two brands that have practically been interchangeable over the past two decades, have terminated their longtime working relationship. The decision will be effective at the end of 2005. Scarpa will begin anew in the U.S.

Lafuma has had a difficult quarter following the acquisition of Oxbow with a slow market at retail and a “notable” drop in sales of camping furniture, one of the company’s mainstays. Including sales contributed by the new Oxbow business, Lafuma revenues i

Antoine Lavigueur of East Coast Apparel and John Phaneuf of Phaneuf Sports Marketing have formed a partnership and combined the two agencies to form East Coast Action Sports…

ASICS America Corp. was awarded the title of Footwear Vendor of the Year by Fleet Feet, Inc. during their National Franchise Conference on July 10th in Chicago. ASICS was selected by the majority of the 67 franchised athletic US retail stores. The award

Diadora – Invicta S.p.A. has appointed Cannondale Bicycle Corp. as an additional distributor for its cycling shoes and accessories in the U.S.A. and Canada. Gita will continue its promotion and sale of Diadora cycling goods through the 2006 season while i

Yakima will bring a new team and unveil a broad product line at next month’s Outdoor Retailer Summer Market. Operating as Yakima Products, Inc., this will be the first show Yakima will attend as an independent brand. David Fee, formerly brand manager for

Thule reported sales increased during the first half year of 2005 by 5.5% to SEK 1,520 million ($214 million) from SEK 1,441 million ($193.1 million), adjusted for currency effects an increase of 6.7%. Operating profit (EBITA) before one-off items increas

Hestra Gloves, LLC, announced the appointment of Dino Dardano, as the company’s USA president and general manager. Mr. Dardano brings 28 years of footwear industry experience to Hestra. He has owned and operated a number of retail footwear stores in the D