KangaROOS Names Canadian Licensee

KangaROOS signed a license and distribution agreement with Sports Odyssée Inc. for Canada. The brand recently appointed new partners in the USA as well…

Heelys Receives Nasdaq Deficiency Letter

Heelys, Inc. received a Nasdaq Staff deficiency letter on January 17, 2008 indicating that the company no longer complies with the Nasdaq audit committee requirement as set forth in Marketplace Rule 4350, which requires a listed company to have an audit c

OIA and Outdoor Retailer Enter 15-Year Pact

Outdoor Industry Association and Nielsen Business Media (NBM), parent company of Outdoor Retailer, have entered a 15-year strategic alliance that will boost efforts to ensure the long term success and growth of the $289 billion outdoor industry. Outdoor R

prAna Introduces Independent Sales Reps

For the first time in 14 years, prAna is announcing a restructure of its sales team to include independent outside sales reps dedicated to serving 30 states in five regions. While new to prAna, these veteran industry professionals have years of experience

Puma Extends Ghana Football Association Deal

PUMA and the Ghana Football Association (GFA) entered a multi-year extension of their successful partnership through the 2014 FIFA World Cup. PUMA will be the Official Supplier of The Black Stars and all its associated teams including the Men’s ‘A’, ‘B’,

Gramicci Names Sales Director for Europe

Gramicci named Christian Vogel as sales director for Europe. Vogel, 30, has held similar sales positions in Europe with other leading suppliers of outdoor apparel and accessories, most recently as director of European sales for Easton-Bell Sports…

Brunswick Corp.’s Mackey to Retire

Brunswick Corporation announced that Patrick C. Mackey, 61, will retire from the company March 1 after more than seven years of service. Mackey is president of the Mercury Marine Group, chief operating officer of Brunswick's Marine businesses and a B

Texas’s Rooster Andrews Passes Away

William “Rooster” Andrews, owner of the popular sporting goods chain that bore his name in Texas, has passed away at the age of 84. His last store closed last year, but the chain once boasted four locations across Austin, annual sales of $5 million, and

Gramicci Hires Reality TV Star as Designer

Gramicci has hired Fiji Survivor' contestant Michelle Yi as an assistant designer. In addition to appearing on the CBS reality show, the competitive climber studied design at the University of Cincinnati. Yi, 24, established a reputation for style at

Is the Bloom Finally Coming Off the Industry Rose?

If analysts and investors planning to attend the annual January investor conferences last week were looking for a few tidbits of information to give them some advance information of the health of the public companies presenting, they didn’t have to wait l