USA Football Awards $1 Million in Grants
USA Football says it will award $1 million in equipment grants for youth leagues, middle schools and high schools…
Adams Golf Profits Quadruple on 5% Sales Decline
Adams Golf said that while sales slipped 5% in the first quarter, it ended the period with more than three times the open orders as a year earlier – largely because specialty retailers boosted orders amid limited availability from other vendors…
Wilson Sporting Goods’ Ohio Facility Facing OHSA Fines
The Wilson Sporting Goods factory in Ada, OH, is facing over $37,000 in fines over safety violations…
Easton-Bell’s Q1 Sales Up 5% on Resurging Team Segment
Easton-Bell Sports Inc. said net sales for the first quarter ended April 3 rose 5.0% to $194.1 million on an 8.8% rise in team sports sales and 4.4% decline in action sports sales on a constant currency basis. Operating income rose 18.0% compared to the f
The Merino Co. Adds Apparel Unit
The Merino Company (TMC), which provides supply chain management services to retailers and apparel brands, has launched TMC Apparel to focus on providing natural fibre, merino garment solutions to leading apparel retailers in Australasia…
Antigua Golf Names John Anderson National Sales Manager
The Antigua Group, Inc. has named golf apparel industry veteran John Anderson as the new National Sales Manager of its Golf Division. Anderson arrives at Antigua with a strong background in golf industry sales management and sales…
Court Backs Customs in CamelBak Tariff Dispute
CamelBak Products LLC lost a case before the U.S. Court of International Trade that sought to reclassify hydration packs imported from the Philippines in 2003 as 'insulated food or beverage bags' to lower duties from 17.8% to…
Great Outdoors to Close Store in Rutland, VT
The Great Outdoors Trading Co. plans to close its store in Rutland, VT. Its three remaining Great Outdoors stores in Killington, Okemo and Mount Snow will remain open…
Body Glove to Expand in Middle East
Body Glove International LLC has inked a deal to expand sales of its products into the Gulf market. Body Glove has teamed up with United Arab Emirates based retail giant Sun and Sand Sports LLC to launch the brand in the UAE…
Wells Fargo Extends $225M Cabela’s Loan 18 Months
Cabela’s Incorporated said Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. renewed its $225.0 million commitment under an outstanding series of variable funding notes issued by Cabela's Credit Card Master Note Trust. The commitment is for 18 months…
Head N.V. Sales Rise 6.7% in Q1, Narrowing Losses
Head N.V. reported that total net revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 increased by €3.8 million ($5.3mm), or 6.7%, to €61.0 million ($84.5mm) from €57.2 million ($75.8mm) in the comparable 2009 period. The net loss declined by
Lululemon athletica Boosts Stake in Australian Venture
Lululemon athletica inc. increased its equity interest in its Australian joint venture partner, New Harbour Yoga Pty Ltd., from 13% to 80.3%. The deal marks lululemon's increasing commitment to the market where it operates nine stores and four showro
Nautilus Losses Halved in Q1 on 18.6% Sales Decline
Nautilus, Inc. released unaudited results showing losses narrowed by more than half in the first quarter ended March 31, 2010 despite an 18.6% decline in sales…
Sports Authority to Launch ‘S.A. Elite’ Concept
Sports Authority is planning on launching a new smaller concept, S.A. Elite, focusing on higher-end footwear and apparel. The first location will open in Denver in August to serve as a model for future stores. The size of concept will range from 12,000 to
Boulder Creative Agency Hires adidas Exec
Sid Factor Seven, a product and creative agency in Boulder, CO, named Max Milverstedt to the newly created position of VP of Marketing and Product Strategy. Milverstedt left adidas Group in Portland and has relocated to Boulder to head up the new division
