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Klip America Secures Worldwide Rights to Volkl Tennis
Marker Volkl International of Baar, Switzerland and Klip America of San Diego, California have jointly announced that Klip America has been named the World Wide Licensee for Volkl Tennis Equipment, Bags and Accessories…
Westcomb Names Rep for Pacific Northwest
Canadian outerwear maker Westcomb has hired a new sales team in the Pacific Northwest, Kiwi Outdoor Representation. The agency will assume sales duties for Westcomb in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, effective immediately. Kiwi also represents Meto
NSSF Names New Director
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has named Diedra A. Cauley its new director of exhibitions and conferences. In her position, Cauley will oversee SHOT Show operations, logistics and marketing, as well as NSSF participation in conferences, ex
UST Promotoes VP of Engineering and Technical Sales
United Sports Technologies (UST) has promoted Robb Schikner as its new VP of engineering design and technical sales. Schikner has more than 17 years of golf shaft design expertise and previously served as UST’s director of engineering design and technical
World Central Banks Cut Base Rate to Stem Crisis
The U.S. Federal Reserve led a global round of emergency interest rate cuts on Wednesday to shore up confidence in markets shaken by the world financial crisis. The Fed said it was cutting its key federal funds rate by 50 basis points to 1.5%. China, the
PacSun’s September Comps Drop 5%
Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. reported that total PacSun sales for the five weeks ended Oct. 4 were $91.2 million, a decrease of 4% from total PacSun sales of $95.1 million a year ago. Comps decreased 5%. As a result of increased markdown activity,
Lotto Sport Opens New Hong Kong Office
Lotto Sport Italia S.p.A. has opened a new Lotto Sport Hong Kong office. This subsidiary of Lotto Sport Italia will co-ordinate and handle the production, commerce and the logistics of the Asia Pacific and Americas regions. In addition, the Hong Kong bran
New Balance Expands Product Management Team
New Balance has added two new members to its product management team. Tom Carleo has been named GM for the running and outdoor business units and Mark Cavanaugh will be strategic business unit manager for sport and outdoor. Both Carleo and Cavanaugh will
Golf Rounds Increase in August
National golf rounds played in the U.S. were up 4.4% in August 2008 vs. August 2007, bringing the year-to-date total to 0.5% under last year's results, according to Golf Datatech. Year-to-date, the best-performing region compared to last year has bee
Tracey Lynn Hires Director of Sales
PGA member Andrew M.Tucker, former head professional at Lakewood Country Club and Woodmoor Country Club, has been named director of sales for Tracey Lynn, the Denver-based women's golf apparel maker. The 23-year golf professional will establish Trace
NHL Store Exceeds Projections
Celebrating its one-year anniversary since its opening in October 2007, The NHL Powered By Reebok store at Sixth Avenue and West 47th Street in New York City is expected to more than double its projected sales figure for 2008…
Garmin to Acquire Swedish Distributor
Garmin Ltd. has signed a letter of intent for the proposed acquisition of Sportmanship International AB (“Sportmanship”), the distributor of Garmin’s consumer products in Sweden. Financial terms of the transaction were not released. Following the acquisit
Crocs Founder Purchases Crocs Canada Assets
Former Crocs CEO and founder, George B. Boedecker, Jr., and a team of private investors purchased the assets for Crocs Canada, Inc. on Sept. 30. Formerly Foam Creations, Crocs Canada Inc. was the original Canadian-based manufacturing facility for Crocs fo
Blacks Leisure Expects Full Year Loss
Blacks Leisure expects to post a pretax loss of around £4.5m ($8m) this year because of poor sales trends, especially during August, and a sales drop of 16% in the Boardwear market. The U.K. outdoor retailer said: “During the first half the Outdoor busine
Jimmy Jazz Opens Third Store in Philadelphia
Jimmy Jazz opened its third store in Philadelphia in the Roosevelt Mall. In a statement, the urban retailer said that as part of a larger growth strategy, it will continue to open several retail stores in the eastern US before the end of 2008. Expected lo
