Timberland Ups Green Marketing Efforts with New Campaign

The Timberland Company is escalating its green marketing activities with the launch of its biggest and most environmentally-focused marketing campaign yet — Nature Needs Heroes. The campaign employs outdoor imagery and light-hearted humor to help convey

G-III Apparel’s Wholesale Business Surges in Q2

G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. net sales increased by 39% to $189.0 million for the second quarter ended July 31, compared $135.9 million in the year-ago quarter. The stronger than expected results were attributed primarily to increased wholesale sales of…

Bon-Ton To Close Retail Store in Ohio

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. will be closing its 191,000 square foot Elder-Beerman store in the Centerville Place in Centerville, Ohio. The closing will impact approximately 65 associates. The location is scheduled to close by late January 2011…

TaylorMade Partners with China Golf Association

The TaylorMade Golf Company entered a new three-year agreement with the China Golf Association (CGA) that appoints TaylorMade and Adidas Golf as the exclusive equipment suppliers and the recognized brands of the China National Golf Team…

U.S. Consumer Confidence Inches Up in August

The Conference Board, a private research group, said its index of consumer confidence rose to 53.5 in August from a revised 51.0 in July, first reported as 50.4. The August reading was better than the 51.0 expected by economists surveyed by Dow Jones…

Li Ning Sponsors USA Diving

Li Ning Company Limited has officially added the USA Diving Team to its line-up of global talent, expanding its presence on the main stage of the Olympics as USA Diving Team’s official apparel sponsor through 2012…

Composite Baseball Bats Get a Reprieve — Sort Of

After implementing an outright ban on the use of composite baseball bats in July, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has now announced that eight composite bats would be allowed for the 2010-2011 season. The winners appear t

NSSF Addresses Potential EPA Ban on Lead Ammo, Tackle

Much to the chagrin of the hunting, fishing and firearms communities, the Environmental Protection Agency is now considering a petition to ban all traditional firearms ammunition along with lead fishing sinkers on the grounds that the use of lead violates