Author: Teresa Hartford

Cabela's is scheduled to open two stores in Texas this summer. Cabela's Fort Worth location will open May 26, 2005, and the Buda store, near Austin, will open June 30, 2005. Over four million annual visitors are expected to visit the Fort Worth

The Tennis Channel announced the appointment of Ken Solomon to chairman and CEO of the network effective April 1, 2005. Solomon was the founding president of the Fine Living Cable Network and brings to the network more than 20 years of experience through

Cybex International, Inc. announced that it received the Nova7 supplier award for Best Product of the Year 2004. The award was presented at the 2005 IHRSA conference in San Francisco on March 18, 2005. The Cybex Arc Trainer won the award for the second st

Eddie Bauer, announced that Timothy McLaughlin will join the company as senior vice president, chief financial officer and that Shelley Milano has been named senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of the company.
The company also announced t

ASICS America recently signed several key wrestlers to their list of sponsored wrestlers. ASICS re-signed Rulon Gardner and signed Dremiel Byers from North Carolina A&T , Tommy Rowlands from Ohio State, and Jesse Jantzen from Harvard…

SGMA is on the campaign trail for physical education as Congress will soon witness during P.E.4LIFE’s 5th Annual National P.E. Day® activities in Washington, D.C. The main lobbying day will be Wednesday, May 4. As in past years, the delegation of P.E. lob

Cory Chavera has joined Krenzien, Krenzien, & Associates of Northbrook, Ill, as sales representative for Texas, Steve Krenzien, president of KKA, announced. Mr. Chavera has been in the Sporting Goods business for 19 years, while Krenzien is approaching i

Orange 21 Inc. announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2004. Fiscal year 2004 sales increased 22.5% to $33.56 million from $27.4 million for 2003. 2004 net income was $807,304, compared to $500,097 in 2003, re

Legendary climber, Lynn Hill launched Lynn Hill Climbing Camps this week. The camps will celebrate the climbing lifestyle and help participants achieve a new level in their own climbing. During a five-day course, Lynn will coach participants, demonstrate

Quiksilver is the latest company to see value in bringing a venerable European snow sports company into their growing stable of brands with an agreement to acquire the Rossignol Group. The deal gives Quiksilver an additional $625 million in annual revenue

The Finish Line, Inc. surpassed the billion dollar mark for the first time in their fiscal 2005 year ended February 26, but started to see their impressive comp sales gains moderate a bit more in the fourth quarter as comparable store sales increased 8% o

After alerting the market in February about its slow fourth quarter, Forzani Group last week reported its audited financial results for Q4 and fiscal 2004, revealing that the recent clarification by the SEC regarding lease accounting practices would resul

Li & Fung, the Hong Kong-based manufacturer of hardgoods and apparel is continuing to grow its sales in higher margin areas, providing low double-digit top-line growth and increasing net income by 25% in 2004. The company continues to manufacture in Hong