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West Marine Appoints New CEO

West Marine, Inc. reported that Peter Harris is joining West Marine as CEO and member of the Board of Directors on January 3, 2005. Harris most recently President and CEO of the San Francisco 49ers. He has served as CEO of mall-based retailer The Pictur

New Balance Kicks Off Kids Sportmanship Initiative

In an on-going effort to advocate the importance of sportsmanship, New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. is launching a multi-faceted kids program that will kick-off in January 2005. The program will include an in-school curriculum, a back-to-school retail pro

Greg Norman Collection Names Marketing Director

The Greg Norman Collection announced that Kate Kuykendall has joined the company as Director of Marketing and will report directly to Suzy Biszantz, CEO and President. In her new role, Kate will be responsible for the development and execution of all glo

New Era Europe Launches Soccer SBU

New Era Cap Europe, a division of New Era Cap Co., announced the launch of a dedicated European Football business line. Headed up by Strategic Business Manager Ben Elkington, the department’s role is to increase New Era’s presence in the European Football

Retail Execs Upbeat Despite Weak Nov…

U.S. retail executives were rather hopeful for a strong start to the Holiday shopping season, based on the latest findings of the NRF Executive Opinion Survey, a monthly index by the National Retail Federation. The tempered outlook in the October survey

Rossignol H1 Profits Hurt by FX Rate Impact, Asia Restructuring…

Last month, SEW’s sister publication The B.O.S.S. Report reported that The Rossignol Group’s first half sales showed a marked improvement, but requests to delay shipments and exchange rates again pulled sales down.

Consolidated group sales for the firs

Huffy Corp. to Sell Snowboard Assets to Salter Group…

As SEW reported last week, Huffy Corporation filed a motion in U.S. Bankruptcy court seeking approval to sell its Hespeler hockey, in-line skates, and action sports businesses to Forzani Group Ltd. in a deal worth $1.6 million. Huffy was also soliciting

Umbro Upbeat at Analyst Meeting…

Umbro last week invited institutional investors and analysts to company HQ in the U.K. for presentations on Umbro’s marketing strategy, its international licensee network, new product development, and updates on the U.K. and U.S. markets…

Russell Athletic: And Then There Were Three… Again…

Russell Corporation continues to experiment with organizational structure, this time splitting the Russell Athletic business into three business units again after three years as a merged business. This time the business will be split into Team, Men’s Ret

Nike Golf Taps Industry Vet to Run U.S…

Nike has tapped Cindy Davis, senior vice president of The Golf Channel, as general manager for Nike Golf in the U.S. Davis, who was previously president and CEO of Arnold Palmer Golf Company, replaces David Pillsbury, who left Nike in August to become CO

K2 Inc. Acquires Miken; Rolls Brand into Rawlings…

K2 Inc. has acquired yet another company to “tuck-in” to its team sports division. Miken Sports, the Caledonia, Wisconsin-based manufacturer of carbon fiber softball and baseball bats was acquired two weeks ago for an undisclosed sum. The deal had report

Fitness Quest Recalling Ab Lounges…

Fitness Quest Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, has announced a voluntary recall of approximately 460,000 Ab Lounge, Ab Lounge 2, and Ab Lounge Ultimate Exercisers. Consumers have been advised to stop using the recall