The climbing segment at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2009 saw new product releases along expected themes: lighter weight, increased durability, improved ergonomics, and reduced environmental footprint…
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Under Armour Rolls Out High School Basketball Sponsorships
Under Armour will be sponsoring five New York high school basketball teams as part of 27 high school basketball teams it will sponsor during the 2009-10 season, according to a report in the Daily News. That list includes Lincoln High, which has won seven
Increased Park Visits Help Local Economies
America’s national parks are seeing more visitors in 2009 than a year earlier, according to visitation information collected by the National Park Service (NPS). In the first half of 2009, all national parks combined experienced 127.7 million visits,
Backwoods to Open New Store
Backwoods will celebrate the opening of their 9th retail store and first Missouri location at The Meadows at Lake Saint Louis. This new location will be a 10,000 square foot out-parcel store. Ten percent of the weekend sales go directly to Big Brothers Bi
Charles River Hires New Rep for the South
Charles River Apparel has hired Thomas Graham Lovelace as an account executive for the company. Lovelace will be the exclusive company representative for Charles River Apparel covering Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Lovelace brings over 13 ye
Keen to Sponsor ICF Freestyle World Championships
KEEN announced their inaugural sponsorship of the 2009 ICF Freestyle World Kayaking Championships, in Thun, Switzerland…
SRAM Returns as Cyclocross Sponsor
Organizers of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross (USGP) and SRAM announced that SRAM is returning for their fourth consecutive year of sponsorship of the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross…
Sunwear Sees Grim Third Quarter; Ponders Shoe Re-Intro
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. may have narrowly exceeded analysts forecast for the second quarter of 2009, but the main story lies within a macabre Q3 outlook that is far worse than most analysts expected. Management now expects same-store sales to
Science and Motion Sports Renews U.S. Distribution Plans
Science and Motion Sports, developers of the SAM PuttLab and SAM BalanceLab products announce their renewed distribution plans for the USA…
Hibbett Sports Takes Second Quarter Hit on Weaker Footwear Results
Hibbett Sports expected the absence of stimulus checks and shift of tax-free holidays to put a crimp on second quarter results, but what wasn't anticipated was a dismal performance in footwear, which significantly underperformed against plan and nega
New Era Partners on Baseball Training Facility
New Era Cap, has partnered with Thurman Thomas Sports and Inferno Baseball on a 52,000-square-foot baseball and softball athletic training facility. The $1 million complex is slated to open at the Eastern Hills Mall in Transit Road, NY near Buffalo in Oct
Acushnet Co. Wins New Trial in Callaway Patent Case
The Acushnet Co. won a court victory in its long-running patent dispute with Callaway Golf Co. over Acushnet’s Titleist Pro V1 line of golf balls. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. ordered a new trial and lifted a
Nickelodeon Exec Joins Timberland as Marketing Chief
Timberland Co. appointed Jim Davey as vice president of global marketing. Prior to joining Timberland, Davey spent eight years with Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products, most recently as senior vice president, global marketing, planning and retail dev
Perry Ellis Sees Golf Healthy, Swim Weak for Q2
Perry Ellis International's Q2 sales decreased 17.8% to $159.2 million, driven by declines in swimwear weakness at department stores, a planned reduction in its private label pants programs at Wal-Mart, the discontinuance of licenses for PING golf ap
SmartWool Restructures North American Sales Team
SmartWool Corporation said it will restructure the North America sales department. Amy Beck will move into the role of Director of Sales-North America, Kelly Gorder will take over as the Director for Key Accounts-North America. Additionally the company an
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