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K2 Inc. will purchase Fotoball USA in an all stock transaction with each outstanding share of Fotoball USA exchanged for 0.2757 shares of K2 common stock. Based on the average closing price of K2 shares of $15.85 for the 20 trading days ending November 25

Global Brand Marketing, Inc. has announced that Goodby, Silverstein & Partners has joined as the advertising agency of record for the Pony account…

Five Ten Footwear is pleased to announce that their long time rep, Robert McDaniel, will be expanding his territory to include Missouri and Kansas. Robert has been representing the 5.10 line since 1998 in the south-central
U.S. territory which includes

LOWA boots officially opens their new doors on Monday, December 1, just in time for the holiday rush. Over Thanksgiving week-end, the LOWA staff will complete the move from their warehouse facility in Burlington, Vermont and corporate offices in downtown

STX, LLC announced that in the patent lawsuit filed against it by Brine, Inc. of Massachusetts, a jury returned a verdict of non-infringement of one of two Brine patents asserted. While the jury found that certain STX lacrosse heads infringed a second, la

West Marine, Inc. reported that net sales for the four weeks ended November 22, 2003 were $34.5 million, a 27.7% increase from net sales of $27.0 million for the same period a year ago. Comparable store net sales for the four weeks ended November 22, 2003

SnowSports Industries America (SIA), announces key partnerships with leading snow sports buying groups Sports, Inc., Ski Merchandising Corporation (SMC) and Sports Specialists Limited (SSL), marking the third year that SMC and SSL have hosted the Winter S

K2 Inc. announced the appointment of J. Wayne Merck to the position of President of K2 Inc. He will also retain his previous role as Chief Operating Officer with overall responsibility for the operations of K2's various divisions…

A federal jury in Worcester, MA has returned a verdict of willful patent infringement and damages of over a million dollars in a suit brought by Brine, Inc. of Milford, Massachusetts against STX of Baltimore, MD…

Sport Brands International (SBI) has named Tracey Nelson as Global Leader, Licensing for Fila. Ms. Nelson is the latest in a series of new appointments at the company which was purchased by SBI in June, 2003. Ms. Nelson will report to Bob Galvin, worldwi

After reviewing the allegations made against Dan F. Cooke in a complaint filed against him in federal court of the Southern District of New York the Board of Directors of Next, Inc. has expressed its continued support of, and confidence in, the management

Russell Corporation affirmed its earnings guidance for the fourth quarter and current fiscal year, but said Thursday at its analyst conference in Atlanta that Q4 sales would come in “at the lower end” of their previous guidance of $325 million to $345 mil

Jim Tompkins is President and COO of New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. Mr. Tompkins joined the company in 1984 as a product manager and moved to the U.K. in 1985 to serve as the Sales & Marketing Manager for New Balance Europe. He returned in 1988 to as