Black Diamond Names Rep Agency for Southeast

Black Diamond Equipment has partnered with the newly created sales agency Eventum, LLC, which was founded in 2013 by Chip Parker. Eventum will represent Black Diamond Equipment and Black Diamond Apparel in the Southeast…

RECALL: Red Wing Shoes Recalls Steel Toe Work Boots

About 105,000 pairs of Red Wing steel toe work boots in the United States and 9,000 in Canada are being recalled. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the steel toe cap in the boots could fail to protect the wearer’s feet in an impact. No inj

Nike’s Q2 Revenues Climb 8 Percent

Nike Inc. reported earnings from continuing operations improved 3.1 percent in its second quarter ended Nov. 30, to $537 million, or 59 cents a share, besting Wall Street's consensus estimate by a penny. Revenues grew 8.0 percent to $6.43 billion, an

Amazon Fashion to Sponsor Footwear Cares

Two Ten Footwear Foundation announced that Amazon Fashion has been named as the title sponsor for the second annual Footwear Cares held during the month of April 2014. In its inaugural year, Two Ten’s Footwear Cares program united 68 footwear compan

Adidas Venture Fund Invests in Natural Fiber Company

Adidas Group's in-house venture capital fund has agreed to invest CAD$2.0 million in CRAiLAR Technologies Inc., a Canadian company that makes natural fiber in the form of flax, hemp and other bast fibers for use in textile and other applications…

Sports Authority Partners with Shopkick

Shopkick, the shopping app, announced it has partnered with Sports Authority. All shopkick users will earn “kicks” just for walking in, browsing special offers throughout the store, scanning products and making purchases at Sports Authority store location

Dorel Bids Adieu to Bicycle Chief Baird

Dorel Industries Inc. announced the departure of Robert P. Baird, group president and CEO of the company's Recreational/Leisure segment, which owns Cannondale, Schwinn, GT, Mongoose, Caloi, IronHorse and Sugoi. Peter Woods, the segment's CFO, ha