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Vail Resorts to Invest up to $85M in 2010 Improving Resorts
Vail Resorts anticipates spending $75-85 million in calendar 2010 on capital projects for its mountain and lodging businesses, that include some of the best known winer resorts in the Western United States…
Mattingly Sports to Hold Baseball Camps
Mattingly Sports, the baseball and softball equipment company founded by MLB legend Don Mattingly, will be offering a series of instructional youth baseball and baseball/softball combination camps around the country this summer…
Mavic Names National Sales Manager
Mavic announced the promotion of Larry Burke to the newly created position of national sales manager for Mavic Inc. Burke will be responsible for managing both aftermarket sales for the USA and OEM sales for North America…
Freedom Group Q1 Sales Decline on Eve of IPO
Freedom Group Inc., which is preparing for an initial public offering, reported net sales of $174.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, down $18 million, or 9.4% from the same period a year earlier, according to unaudited financial figures released i
Defender Mouthguards Lauches Free Mouthguard Program
In order to help promote concussion awareness Defender Mouthguards is offering high school and college athletic directors free custom fit mouthguards for their starting quarterbacks…
Pac Sun Sales Drop 15% in Q1
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. claims that net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2010 ended May 1, 2010, were $190 million versus net sales of $223 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 ended May 2, 2009. Total Company same-store sales dec
Nike Announces Strategic Management Changes
Nike Inc. announced a number of key promotions across the organization. Among the management changes, global brand and general management veteran Joaquin Hidalgo became vice president of emerging markets reporting to president of Nike global operations, G
NSSF: Grants Fuel Growth in Collegiate Target Shooting
Last year, National Shooting Sports Foundation began providing grants through its Collegiate Shooting Sports Initiative to support the development of varsity teams for those students interested in competition and create clubs for students interested in th
FWS Grants Nearly $5 Million to Help Imperiled Species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that nearly $5 million in grants will be going to six state fish and wildlife agencies to help conserve and recover Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) through the State Wildlife Grants (SWG) Com
B.C. and Ontario Convert to New Sales Tax Systems July 1
Brands selling in British Columbia and Ontario need to be aware that the provinces are converting to a harmonized sales tax system July 1, that will affect the way sales taxes are levied and remitted. The change will raise the sales tax on bicycles from 5
Adams Golf Profits Quadruple on 5% Sales Decline
Adams Golf said that while sales slipped 5% in the first quarter, it ended the period with more than three times the open orders as a year earlier – largely because specialty retailers boosted orders amid limited availability from other vendors…
Warnaco Announces Share Repurchase Program
The Warnaco Group, Inc., the parent of Speedo, announced that its Board of Directors approved a new multi-year five million share repurchase program…
Phoenix Footwear’s Q1 Sales Slide 3%
Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. earned $440,000, or 5 cents per share, in the first quarter, rebounding from a loss of $3.0 million for the first quarter of 2009…
Wilson Sporting Goods’ Ohio Facility Facing OHSA Fines
The Wilson Sporting Goods factory in Ada, OH, is facing over $37,000 in fines over safety violations…
Lululemon athletica Boosts Stake in Australian Venture
Lululemon athletica inc. increased its equity interest in its Australian joint venture partner, New Harbour Yoga Pty Ltd., from 13% to 80.3%. The deal marks lululemon's increasing commitment to the market where it operates nine stores and four showro
