Russell Celebrates Little League’s 75th Anniversary

Russell Athletic and Little League announced new uniform combinations for the 2014 Little League Baseball World Series, created and designed specifically to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Little League. The announcement of the new uniforms continues a

Callaway Golf’s Q2 Revenues Sink

Callaway Golf Company reported second quarter sales decreased 7 percent to $232 million, compared to $250 million in 2013. Income from operations decreased 6 percent to $10.8 million…

Timberland Appoints New Brand President

Timberland promoted Stewart Whitney to brand president effective Oct. 5, 2014. Whitney led Timberland’s growth in the Asia Pacific region since 2008. He will report to Patrik Frisk, who has held the position since the brand’s 2011 acquisition

Verde Bolsters Growth With Four New Hires

Verde Brand Communications made four new hires this month. They include Lars-Erik Johnson as account manager, Whitney Coombs as key account coordinator, Chris Primavera as account coordinator and Jenn Neubert as operations coordinator…

Skechers Q2 Revenues Surge 37 Percent

Skechers USA, Inc. reported second quarter sales jumped 37.1 percent to $587.1 million, led by double-digit increases in its domestic wholesale business and its international wholesale business as well as a 13.9 percent same-store hike at its company-owne

HanesBrands Q2 Earnings Climb

HanesBrands, the parent of Champion, Hanes and Gear for Sports, reported net sales increased 12 percent to $1.34 billion, adjusted operating profit excluding actions increased 27 percent to $231 million, and adjusted diluted EPS excluding actions increase

USA Swimming Launches New Campaign

Ten industry partners, including USA Swimming, are collaborating on a summer-long campaign called SwimToday, led by five-time Olympian and 12-time medalist, Dara Torres. The lighthearted campaign proclaims swimming as “the funnest sport there is” and show