Skechers USA, Inc. announced Tommy Lasorda, special advisor to the chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Hall of Fame Manager, will appear as a guest speaker during the opening ceremony for the 2010 SKECHERS Pier to Pier Friendship Walk, an annual chari
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Thomas J. Ryan
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Loehmann’s to Close 15 Stores
Loehmann's will close 15 stores over the next 12 months. Loehmann's Capital Corp, which is restructuring its debt, said more than half of its noteholders approved a consent solicitation that would let it close a quarter of its stores…
Fitnessfootwear.com Relaunches Website
Fitnessfootwear.com, based in Hertfordshire, England, has officially announced their new website. Inspired by the most successful US online retailers and the biggest UK supermarkets, the website uses far fewer pages, ensuring that the home page is always
OBIT: Women’s Soccer Pioneer Mavis Derflinger
Mavis Derflinger, one of the Washington Area Girls Soccer League founders passed away. She became the first female Board member of the US Soccer Federation (USSF) in the early 1980's and in 1986 was elected Chairman of US Youth Soccer, which put her
Interbike to Remain in Vegas
In response to feedback to its announcement three weeks ago that it was moving the show to Anaheim in August 2011, Interbike announced the 2011 edition of the show will stay in Las Vegas and will be held Sep. 12-16…
Garmont Names Chris Davenport as Brand Ambassador
Ski boot and technical outdoor footwear company Garmont North America has re-signed adventure skier Chris Davenport as brand ambassador…
Simple Shoes Launches Community-Driven Design Competition
Simple Shoes. a division of Deckers Outdoor Corp., launched 'Simple Shoes Identity Design Showdown: You vs. Our Agency,' a community-driven competition through Behance.net, the platform for creative professionals…
Nike Exec Joins Guess
Nike executive Michael Prince has joined Guess Inc. as chief operating officer…
Asics Appoints New UK Managing Director
Asics appointed Barry Mellis as its new managing director for U.K. & Eire. Mellis joins Asics with extensive UK and European sports trade experience, most recently as general manager of Intersport UK. Previously, she was at New Balance…
Group Rossignol Appoints N.A. President
Tim Petrick, currently Group Rossignol's senior vice president of global sales and marketing, has been promoted to the position of president of North American operations, based in Park City, Utah. Petrick is taking over for Francois Goulet who has re
Etnies Teams Up with Autism Speaks
Etnies, the skateboard footwear and apparel brand, and Autism Speaks, North America”s largest autism science and advocacy organization, announced a new partnership. The organizations will team up and create…
Bauer, USA Hockey Form Hockey Safety Panel
Bauer Hockey initiated a new newly-created hockey panel in an effort to strengthen communication surrounding safety issues such as concussion awareness and management, and neck injury prevention around the sport. The safety panel includes representatives
Fila Launches Toning Apparel
Fila USA announced the release of the Fila Body Toning System (BTS), a collection of body toning workout apparel for the women's fitness industry. The Body Toning System will first deliver to Dick's Sporting Goods stores and athletic specialty s
Steve Madden Acquires Betsey Johnson
Steve Madden (entered into a restructuring agreement with Betsey Johnson LLC to effect an out-of-court restructuring of the outstanding debt of BJ LLC purchased by the company in August 2010 for $27.6 million…
GPS Smart Shoe Wins 2010 People’s Choice Award
GTX Corp won the 2010 People's Choice Award for Most Innovative Connected Location Device at the 4th Annual Locations & Beyond Summit this past week…
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