Deckers Outdoor Corporation has won a lawsuit filed against it by Dutch footwear manufacturer Intermedium Shoes over the sale of Ugg copycat boots…
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Warrior Hockey Signs Canadian Market Players
Warrior Hockey signed NHL athletes David Clarkson of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Max Pacioretty of the Montreal Canadiens to multi-year endorsement contracts. Warrior will be the official on-ice equipment and off-ice footwear and apparel provider…
Nordstrom Rack To Open In Dublin, CA
Nordstrom, Inc. plans to open a Nordstrom Rack at the Village at Dublin in Dublin, CA. The approximately 35,000-square-foot store is scheduled to open in fall 2015…
Leisure Trends’ CRM Division Becomes Ascent CRM
Leisure Trends, which earlier this week agreed to sell its RetailTrak and Consumer Research divisions to The NPD Group, announced plans to spin off its CRM Division into Ascent CRM, LLC…
Crocs Taps Walmart Exec as North American GM
Crocs, Inc. has appointed former Walmart executive Greg Sullivan general manager of Crocs' Americas region, which includes all of North America, Central America and South America. Sullivan will manage the region's day-to-day operations, includin
Performance Bicycle Launches Learning Center
Performance Bicycle has launched its Learning Center with hundreds of cycling articles, videos, reviews and guides. The Learning Center is available at http://learn.performancebike.com…
Woolrich Restructures Sales Team
Woolrich recently restructured the framework of its sales team with the appointment of two key internal sales positions and the hiring of four independent sales agents…
Fivestar Soccer Training Program Launches with Wayne Rooney and Alex Morgan
Fivestar Training, together with its legendary affiliate Fivestar Basketball brand, launched its first mobile training platform with internationally renowned soccer superstars Wayne Rooney and Alex Morgan. The Fivestar Soccer Training Program will be avai
Callaway Golf Apparel E-Commerce Site Launched
Perry Ellis International, Inc. has launched a new website for Callaway Golf Apparel. The callawayapparel.com site offers customers…
Western Mountain Resorts See Double-Digit Bookings Growth Through Sept. 30
On-the-books occupancy at mountain resorts in the western United States for the October through March 2014 period was tracking 11.3 percent ahead of the same period a year ago, according to data collected through Sept. 30 by Denver-based DestiMetrics…
The NPD Group To Acquire Leisure Trends
The NPD Group, Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire the retail sales tracking and consumer research businesses of Leisure Trends, the Boulder, CO-based provider of market research for the sports and recreation industries. Charlie Cooper, formerly presi
Outdoor Sales Marketing Names Apparel and Accessory Team
Outdoor Sports Marketing (OSM) named the three people who will staff its Apparel and Accessory team, which is being created as part of a new business model the rep agency has created to provide more sales, retail, merchandising, inventory management, desi
Nike Launches Nike+ Fuel Lab
Nike, Inc. announced the creation of Nike+ Fuel Lab, an evolution of its popular Nike+ Accelerator program. Based in San Francisco, the 2014 Nike+ Fuel Lab is designed for tech companies with an existing product offering and a desire to help people live
Outdoor Industry Urges Congress Not to Let Budget Impasse Carry Into Holidays
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and 41 outdoor companies have submitted a letter to Congress, urging a resolution to the government shutdown and expressing concern about the detrimental short- and long-term ramifications of the shutdown to businesses a
Asia Bike Proves it Can Stand on its Own
The first stand-alone edition of the Asia Bike Trade Show, which concluded in Nanjing, China last week, drew more than 11,000 people and 394 exhibitors, indicating it can succeed separate from the Asia Outdoor show held in July…
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