Dick’s Sporting Goods Opens Pop-Up NHL Store
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. announced the opening of a temporary 5,000 sq. ft. store located in Pittsburgh's Strip District exclusively to sell official 2011 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic merchandise…
Moosejaw to Use Google Local Availability Feature
Moosejaw will be one of the first retailers to participate in Google's Local Availability feature, which allows consumers to see how much of a multi-channel retailers inventory is available in store vs. online…
Head NV Amends its 2009 Financial Statements.
Head N.V. and HTM Sport GmbH, a subsidiary of Head N.V., said it amended its 2009 financial statements. The sports equipment company said the adjustment “which is one off (non recurring) and technical in its nature has no effect on the key indicators of o
Hi-Tec Names U.S. Marketing Manager
Hi-Tec Sports USA has added Briana Sherry as U.S. marketing manager to the growing sales and marketing team based in Portland, OR. Sherry joins the team with an extensive background in sustainable business, including a recent MBA from Bainbridge Graduate
Bike Dealers Protest MEC Store Expansion
Mountain Equipment Co-op in encountering opposition from local bike shops to its plans to move its store in North Vancouver, BC to a much larger building in the town, according to nsnews.com, a website operated by one of Canada's largest newspaper p
EOG Undertakes Major Market Research Project
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) is launching its largest research project to-date in an effort to establish the size of the outdoor sporting goods market on the continent. The project is open to all brands, not just EOG members, and the resulting market
Brands, Retailers Praise Grassroots Show
The Grassroots Outdoor Alliance said 94% of its members attended its first-ever Fall Buying Show Nov. 9-13th at Stone Mountain, GA outside of Atlanta. The show allowed GOA members to meet the earliest deadlines of a dozen outdoor apparel brands…
Republicans’ Earmark Ban Could Block MTB
Despite lobbying by the American Apparel and Footwear Association, the Outdoor Industry Association and the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, it appears Republicans' ban on earmarks requires members vote against a Miscellaneous Tariff Bill no
Survey Says 88% of Consumers Not Yet Done Holiday Shopping
With the traditional holiday shopping season just beginning, retail stores and online merchants are angling to capture their share of consumer spending…
Big Five Offers Mobile Coupons via Yowza!!
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation has begun offering special savings direct to mobile phone users in the 12 western states where it operates through Yowza!!, a free mobile couponing application for PDAs…
Aldila Partners with 3M
Aldila Inc., the maker of graphite golf shafts, and 3M signed a mutual commercialization agreement and a product supply agreement centered around 3M's unique Matrix Resins…
Report: Cabela’s Plans Store for Oregon City
Cabela's has signed a letter of intent with developer CenterCal Properties to open a store at a new mall in Oregon City, which will eventually be its second store in the state…
Report: Asics to Introduce Lower-Priced Running Shoes
Asics Corp. plans to bring in more lower-priced running shoes as part of its plan to almost double sales in five years, according to a report in Bloomberg News…
Schutt Sports Selects Stalking Horse Bidder for Bankruptcy Court Auction
Schutt Sports, in bankruptcy proceedings since Sept. 6, has received an offer from Kranos Intermediate Holding Corp. to acquire the company for $25.1 million. According to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, DE, Schutt is asking court
RECALL: L.L. Bean Folding Camp Rockers
About 2,300 folding camp rockers from L.L. Bean were recalled. L.L.Bean has received six reports of the plastic anchors breaking, resulting in four reports of falls. No injuries have been reported…
