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Avia Announces Team Wins

Avia announced recent wins by Team AVIA athletes at the inaugural International Triathlon Union (ITU) Cross Triathlon World Championships, held in Extremadura, Spain, and women's Ironman Australia and St. George, Utah…

Winter Occupancy up 5.7 Percent at Western Mountain Resorts

Overall occupancy at major western mountain resorts finished up 5.7 percent this winter compared to last season and on-the-books occupancy for the May through October period is running 6.6 percent ahead of last year, according to Mountain Travel Research

Dorel’s Bike Segment Grows 10.3 Percent in Q1

Dorel Industries Inc. reported sales in its Recreational/Leisure segment, which owns the Cannondale, Schwinn, GT, Mongoose and Sugoi bicycling brands, increased 10.3 percent to U.S. $200.4 million in the first quarter. Operating profits grew 17.9 percent

Henry Diamond Honored by Sec. of Interior

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar recently presented the Secretary of the Interior’s Lifetime Conservation Achievement Award to Henry L. Diamond, one of the architects of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, for six decades of dedicated service

Iconix Prices $275M Notes Offering

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. announced the pricing of its private offering of $275 million aggregate principal amount of 2.50 percent convertible senior subordinated notes due 2016…

Sherbrook Renews SPHL Sponsorship

Sherbrook SBK Sport Corp has renewed its official supplier agreement with the Southern Pro Hockey League (SPHL) for a period of 24 months, an agreement valued at $600,000…

Former Nike Exec to Head Dockers

Levi Strauss & Co. said that Anne Rohosy, a former Nike executive, will become president of its Dockers khakis brand. She replaces Jim Calhoun, who resigned last month to become CEO of Hurley International LLC, owned by Nike Inc…

Adidas Appoints Chief Marketing Officer for Adidas Brand

Adidas has appointed Hermann Deininger as chief marketing officer (CMO) for the Adidas brand, effective June 1. In this new role, Deininger will be responsible for all three adidas sub-brands, adidas Sport Performance, adidas Originals and adidas Sport St

Wenger’s Boulder Store Honored for Design

Wenger's Boulder, CO store has been honored as Store of the Year by the Association of Retail Environments (A.R.E.). The award recognizes the best in retail design, store fixtures and visual presentation…

Kohl’s Raises FY EPS Outlook on Above-Plan Q1

Kohl's Corp.'s first-quarter profit rose 6%, to $211 million, or 73 cents a share, up from $199 million, or 64 cents a share, a year earlier. Last week, the company said it expected per-share earnings at the high end of the forecast of 68 cents

Nordstrom’s Q1 Profits Climb 24 Percent

Nordstrom Inc. reported earnings in the first quarter rose 24 percent to $145 million, or 65 cents per share, from $116 million, or 52 cents, a year ago. Nordstrom's first quarter performance was at the high end of the company's internal plans,

Payless Expands Champion Activelite Minimalist Line

Payless ShoeSource announced the continued expansion of its Champion Activelite collection featuring minimalist shoe technology. The company said by making performance runners available for $35 it would “democratize” the minimalist running craze…

SRAM International Files for IPO

SRAM International Corp., the world's second largest maker of bicycle compoents after Japan's Shimano Corp., plans to go public, according to papers it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. SRAM S1 registration shows the company ha