Category: Outdoor

After taking a year off to explore the business side of lacrosse with Brine, Inc., Mike Powell has announced his intent to play Major League Lacrosse during the upcoming 2005 season. Nothing is official, as player contracts are not released until mid-Feb

Wilson Racquet Sports recently announced the promotion of Jon Muir to U.S. Director of Sales & Marketing. Muir, who recently served as Wilson’s U.S. Director of Marketing & Promotions, will take on the new sales responsibilities that were previously unde

search synergy, a retained executive search firm specializing in mid-to-executive level positions within the sporting goods, outdoor, and action sports industries, announces additions to its team. Kim Klupenger joined search synergy as Director last Janu

Confluence Watersports will be donating a portion of sales of their Wilderness Systems Tsunami kayaks to the disaster relief effort in Southeast Asia. Confluence will donate a
minimum of $20,000 a year through Outdoor Industry Association's disaste

Columbia Sportswear Company has named Greg Goddard to the newly created position of International Market Development Manager. Goddard will be based in Columbia's European headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland and will report directly to Bill Tung, VP o

Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. announced that net sales for the nine-week period ended January 1, 2005, increased 17.2% to $80.9 million compared with $69.0 million for the comparable nine-week period ended January 3, 2004. Comparable store sales increased

ASICS America Corporation and ASICS Corporation Japan have been granted a preliminary injunction against Wanted Shoes, Inc. for trademark infringement for the sale by Wanted of shoes that bear a stripe design similar to ASICS' famous stripe design. T