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Lubbock’s Famous Brands Closes
Famous Brands Shoes of Lubbock, TX, closed its doors in mid-December. The women's shoe store filed a liquidation petition with U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Texas…
True Love and False Idols Appoints Marketing Chief
Jim Shubin has been hired as the new VP of sales and marketing for True Love and False Idols, which recently was licensed under the La Jolla Group. Effective immediately, Shubin will report to Toby Bost and Bill Bussiere, LJG's CEO and president resp
La Sportiva Names 2010 Running Team Roster And Associate Sponsors
La Sportiva N.A. announced its Mountain Running team roster and associate sponsors for 2010. Greenlayer will serve as the official apparel sponsor of the La Sportiva team…
Visant Acquires Rock Creek Athletics
Visant Corporation has acquired Rock Creek Athletics, a manufacturer and distributor of wool letter jackets with operations in Grinnell, Iowa. Terms were not disclosed…
BMC Appoints Head of Sales, Marketing
BMC Trading Company, the Swiss cycling company, appointed Frank Aeschbacher as head of sales. For the last seven years Aeschbacher headed action sport and sporting goods companies in the United States…
SIA: Snow Sports Sales Grow 1.4% Over Holiday Season
According to SnowSports Industries America's (SIA) latest Retail Audit, snow sports holiday sales showed modest gains over last season's holiday sales but a healthy snowstorm and atypically cold temperatures in the South drove stronger sales for
Outdoor Retailer Calls Show a Success
Outdoor Retailer Winter Market (OR) closed on Sunday with greater industry participation than last year after four days of show features, categories and vendor offerings new to the 2010 trade show, according to organizers of the show…
McDavid to Endorse Olympic Skiers
McDavid said two of America's up and coming female skiers, Ashley Battersby and Jen Hudak, will be sporting McDavid's latest line of HexPad protective apparel at the 2010 Winter X Games this week…
Brunswick Corp. Sees Q4 Sales Plummet 22%; Loss Nearly Doubles
Brunswick Corporation reported net sales for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009 were $657.3 million, down 22% from $837.7 million a year earlier. For the quarter, the company reported an operating loss of $188.2 million, which included $68.6 million
Wal-Mart Unveils New Global Sourcing Strategy to Cut Costs
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. – the nation's largest sporting goods retailer – unveiled a new sourcing strategy to cut costs of goods, accelerate speed to market, and improve the quality of products. The plan includes a strategic alliance with Li & Fung, wh
Stradalli Cycle Enters OEM with SRAM
Stradalli Cycle, the high performance carbon cycle manufacturer, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partnership with SRAM and will be using SRAM components on its 2010 Miliano cycles…
K-Swiss And Trek Team Up To Form Elite Triathlon Team
K-Swiss and Trek Bicycle announced the formation of the 2010 Trek/K-Swiss Triathlon Team. The joint venture between Trek and K-Swiss brings together nine of the world's top international Ironman and Ironman 70.3 athletes…
Golfsmith Expands Store Plans for 2010
Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. plans to open four new stores in 2010 and retrofit several additional stores…
New Era Cap Reaches Agreement to Keep Derby, NY Plant Open
The New Era Cap Company announced a tentative agreement with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) to retain New Era's Derby, NY plant as the company's sole U.S. manufacturing facility. If the agreement is ratified, New Era said it will cl
Curtis Hopkins Named Conservationist of the Year
Mississippi Wildlife Federation has selected Curtis Hopkins, Ph.D., as the 2009 Conservationist of the Year. Hopkins, Director of Ducks Unlimited’s Southern Region, has been contributing to conservation for nearly 40 years…
