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GSI Commerce Awarded $3.75 mm in Grants from PA

GSI Commerce Inc. received grants totaling approximately $3.75 million from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania earmarked for economic development and employee job training. Approximately $3 million of the grants came from the Redevelopment Assistance Capita

Nike Sees Q3 Revenues Increase 9%; Net Jumps 19%

Nike, Inc. reported that third quarter revenues increased 9% to $3.6 billion from $3.3 billion for the same period last year. Currency exchange rate fluctuations reduced revenue growth by three percentage points. Net income grew 19% to $325.8 million from

Atomic and Joe Jones Host Ski Bash at Attitash

Atomic Ski will host the first-ever Joe Jones Atomic Ski Bash – a private ski day at Attitash Mountain for 1,500 of Joe Jones Ski and Sport’s closest friends. Headlining the Joe Jones Atomic Ski Bash on behalf of Atomic will be Olympian Bode Miller, who w

Marmot Helps dZi Foundation With Pakistan Earthquake Victims

Marmot will match any individual or group donation to the dZi Foundation for the construction of 20 person shelters in the earthquake region of Bagh, Pakistan. The dZi Foundation, working in collaboration with Australian Aid International, has already sta

Ron Jon Partners with Bula Parent for Canadian Stores

Ron Jon Surf Shops plans to license six shops across Canada in a deal with Filmar Corp., who also is a Canadian licensee of the popular O'Neill surfwear brand as well as the parent company to Bula Headwear. The first two Canadian stores are planned f

Gander to Open New Minnesota Shop

Gander Mountain Blaine, Minn. market with the opening of a 66,000-square-foot store in April 2006. The Gander Mountain store will be located at 10650 Baltimore Street NE, just off Hwy 65, in Blaine. The store will employ a sales staff of approximately 75

Manzella Appoints Two Senior Executives

Manzella appointed Joe Campisi as Chief Marketing Officer and Jim Wagner as Vice President of Design, Development and Sourcing. As chief marketing officer, Joe Campisi's primary responsibility at Manzella will be to lead global marketing efforts to r

Shoe Carnival Doubles Earnings on 11.7% Comp-Sales Increase

Shoe Carnival, Inc. net earnings for the fourth quarter increased 154% to $3.0 million from net earnings of $1.2 million in the fourth quarter last year. Diluted earnings per share increased to 22 cents per share from 9 cents per share last year. Net sale

Under Armour Makes Changes to Management Team

Under Armour, Inc. promoted Wayne Marino to Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer. In addition, William Kraus was named Senior Vice President of Marketing; Richard Zielinski was appointed as Vice President, Technical Services. Tony O'Neill

Schutt Sports Appoints President and COO

Schutt Sports has appointed Eric Ashleman as president & COO. Julie Nimmons will continue as CEO. For the last four years, Eric has worked for the Danaher Corporation, first serving as VP of operations for Joslyn Manufacturing in Chicago, IL, as presiden

Zumiez Posts 20.7% Q4 Comp Sales Gain

Zumiez Inc. reported total net sales for the fourth quarter increased 42.3% to $75.4 million from $53.0 million in the year-ago quarter. The company posted net income for the quarter of $6.8 million or 47 cents per diluted share versus net income of $4.2

GBMI Names Ward as SVP of Operations

Global Brand Marketing, Inc. appointed Sam Ward to Senior Vice President of Operations. In this position, Mr. Ward will be responsible for leading the global operations strategy and will continue to improve the efficiencies in all operation and technology

Allyance Helps Raise Funds for Boarding for Breast Cancer

The Allyance Mountain Team made an assault on Killington’ this past weekend, to support the Boarding For Breast Cancer events. Spring-like conditions and a strong, supportive crowd made the evening RailJam a success and the contributions of 10 very eligl

Laderman Honored by USFWS for Conservation Efforts

On March 9, Johanna Laderman, director, FishAmerica Foundation, the conservation and research arm of the American Sportfishing Association, was honored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for her commitment to conserving and protecting America’s valuabl