Fanatics, Inc., an online retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise, named Ryan Donovan as vice president, marketing. With more than 15 years of sports marketing experience, Donovan brings a wealth of expertise from the NBC Sports Group…
Category: Outdoor
Committee of Snowboard Brands Meets to Review All Aspects of Category
A committee of leaders from 18 snowboard brands and endemic media companies –organized by SnowSports Industries America (SIA) — met last week in Palm Springs, CA, to review the state of the snowboard category, the buy/sell cycle, product sales at specia
Raleigh Names Rowland as Director of Sales for Western US
Raleigh Bicycles has hired 30-year bicycling and outdoor industry veteran, Alan Rowland, as their new director of sales for the west territory. The company has been rebuilding its U.S. sales and marketing team since being acquired by Dutch cycling giant A
And1 Partners to Produce 20th Anniversary Basketball Tournament
The And1 apparel and sneaker brand has partnered with global sports and entertainment agency IMG to create a new signature basketball tournament in the summer of 2013…
Two Ten Retains Coveted 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator
The Two Ten Footwear Foundation has retained a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator for consistently exceeding industry standards and executing its mission in a fiscally responsible way…
Steve Madden Q1 Profits Improves
Steve Madden reported first-quarter sales increased 4.9 percent to $278.9 million compared to $266.0 million in the same period of 2012. Retail comparable store sales increased 3.0 percent…
Nike Appoints HQ Expansion Partners
Nike released the names of its partners for the expansion of their headquarters campus in Beaverton…
Billabong Halts Stock Trading Pending Announcement
Billabong announced it was halting trading of its shares on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) pending an announcement regarding the sale of the company. The company has entered into an exclusivity agreement with a group led by its former American c
Senate Poised to Vote on Marketplace Fairness Act
The U.S. Senate is expected to vote Monday evening on the S.743, the Marketplace Fairness Act, which enables states to collect sales tax on sales made within their jurisdiction by out-of-state retailers…
Buck Knives Adds Boy Scouts of America Product License
Buck Knives has reached a new product licensing partnership with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), in which an American made pocket knife model will serve as an officially licensed product for Eagle Scouts, parents and other individuals associated with the
Zoic Clothing Names New Sales Manager
Zoic Clothing has announced Abbie Newell as its new national sales leader, where she will be the voice of the Zoic brand with national accounts, key regional accounts and Independent Bicycle Dealers…
The Bike Cooperative Adds New Members
The Bike Cooperative saw an influx of new members in the offseason, with stores from across the country joining the only retailer-owned co-op in the US during winter and early spring…
Black Diamond Q1 Sales Up 10 Percent
Black Diamond, Inc. reported total sales in the first quarter of 2013 increased 10 percent thanks largely to revenues from two European brands acquired last year. The company swung to a net loss, however, as gross margins narrowed due to product mix and a
Sanuk Appoints VP of Sales For North America
Sanuk, a division of Deckers Outdoor, announced that Jeff Fitzhugh has joined Sanuk as vice President of sales for North America. He was most recently a senior vice president at DC Shoes, a division of Quiksilver, Inc…
NRF Study Finds Imports Lower Consumer Prices While Creating U.S. Jobs
A new study commissioned by the National Retail Federation and other trade associations shows that imported merchandise has considerably lowered the price of consumer goods for American families while creating millions of jobs for American workers…
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