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Dorel Industries IBD Business Grew 25% in Q4
Dorel Industries Inc. said 25% sales growth at its Cycling Sports Group, which focuses on the IBD channel, helped drive an 11.3% increase in revenues at its Recreational/Leisure segment in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 30, 2009. Still, a shift toward lowe
Backcountry.com Enables Users to Post Videos
Backcountry.com launched new video functionality this week that enables customers and vendors to post their own videos on every product page or link to existing videos on YouTube. Backcounty said it is the first outdoor sporting goods retailer to offer th
Summit Sports Rolls Out Two More Web Stores
Summit Sports Inc. has launched two new Web sites, Kayaks.net and BathingSuits.net, bringing to 13 the number of web store is now operates. The Bloomfield Hills, MI-based retailer offers more than 300 brands and operates four brick-and-mortar stores…
The Outdoor Recreation Group Launching Body Glove Packs and Luggage Line
Body Glove International has issued a license to The Outdoor Recreation Group to develop a new line of backpacks, luggage, totes and accessories for outdoor, water/extreme sports markets that will hit retail shelves this summer…
Reebok Aiding Sidney Crosby’s Olympic Theft
Reebok is helping Sidney Crosby, the Canadian hockey Olympic star relocate his stolen hockey gear. Crosby, who scored the winning goal in overtime to defeat the US 3-2 this February in Vancouver, wants his gold-medal winning stick and glove back. Reebok C
Survey Shows Optimism Among Bike Dealers
Sixty percent of bike retailers surveyed by The Bike Cooperative expect positive sales growth in 2010, including 12% expecting sales growth of 10% or more. Local economics and online competition were deemed the biggest threats to sales growth this year…
Saucony Signs Triathletes
Saucony, Inc. said it had signed Olympic triathlete Jarrod Shoemaker, ranked 10th in the world and top American in 2009, and Sarah Groff, a member of the USA Triathlon National Team, to multi-year endorsement contracts…
Confluence Creates Dealer Sales Position
Confluence Watersports has hired Brad Taylor for the newly created position of director of field sales. Taylor will oversee the company’s U.S. field sales team to further develop their outdoor specialty dealer segment…
New Era Cap to Sponsor Pinstripe Bowl
New Era Cap Co. Inc. will be the title sponsor of the first-ever college football bowl game to be held at Yankee Stadium…
Defender Mouthguard To Supply Duke and Bryant University
Defender Mouthguard Laboratories reached an agreement to supply both both Duke and Bryant University's men's lacrosse teams with its Mouthguards for the 2010 NCAA season…
Maverik Lacrosse Releases BE READY TV Commercial
Maverik Lacrosse and its video production arm Maverik Films released its first in a series of super slow-motion video/television commercials titled, “BE READY.”…
Twins Enterprise Becomes Forty Seven Brand
Twins Enterprise, Inc., parent company of Twins '47 headwear and Banner '47 apparel, announced the completion of its brand transformation. The company will now be known as Forty Seven Brand…
January Golf Rounds Down 18.8%
According to Golf Datatech, golf rounds for the U.S. were down 18.8% January 2010 compared to January 2009…
Former Reebok Marketing Chief Joins 38 Studios
38 Studios, LLC, an entertainment and IP creation company founded in 2006 by MLB pitcher Curt Schilling, hired Denise Kaigler, former marketing chief at Reebok, as its chief marketing officer…
KEEN Hybrid.Care Partners with 88bikes
88bikes Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to providing bikes to young people in developing countries and a KEEN Hybrid.Care partner, just completed their fourth project with the gift of 300 bikes to orphans and children rescued from human trafficking in
