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Rack Room Celebrates 10th anniversary of Models Wanted Program

As part of its popular Models Wanted contest, Rack Room Shoes has featured customers – instead of professional models – in all of its seasonal advertisements over the past decade. To celebrate the program’s 10th anniversary, the national shoe retail

Jeremy Jones Rakes in Avalaunch Awards Again

Jones Snowboards Founder Jeremy Jones and his foundation – Protect Our Winters (POW) were honored as the 2014 Avalaunch Winter Market “Ambassador of the Year” and “Company of the Year” for the third year in a row at Outdoor Retailer Winter Mar

Polartec Announces 2014 Polartec Challenge Grant Recipients

Polartec announced the recipients of its 23rd annual Polartec Challenge Grant, an international grant program encouraging the spirit and practice of human-powered outdoor adventure. Four separate adventures will receive funding and support from Polartec i

AAFA Welcomes Call to Renew Trade Promotion Authority

Following President Barack Obama’s annual State of the Union address, the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) said it welcomed the call to renew Trade Promotion Authority. The AAFA said the legislation would foster greater consultation an

MLB to Test Protective Caps

Major League Baseball has approved a padded cap designed to protect pitchers from potentially dangerous line drives…

Toms Founder Joins The B Team

The B Team announced that Blake Mycoskie, social entrepreneur, author, founder and CEO of Toms, is the latest recruit to join the not-for-profit initiative, co-founded by Sir Richard Branson and Jochen Zeitz…

Brooks Running Posts Double-Digit Growth in 2013

Brooks Running Company reported that it saw double-digit growth in 2013 while making several organizational changes to support its international growth. Brooks will relocate its EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) headquarters to Amsterdam, a move t

Easton-Bell Sports Hit by Cyber Attack

Easton-Bell Sports, Inc. warned thousands of its e-commerce customers to monitor their credit carefully in coming months in the wake of a hacker attack on its e-commerce sites over the holidays. The company, which owns the Easton, Bell, Riddell, Giro, Bla