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Mondaine in Strategic Partnership with Luminox

What started as a private label customer relationship for Luminox has now been expanded into a new strategic partnership with Mondaine. Mondaine affiliates acquired 50% of Luminox from one of its co-founders for an undisclosed amount. The partnership will

NRF Welcomes Sr. Director, Strategic Communications

The National Retail Federation welcomed the return of Ellen Davis as Senior Director, Strategic Communications. In her new role with the organization, Ms. Davis will be responsible for developing strategy and overseeing the execution of NRF's divisi

Licensing 2006 Signs with National Sports Marketing Network

Licensing 2006 International has signed a marketing partnership with National Sports Marketing Network (NSMN). The partnership includes outreach to the sports business community to attend the event, as well as a special day of educational programming held

Deckers Shifts Management Team

Deckers Outdoor Corp. appointed Colin Clark as Vice President of International and Janice Howell as Vice President Operations. John Kalinich has changed his responsibilities from Vice President and Director of Teva Retail and Licensing to Vice President o

SIA: Chain SnowSports Sales Climb 7% Through February

Overall sales for the entire winter sport market, including specialty and chain stores, were up 6% in dollars to $2.2 billion for the August 2005 through February 2006 period, compared to $2.1 billion reported last year, according to the SIA Retail Audit.

New Era Cap to Open First Flagship Store in NYC

New Era Cap Co., Inc. will open its first flagship store in New York City. New Era: New York, which will be located at 9 E. 4th Street, in New York City’s Greenwich Village, is slated to open in May 2006…

Tompkins Takes Post at ASR After OR Tenure

ASR appointed Andy Tompkins as the new Group Show Director for VNU Expositions’ ASR Trade Shows. Tompkins will oversee all marketing and sales strategies, industry relationships, and growth opportunities for ASR. ASR is confident that Tompkins' decad

SIA: Specialty SnowSports Sales Jump 5% Through February

Sales at specialty ski and snowboard shops were up 5% in dollars compared to last season. In dollars, that translates to $1.7 billion in sales compared to $1.6 billion for the same period last season, according to the SIA Retail Audit. Unit sales were up

Rebel Sport AU Sees Q3 Comps Jump 10.5%

Australia's Rebel Sport Limited saw sales revenue for the nine months ended April 1, 2006 increase 14.5% to $272.9 million over the same period last year, including sales revenue from the Glue lifestyle stores. Sales on a same store basis increased b

Hi-Tec Partners with Clinkard and Charities to Prevent Child Abuse

U.K. Footwear Retailer Charles Clinkard has joined forces with HI-TEC to promote their new kids footwear collection, Phibian and Friends. Every sale of the HI-TEC Phibian range will result in a 50p donation to the National Society for the Prevention of Cr

Salomon Social Reorganization Continues On-Schedule

The Works Council and Salomon S.A. have agreed to continue with the social plan process that was started last December, concerning the reorganization of the company. As a consequence the Works Council has withdrawn its petition to suspend the reorganizati

Skechers Joins SandP Small Cap Index

Standard & Poor's shuffled several indices due to the recent acquisition of Guidant Corp. by Boston Scientific Corp. As a result, Legg Mason Inc. will replace Guidant Corp. in the S&P 500; Oshkosh Truck Corp. will replace Legg Mason in the S&P MidCap

OIWC Seeks Nominations for First Ascent Award

The Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition is accepting nominations for the second annual OIWC First Ascent Award. This award recognizes a woman new to the industry who demonstrates strong potential for leadership. The winner will be rewarded with a scholar

Stride Rite Adds Larsen to Board

The Stride Rite Corporation elected Edward L. Larsen to the Board of Directors to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Bruce Van Saun on April 6, 2006. Mr. Larsen currently serves as the senior vice president, finance, CFO and treasurer of Talbo