Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 6, 2007 | Uncategorized, Update
Podium Venture Group, Inc., an apparel, media, and publishing holding company in the lifestyle sports industry, retained a first option to acquire a majority interest in Corduroy Surf Company, a surf equipment, apparel, and art retailer with both storefr (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 5, 2007 | Outdoor, Outdoor People, Uncategorized, Update
Remington Arms Co. Inc. has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP for $118 million. As part of the acquisition of Remington, which makes guns for hunting as well as police and military uses, Cerberus has agreed to ass (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 5, 2007 | Apparel, Apparel Supplier, Apparel Vendor, Footwear, Footwear Supplier, Footwear Vendor, Uncategorized, Update
Simple Shoes has teamed up with the Stop Global Warming Virtual March to develop a special StopGlobalWarming.org edition of the Toepeeka flip-flop for men and women... (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 5, 2007 | Apparel, Apparel Financial, Footwear, Footwear Financial, Outdoor, Outdoor Financial, Uncategorized, Update
Shares in Puma rose almost 10% on Thursday on market talk the French group, PPR could launch a bid for the German sportswear group. PPR reportedly has plenty of firepower to make medium or large acquisitions. At the end of 2006 PPR had roughly 1.5 billion (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 5, 2007 | Apparel, Apparel People, Footwear, Footwear People, Update
Former NBA All-Star and New York Knicks legend John Starks has partnered with ZipWay on a new athletic apparel line. The breakaway pant collection launches at 150 Foot Locker stores around the country on April 13... (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 5, 2007 | Outdoor, Outdoor Trade, Update
Nocona Athletic Goods Co. has hired David Ortiz, Miguel Tejada and Vladimir Guerrero to endorse its Nokona Rock Maple bat for game day play. In honor of these players, the company announced the group would officially be branded as "The Nokona Wrecking Cre (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 4, 2007 | Outdoor, Outdoor Supplier, Outdoor Vendor, XX BOSS
The SEA Group, based in Montreal, appointed Kathy Van Ness as Executive Vice President/Chief Marketing Officer of its Christina and Gottex swimwear brands. She was formerly Executive Vice President for the Swimwear Group at Warnaco, Inc., in Los Angeles.. (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 4, 2007 | Outdoor, Outdoor Supplier, Outdoor Vendor, Uncategorized, XX BOSS, XX SEW
Nike announced that a new 30-second broadcast commercial featuring Japanese star and Boston Red Sox rookie pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka will begin airing today on television exclusively in Japan to mark the athlete's professional debut this week in the (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 4, 2007 | Outdoor, Outdoor Supplier, Outdoor Vendor, Uncategorized, XX BOSS, XX SEW
Horizon Fitness promoted Clint Myers to vice president of product and engineering. In his new role, Myers will lead product managers in executing annual plans from conceptualization to final production... (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 4, 2007 | Outdoor, Outdoor Supplier, Outdoor Vendor, Uncategorized, XX BOSS, XX SEW
Reebok is launching a $30m multimedia marketing campaign in the U.S. called "Run Easy". The campaign is designed to motivate runners to have fun with their exercise, and one of its poster ads takes a swipe at Nike's "Just Do It" slogan with the messa (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 4, 2007 | Outdoor, Outdoor Supplier, Outdoor Vendor, Uncategorized, XX BOSS, XX SEW
Nike plans to drop most of its cycling apparel and footwear line for consumers as it narrows its focus to outfitting cycling teams and Nike-endorser athletes. Nike's seven-year relationship with Trek Bicycle Corp., which produces clothing and shoes f (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 3, 2007 | Uncategorized, XX SEW
Joe's, formerly known as GI Joe's, inked a three-year extension of its sponsorship deal with with the Seattle Seahawks. The three-year sponsorship is "valued in the mid-six figures," said Seahawks spokeswoman Suzanne Lavender told the Pugent So (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 3, 2007 | Uncategorized, XX SEW
Gaylord Entertainment Co. is selling its stake in Bass Pro Group, owner of Bass Pro Shops, back to Bass Pro for $222 million. The deal is expected to close during the second quarter... (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 3, 2007 | Outdoor, XX BOSS
Nautilus laid off about 30 people across the company in an effort to move "decision-making closer to the customer," according to the Oregonian. (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 3, 2007 | Outdoor, Outdoor Supplier, Outdoor Vendor, Uncategorized, Update
Sole Technology announced the addition of Diem Culley as its new vice president of apparel. Before joining Sole Technology, Culley held the position as vice president of merchandising operations, purchasing and planning at O’Neill and Lost and successfull (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 2, 2007 | Apparel, Apparel Supplier, Apparel Vendor, Uncategorized, Update
Gildan Activewear Inc. will close its two remaining textile facilities in Montreal, as well as its cutting facility in Bombay, N.Y., in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year. Two sewing facilities in Mexico, which are supplied with fabric from Gil (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 2, 2007 | Outdoor, Outdoor Retailer, Uncategorized, Update
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday he'll veto a bill passed last month to outlaw metal bats from high school baseball in the nation's largest school system, which some believe would make the game safer. The City Council is expected to overr (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 2, 2007 | Outdoor, Outdoor Supplier, Outdoor Vendor, Uncategorized, Update
Richmond B. Hosley, 60, former president, international division for Jockey International Inc., passed away on March 10, 2007. Mr. Hosley was born in 1947 in New Haven, Conn... (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 2, 2007 | Apparel, Apparel People, Outdoor, Outdoor People, Uncategorized, Update
Joe's Sports, Outdoor & More, formerly G.I. Joe's, said it plans to host community-wide grand openings for new stores in Bellevue and Kirkland, Washington, beginning with ribbon-cuttings at each store at 9 a.m. on Thursday, April 5, 2007... (Read More)
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | April 2, 2007 | Footwear, Footwear People, Outdoor, Outdoor People, Uncategorized, Update
The CPSC and Dynacraft BSC Inc., of American Canyon, Calif. are recalling about 32,000 Triax PK7 and Vertical PK7 Bicycles. The bicycles were manufactured by Shun Lu Bicycle Company of Guangdong, China... (Read More)
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