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LaCrosse Footwear Announces Boot Recall

LaCrosse Footwear Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, has announced a voluntary recall of about 8,400 pairs of Polar and Trailblazer Work Boots. The protective toe cap on the boots may not provide sufficient impact and c

ICON Fiscal Q1 Loss Jumps; CV and Strength Sales Both Decline

ICON Health & Fitness reported that net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2005 decreased 13.9% to $170.3 million from $197.8 million in the comparable period in fiscal 2004. Sales of cardiovascular and other equipment decreased 9.6% to $143.4 million

Howell Lands as Chief Retail Officer at LL Bean

L.L. Bean has added two new executives geared toward helping the company achieve its retail expansion goals. Ed Howell, a former L.L.Bean employee, returned to the company as Chief Retail Officer and member of the Office of the President. Howell recently

lucy Comes Full Circle; Relaunches Online Store

lucy is reopening its online store for women's activewear. The Portland-based retailer launched its original e-commerce website November 15, 1999. Fifteen months later, the company shut down its website and successfully shifted its focus to brick-and

Sport Haley Fiscal Year Net Loss Widens

Sport-Haley, Inc. reported net sales for the year ended June 30, 2004, were approximately $20,800,000, an increase of $1,604,000 or 8%, from net sales of approximately $19,196,000 for the 2003 fiscal year. The net loss for the fiscal year was approximate

GBMI Appoints New VP of Info Technology

Global Brand Marketing, Inc. has appointed Ram Reddy as Vice President of Information Technology. In this newly created position, Reddy will be responsible for planning, developing, and implementing GBMI’s information technology strategy. Previously, Red

GoLite Promotes Stone to Chief Operating Officer

GoLite has appointed Jo Stone as its Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Stone has served as GoLite's Controller and, most recently, its CFO, since 2002. Ms. Stone will oversee customer service, distribution, finance and administration, information technol

VF Moving Jansport to San Leandro; Cisler Will Exit

JanSport, Inc., a division of VF Corporation, has decided to relocate the JanSport Equipment business to new offices in San Leandro, CA, where VF's The North Face division is also headquartered. JanSport's Custom Apparel business, which provide

Pearl Izumi Deploys CenterStone B2B Software

CenterStone Technologies, Inc., a Denver-based developer of Web software and services for managing sales orders, has successfully deployed its business-to-business sales order management software for Pearl Izumi. Pearl Izumi chose CenterStone as its partn

Play it Again Sports Parent Sees Q3 Net Dip on Lower Revenues

Winmark Corporation, parent company to Play it Again Sports, reported net income for the third quarter ended September 25, 2004 of $1.0 million, or 15 cents per share diluted, compared to net income of $1.1 million, or 17 cents per share diluted, in the t

Salomon to Supply China Ski Association

Salomon has signed a three-year contract that makes it the official supplier to the China Ski Association. The purpose of the contract is to equip Chinese competitors in downhill skiing, Nordic skiing and snowboarding and to enable them to take advantage

Sport-Haley Appoints Chairman of the Board

The Sport-Haley, Inc. Board of Directors has appointed Ronald J. Norick, a current director, as Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board position was newly-created by the Company through an amendment of its Bylaws. Chairman of the Board is a non-e

Pacific Sunwear Brings in AandF Vet to Run Business

Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. announced that Seth Johnson will join its board of directors and be named COO on Nov. 1, 2004, and transition to CEO on April 1, 2005. Current CEO Greg Weaver will transition to the executive chairman role on April 1, 20

Herbst to Retire from Arc’Teryx CEO Post

Tom Herbst will resign as CEO at ARC’TERYX Equipment Inc. effective January 31, 2005. Herbst, most of whose 30+ years in the outdoor industry were at the helm of Mountain Equipment Co-op, joined ARC’TERYX as a shareholder and adviser in 1998. He became