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RECALL: Dive Rite Wings Diving Equipment

About 16,000 pieces of diving equipment from Lamartek Inc., dba Dive Rite of, Lake City, Fla., are being recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The over pressure valve springs in the diving equipment could rust and fail allowing the buoy

Billabong to Acquire Stake in Surfstitch

Billabong International Ltd entered into a conditional agreement to acquire an interest in Australian online board sports retailer, Surfstitch…

Iconix Launches European Subsidiary

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. has partnered with The Licensing Company to further develop and expand the Iconix portfolio of brands in Europe through a newly formed subsidiary, Iconix Europe LLC…

Moosejaw Raises Additional Equity

Moosejaw has landed an undisclosed amount of equity capital from Glencoe Capital's Michigan Opportunities Fund. Glencoe is the second firm to invest in Moosejaw following Parallel Investment Partners in February of 2007. Moosejaw will use the money t

Benchmade Knife Named Top Oregon Company

Benchmade Knife Company was recognized as one of Oregon's most admired manufacturing companies by the Portland Business Journal at a luncheon Dec. 10 in downtown Portland, OR…

Ebike Outlet Opens in California Today

Alliance Telemedia, Inc. (ATI), a California corporation based in Glendora, CA, will open an all electric bicycle shop in the neighboring city of San Dimas, CA on Dec. 17, 2009. ATI's eBike brand iRoll will use the eBike Direct store outlet and onlin

Affordable Footwear Act Reintroduced in House

Reps. Joseph Crowley (D., N.Y.) and Kevin Brady (R., Texas) reintroduced legislation in the House of Representatives that would eliminate duties on certain types of lower-priced and children’s footwear…

JJB Sports Sees 29% Sales Decline

JJB Sports Plc said that on a like-for-like basis, the company's revenues were down 29% for the 20-week period ended on Dec. 13, compared to the same period last year. The UK-based sports retailer also said that it remains cautious about Christmas an

Amer to Keep Mavic Cycling Business

Finnish sports equipment maker Amer said in a statement that it had decided to keep France-based bicycle component unit Mavic. Amer had announced in September it was mulling “strategic alternatives” with respect to Mavic…

Benchmade Knife Co. Recognized as a Most Admired Company in Oregon

The Portland Business Journal recognized Benchmade Knife Company as one of Oregon's Most Admired Companies within the Manufacturing Companies division. Other companies winning awards in the manufacturing category include Nike Inc., Columbia Sportswea

OIA: Congress Unlikely to Pass MTB Bill by Year End

The Outdoor Industry Association said in a statement that it now appears due to multiple problems, Congress is not likely to pass a miscellaneous tariff bill (MTB) before adjourning for the end-of-year holiday recess…

New Balance Settles Louis Vuitton Lawsuit

New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. and Louis Vuitton Malletier have resolved the lawsuit filed by New Balance concerning its iconic 574 model shoe and the design of Louis Vuitton’s Minstrel shoe. Louis Vuitton acknowledges that New Balance owns valid a

SGMA Creates Association of Fitness Retailers, Manufacturers

The Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA) has created the Association of Fitness Industry Retailers & Manufacturers (AFIRM) – a new trade association dedicated to developing benefits, products, and services specifically for fitness industry manu

Puma Partners with Second City

Puma joined The Second City, the famous comedy theatre and school of improvisation, as the organization celebrated its 50th anniversary at an event in Chicago. Puma also announced the PUMA & The Second City “LOL” Scholarship Program, offering ten scholars

Delta Apparel, Inc. to Acquire Art Gun Technologies

Delta Apparel, Inc. signed a letter of intent and expects to acquire substantially all of the net assets of Art Gun Technologies, LLC by Dec. 31, 2009. Through its “virtual art studio”, Art Gun provides shoppers the ability to design apparel products by c