The Human Capital Group, Inc (Retained Executive Search firm) is seeking candidates for an outstanding Atlanta-based opportunity as Marketing Manager – Elements / Sportswear for the Mossy Oak Apparel division of Russell Corporation. This marketing leader
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Production Manager — Chisco
Chisco, the leader in sports accessories, needs an experienced Production and Inventory Control Manager. Duties include: Overseeing all aspects of foreign and domestic production, Creating new products, Overseeing Inventory, Negotiating contracts
SGMA: Action Sports’ Popularity Shows Through Participants
According to SGMA International's analysis of the current Superstudy® of Sports Participation, extreme sports are so popular that they attract more “players” than some traditional team sports. Part of the reason for the popularity of extreme sports i
Mission-ITECH Announces Goalie Mask Recall
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Mission-ITECH Hockey, today announced a voluntary recall of the ITECH Profile 2100, 1100 and 8.0 hockey goalie masks and ITECH RP607 and RP609 goalie mask replacement wires. The metal wire o
Pony Teams With SBI For Testing and RandD
Pony International, LLC, announced a partnership with Sports Biomechanics Inc., [SBI] one of the shoe industry’s premier experts in footwear technology. All testing with SBI will be done at Michigan State University, utilizing the university’s award winni
Kinetic Sports Declines Etonic License
Dan Werremeyer, president of Kinetic Sports Inc., has announced that the board of Kinetic Sports will not renew their license agreement for walking and running shoes with Etonic Worldwide of Waltham, Mass., at the end of 2005. Kinetic originally acquired
Osborne Named Regional Vice President at Prince Sports USA
Doug Fonte, president of Prince Sports, USA announced that Charles Osborn has joined the Prince team as the new regional vice president, Northeast Division of Prince Sports, USA. After nearly 20 years at Wilson Sporting Goods, Osborn has joined Prince Spo
Kohl’s Sees Mays Comps Inch Up 0.2%
Kohl's Corporation reported that sales for the four-week period ended May 28, 2005 increased 10.2% over the four-week period ended May 29, 2004. On a comparable store basis, sales increased 0.2%. For the 17 weeks ended May 28, 2005, total sales were
TSA Looks to be Turning Corner with Q1 Gains…
The Sports Authority has apparently been successful in upgrading the quality of traffic in its stores as management moves to increase its mix of better goods in footwear, apparel, and equipment, and away from the traffic based on price and low-priced merc
Strong Q1 Comps at Fleet Feet Reflect Market’s Move to Running…
Fleet Feet, Inc. is certainly getting a big kick out of the move to the running category as comp store sales for its franchisees jumped 10.5% in the first quarter. Total retail sales for the 64 stores increased 15.0% to $11 million…
Famous Footwear Gets a Boost from Running to Help Push ASP’s and Margins Higher…
Famous Footwear saw a broader assortment of exclusive and trend-right product and a new store format drive incremental traffic in the first quarter as consumers responded to improved assortments in performance athletic product. The resulting gains in ave
Genesco Looks to Strong Athletics and Headwear Hook-ups for Improved Outlook…
Genesco is starting to give the market an idea just how important the Hat World acquisition was for the company as they work on new formats to develop locations that pair a Lids store with an Underground Station store while continuing to expand the concep
Ashworth Sees Vision Beyond Green Grass Pay Off in Fiscal Q2…
Ashworth, Inc. shrugged off weakness in the green grass Golf channel of distribution to post modest gains in its Ashworth and Callaway brand apparel lines in the fiscal second quarter ended April 30. A sharp decline in rounds played led to declines in the
Royal Loses its Grip to Lamkin…
Lamkin Corporation purchased the Royal Grip brand of golf grips from Royal Precision. Bob Lamkin, president of Lamkin, said a major reason for the purchase was because of the branding of Royal Grip in the Asian market. Lamkin and Royal Precision were al
The Walking Co. Acquires Footworks…
The Walking Company signed a definitive agreement with Footworks, a division of the privately-held shoe retailer Bianca of Nevada, Inc., to purchase the assets of the division for approximately $10 million. Footworks operates a chain of eight retail store