Nfinity has signed a multi-year partnership with high school and club girls volleyball resource site PrepVolleyball. Nfinity will be the title sponsor of the Top 50 Recruits, the College Need List and the Coach’s Parties at the 2010 PrepVolleyball Classic
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Wilson, Ohio High School Athletic Association Extend Partnership through 2015
Wilson Sporting Goods Co. and the Ohio High School Athletic Association are extending their partnership through 2015. Wilson, the Official Football Supplier of the OHSAA, has been a partner since 2002. The new agreement will make the Wilson F1003 GST foo
Gregory Mountain Products CEO Resigns
Gregory Mountain Products president and CEO John N. Simons has resigned to “pursue outside interests.” The expedition, backpacking and day packs manufacturer has begun a search for a new president and CEO, hiring executive search firm Egon Zehnder Interna
Ripken Baseball and Rawlings Partner on Training Products
Rawlings has partnered with Ripken Baseball to create a new line of training products for youth baseball players. Rawlings’ new “Five Tool” training products will include hurdles, pop-up nets and tees to be used for baseball tournaments and camps at the R
The Finish Line Exits Man Alive; Posts Q1 Comp Decline
The Finish Line, Inc. will exit its unprofitable Man Alive business and has entered into a definitive agreement with Man Alive Acquisition, LLC (“MA”) an entity controlled by Jimmy Khezrie, the owner and operator of Jimmy Jazz stores. In other news, The
KARHU Partners with University of Jyväskylä on Research
KARHU has formed a new partnership with University of Jyvaskyla (UoJ), Finland’s leading sports and fitness research institute, to further study the biomechanics and physiology of runners. The two have worked together for more than two decades. One result
Dorel Names General Manager for Cycling Sports Group Canada
Dorel Industries Inc. appointed Adam Ingrao as the new general manager for Cycling Sports Group (CSG) Canada. Most recently, he worked for the National Football League (NFL) overseeing the league's international consumer products business…
OBIT: Midwest Mountaineering’s Andy Knapp
Andy Knapp, the long time head buyer of hardgoods at Midwest Mountaineering in Minneapolis passed away at home on June 22, 2009. He had been fighting against kidney cancer for the past six years…
Nine West Reaches U.K./Ireland Distribution Deal
Nine West Footwear Corporation, a division of Jones Apparel Group, Inc. signed an agreement with Kurt Geiger Ltd., Europe's luxury footwear retailer, to license and distribute the Nine West and Easy Spirit brands in the United Kingdom and Ireland…
Columbia Sportswear Plans Second Twin Cities Store
Columbia Sportswear Co. plans to open a second Twin Cities location. The company, which opened a store at Mall of America last November, has signed a lease for an 11,000-square-foot space at 3016 Hennepin Ave. in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood. The sto
Sportsman’s Warehouse Seeks DIP Loan Amendment
The Sportsman's Warehouse, which is reorganizing in bankruptcy court proceedings, is seeking to amend its debtor-in-possession financing facility after defaulting on its credit agreement. The amended facility would enable the hunt and fish retailer t
Pacific Cycle Increases Bid to Acquire Iron Horse Bicycle
Pacific Cycle increased its bid to buy Iron Horse Bicycle Co. — which is reorganizing in bankruptcy proceedings — to $2.7 million. With another bid already in from Outdoor Cycle Group, an auction to entertain all bids for the bicycle manufacturer is now
Paddlesports Vendors Look for New Selling Solutions
The shift in the timing of Outdoor Retailer Summer Market to earlier July dates this year, coupled with the current economic conditions, has apparently caused many specialty paddlesports retailers to forgo attendance of the show this summer…
Accell Group Expands in Finland with Hellberg Acquisition
Accell Group N.V., which consists of bicycle brands such as Batavus, Ghost, Hercules, Sparta and more, has reached an agreement to acquire all shares in Raul Hellberg Oy and affiliated companies…
Amer Sports 2009 Outlook Clouded
Amer Sports stated that their full-year outlook is “clouded by the uncertainty in consumer demand in general.” The company said that pre-season orders in winter sports equipment for fall/winter are roughly flat to last year's level, a result that re
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