Converse Inc. announced the limited-edition José Parlá for Converse (PRODUCT)RED Chuck Taylor All Star shoe launching on World AIDS Day – Dec. 1, 2011. A painter, widely acclaimed in the art world, Parlá's collaboration…
Category: Outdoor
MEC Awards More than $600,000 in Grants
Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) named the fall recipients of its community grants program, with 58 community-based environmental and outdoor recreation projects awarded a total of $604,389. These grants are announced twice each year, with over $1.3 million
ComScore: Cyber Monday’s Revenues Ahead 22 Percent
ComScore reported holiday season U.S. retail e-commerce spending for the first 28 days of the November – December 2011 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $15 billion has been spent online, marking a 15-percent increase versus the correspondin
Performance Bicycle Joins Bikes Belong
Performance Bicycle has joined Bikes Belong, the national coalition of bicycle retailers and suppliers dedicated to putting more people on bikes more often. Additionally, Performance Bicycle CEO, David Pruitt, will serve on the Bikes Belong Board of Direc
Keeper Sports Appoints New Manager for Surf Line
Keeper Sports Products, LLC, based in Oceanside CA, has appointed Patrick Dugan as account executive and the new head of it's surf line, California Board Company (CBC)…
Salomon Names Full U.S. Alpine Category Manager
Salomon has appointed Jake Fuller to the position of Salomon USA Alpine product category manager…
Mizuno Golf to Offer Free Online Shipping
Mizuno USA will be offering on-line consumers free shipping on all orders over $150 from their MizunoGolf.com website. This deal applies only to Mizuno's high performance lineup of soft goods, including golf apparel, gloves, bags, and accessories…
Asics Signs World Champion Freestyle Wrestler
Asics America signed American World Champion freestyle wrestler Jordan Burroughs. Most recently, Burroughs earned Gold at the 2011 Pan America Games in Guadalajara, Mexico at 74 kilograms (163 pounds)…
City Sports Raises $10K for Breast Cancer Research
City Sports raised $10,000 to benefit the Tufts Medical Center Breast Cancer Research Fund, the result of a successful October social media campaign which generated awareness for the cause via the brand's official Facebook page…
Skullcandy Files Lawsuit Against Skelanimals Over Logo Design
Skullcandy has sued Skelanimals, a music-related accessories and apparel brand, for trademark infringement over its logo…
Johnson Health Technology Aims for Quarter of World Fitness Market
Johnson Health Technology Co. hopes to control 25% of the global market by 2015. The Taiwanese company claims to have overtaken Nautilus to become the world's second-largest home fitness equipment manufacturer behind only Icon…
Rife Putters Sold to Innovex
Innovex Golf announced that it has acquired Rife Putters. Terms were not disclosed…
The North Face Announces Second Round of Planet Explore Grants
The North Face announced that it has awarded the second round of Explore Fund grants for 2011, over $125,000 in grants to 51 projects that will affect more than 30,000 children across the nation…
Icebreaker Names U.S. Finance Director
Icebreaker has named Kimberlee Viera as its U.S. finance director. Based out of Icebreaker’s U.S. headquarters in Portland, OR, she is responsible for the finance functions across USA wholesale and retail, as well as the global e-commerce and global
SSV Kick’s of Adopt-a-Cause Holiday Fund Raiser
Specialty Sports Ventures kicks off its annual Adopt-a-Cause holiday fundrasing campaign Wednesday for local charities serving commnunities across its market area, which spans California, Colorado, Nevada and Utah. Last year, the program raised more than
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