Aetrex Worldwide announced that John Popham and Michel Racine have joined Aetrex Canada as Market Managers. Popham will cover the Central Canadian market and Racine will cover Eastern Canada. Aetrex Canada was launched in June…
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Under Armour Rolls Out High School Basketball Sponsorships
Under Armour will be sponsoring five New York high school basketball teams as part of 27 high school basketball teams it will sponsor during the 2009-10 season, according to a report in the Daily News. That list includes Lincoln High, which has won seven
Charles River Hires New Rep for the South
Charles River Apparel has hired Thomas Graham Lovelace as an account executive for the company. Lovelace will be the exclusive company representative for Charles River Apparel covering Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Lovelace brings over 13 ye
Nikwax Promotes Palliser to North American Sales Manager
Nikwax N.A. has promoted Ben Palliser to the position of North American sales manager. He will lead the sales efforts for all territories in the United States and Canada…
Keen to Sponsor ICF Freestyle World Championships
KEEN announced their inaugural sponsorship of the 2009 ICF Freestyle World Kayaking Championships, in Thun, Switzerland…
BH North America Hires Director of Marketing
BH North America, a fitness equipment manufacturer based in Orange County, hired John Kipper as director of marketing and Shafiur Rahman as manager of customer service & support. Both Kipper and Rahman bring extensive fitness industry knowledge to BH Nort
Billabong Earnings Slide in FY09 Despite Double-Digit Sales Increase
Billabong International Limited reported that earnings slid 9.2% in Australian dollar terms to A$160.2 million ($134.6 mm) in its fiscal year ended June 30. Group sales revenue of A$1.67 billion ($1.4 bn) represented a 23.9% increase from the prior year,
SRAM Returns as Cyclocross Sponsor
Organizers of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross (USGP) and SRAM announced that SRAM is returning for their fourth consecutive year of sponsorship of the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross…
Science and Motion Sports Renews U.S. Distribution Plans
Science and Motion Sports, developers of the SAM PuttLab and SAM BalanceLab products announce their renewed distribution plans for the USA…
New Era Partners on Baseball Training Facility
New Era Cap, has partnered with Thurman Thomas Sports and Inferno Baseball on a 52,000-square-foot baseball and softball athletic training facility. The $1 million complex is slated to open at the Eastern Hills Mall in Transit Road, NY near Buffalo in Oct
Nickelodeon Exec Joins Timberland as Marketing Chief
Timberland Co. appointed Jim Davey as vice president of global marketing. Prior to joining Timberland, Davey spent eight years with Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products, most recently as senior vice president, global marketing, planning and retail dev
Eddie Bauer Sponsors 2009 Adventure Travel World Summit
Eddie Bauer has signed on as sponsor the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) and its 2009 Adventure Travel World Summit (ATWS)…
Body Glove and American Wave Machines Launch Body Glove Waves
Body Glove International and American Wave Machines, Inc., a wave technology innovation company, partnered to create Body Glove Waves surfing machines…
SmartWool Restructures North American Sales Team
SmartWool Corporation said it will restructure the North America sales department. Amy Beck will move into the role of Director of Sales-North America, Kelly Gorder will take over as the Director for Key Accounts-North America. Additionally the company an
U.S. Census Bureau: June Sporting Goods Store Sales Continue Fall
For the fifth consecutive month, the Monthly Retail Trade Survey, prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau, reported a drop in sales in sporting goods stores. For the most recent reporting month (June), sales fell 3.1% after dropping 4.3% in May, 1.0% in April,
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