Nexcen’s D’Loren Joins Board of Running Club

NexCen Brands Inc., the parent of The Athlete's Foot, announced that its President and CEO, Robert W. D'Loren, has been appointed to the board of directors for the Achilles Track Club (ATC.) NexCen Brands, Inc. has also committed to donating $25

Teva Will Be Title Sponsor for Mountain Games

Teva has signed a five-year agreement to be the title sponsor for Mountain Games taking place in Vail, Colo. this summer. The seventh annual Teva Mountain Games will take place from June 5–8. The event is expected to draw 2,500 athletes to compete for $10

Heelys Next Non-Wheeled Shoe to Ship this Summer

Heelys, Inc., which has seen the average selling price for its wheeled shoes plummet, said it will ship a new line of non-wheeled footwear starting at a retail price of $39.95 in time for the back-to-school season. The new line follows on the heels of the

Foot Locker Hikes Dividend by 20%

Foot Locker, Inc. declared a quarterly dividend of 15 cents a share, paybable May 2 to shareholders of record as of April 18. This dividend represents a 20 percent increase over the company's previous quarterly per share amount and is equivalent to a

H20 Audio Adds Laird Hamilton to Board

H2O Audio has added Laird Hamilton to its Board of Directors. As a member of the Board, Hamilton will be strategically guiding the company with marketing its brand and developing its next generation of surf/music products…

New Era Cap and Teamsters Settle Dispute…

New Era Cap Co. and the local teamsters union have reached a deal at the company's 118-worker distribution center in Mobile, AL. This deal marks the first contract for the warehouse, where workers voted 57-53 on July 12 for union representation. Rece

Escalade Sports Sales Slip in Q4…

Escalade Inc. said sporting goods revenues in Q4 and fiscal 2007 were down 12% and 5%, respectively, due to lower sales to mass market retail customers. The company said industry-wide erosion in consumer demand for soccer and hockey game tables was the pr

New Management Retools Yakima Dealer Programs…

Intent on making Yakima “sweet and easy,” new management has overhauled how the company sells to dealers. Starting last month, Yakima unveiled a new dealer program that greatly simplifies how dealers place preseason orders…

Safilo Group Moves Carrera Under Level USA…

Italian sunglass and ski goggle maker Carrera is returning to its roots in specialty retail after flirting with big box distribution strategies, according to Charlie Adams, sales manager for Level USA, which on January 1 took over U.S. distribution of Car

Golf Report: Boccieri Golf Grows Distribution with Solus…

Boccieri Golf formed what it termed a “strategic alliance” with Solus Golf that will see Boccieri, the distributor of the Heavy Putter line, exclusively manage the global sales and distribution of Solus wedges. The deal is not an acquisition, but rather a

Golf Report: Mizuno’s Strong Q3 Boosts YTD Results…

Mizuno Corp. posted a strong third quarter that helped to buoy results that had been lagging during the first half.
For the quarter ended December 31, 2007, net sales grew 12.8% to ¥43.20 billion ($381.9 mm) from ¥38.31 billion ($325.2 mm)…