Mitsui Bussan Techno Products Co., LTD, announced its partnership with performance textile industry veteran, John Mitchell, to develop and promote a line of performance knit textiles under its PrimaLoft Performance Fabric license…
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Ride Snowboards Hires Marketing Manager
Ride Snowboards has appointed Carson Schubert as global marketing manager. He recently he was the brand and marketing manager at High Cascade Snowboard Camp…
Pop Warner Test Yields Promising Concussion Reduction Results
Following positive results from a 2014 season-long pilot study testing Unequal supplemental head padding, Pop Warner Little Scholars Executive Director Jon Butler announced Pop Warner is planning to conduct a larger study with more Pop Warner teams and pl
IPC Beverage Group Adds Board Member
IPC Beverage Group, makers of the vitamin-enriched ice bar EnergIce, said Dave Howard, the former New York Mets and Madison Square Garden Sports senior executive, has joined its board of directors…
Vista Outdoors Fiscal Q3 Sales Off 3 Percent
Vista Outdoor Inc., which will be spun off next month in an IPO, generated sales of $507 million in the third quarter ended Dec. 28, 2014, down 3 percent from the prior-year quarter. The decline was attributed to…
REI to Build Flagship Store in Washington D.C.
REI will open a 51,000-square-foot flagship store in the NoMa neighborhood of Washington D.C. in late 2016. The store will mark REI's fifth location in the metro area, where the retailing cooperative already service more than 281,000 REI members…
Carhartt to Open First Detroit Store
Carhartt plans to bring its first Carhartt-owned retail store to Detroit. After a lengthy real estate search, Carhartt has signed a long-term lease for a three-story, 51,000 square foot building in Midtown Detroit…
Two Ten Footwear Foundation Earns Charity Recognition
Two Ten Footwear Foundation, the national charitable foundation serving the footwear industry, today announced that it has again earned a coveted 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s leading independent charity evaluator…
Dynafit Partners with More Brands to Expand Adoption of its Tech Standard
Dynafit is expanding its partnerships with ski boot brands beyond Scarpa to further establish its Dynafit Tech Standard as the standard for frameless boot-binding systems. The Germany company said that as of the 2015-16 season, it will supply “Dynaf
RECALL: Probar Base Frosted Peanut Butter Bars
Probar LLC of Salt Lake City has initiated a voluntary recall of its Probar Base Frosted Peanut Butter Bars due to the possible presence of an undeclared milk allergen…
Igloo Renews as FLW Sponsor
Igloo Products Corp. renewed its partnership with FLW, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed…
PeopleforBikes Reports Rapid Growth of Protected Bike Lanes
PeopleForBikes said the number of protected U.S. bike lanes has nearly doubled to 138 in the two years since it launched the PeopleForBikes Green Lane campaign…
EB Sport Group To Distribute P90X Products at Retail
EB Sport Group has partnered with Beachbody, LLC to launch a full range of its P90X branded products at retail to help fitness enthusiasts realize their goals. The products range from strength-building body weight exercise equipment to warm-up and recover
Black Diamond Helps Avalanche Centers Launch Mobile Apps
Black Diamond Equipment has sponsored the launch of mobile apps by Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC) and Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) in a bid to promote local avalanche awareness…
Ironman Forms Women’s Board
Ironman and Life Time announced the appointment of 12 women to its founding Women For Tri board of advisors…
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