Buck Knives Promotes Toporek-Cox To VP of Marketing
With pride and a sense of renewed commitment, Buck Knives announces the promotion of Veronica Toporek-Cox to Vice President of Marketing. With a solid 14 years of experience in marketing and the outdoor industry, this is the second promotion for Toporek-
Bell Canoe Lands New Plant
Construction of the new Bell Canoe Works facility is scheduled to begin in October 2003. The new plant will incorporate all composite and Royalex® manufacturing, boat and accessory warehousing, shipping, and administrative functions. The facility is expec
Amazon.com Works With Retailers On New Sporting Goods Site…
Amazon.com launched its new Sporting Goods store a destination offering a selection across dozens of sports. Amazon.com has teamed with leading sporting goods merchants to offer more than 3,000 brands covering more than 50 sports, from archery to basketb
Toys ‘R Us Enters The Sporting Goods Market
Toysrus.com today introduced a new sporting goods e-commerce site, “Sportsrus.com,” which will offer something for the entire family — all in one easy and convenient location. The site will carry over 30,000 items ranging from authentic sporting goods to
Ride Holds Art Contest For Snowboard Design…
Ride Snowboards and ArtLink Steamboat present “Snowboard Art 2.” This is a Graphics Competition in Steamboat Springs this February 2004. The Grand Prize Winner will receive a whopping $1000 cash prize AND have their winning design printed on their very ow
REI In Store Pick-Up Beats Expectations
Recreational Equipment Inc. announced that nearly one-fourth of all of REI.com and REI-OUTLET.com orders are now delivered to stores through the recently launched REI Store Pickup service…
Ryka and Lady Foot Locker Team Up For a Cause…
RYKÄ and Lady Foot Locker today presented a joint donation of $10,000 to the Avon Foundation Breast Cancer
Crusade…
Northeast Athletic Footwear and Sporting Goods Retail Lags Behind in July …
According to the Monthly Mall Merchandise Index compiled by the International Council of Shopping Centers, sales per square foot for non-anchor mall stores rose 2.2% in the month of July versus the year-ago month.
The group pointed to the first wave of ch
No Trickle Down Yet at Retail…
The National Retail Federation last week that they expect holiday retail sales this year to be up 5.7% to $217.4 billion, but this doesn’t seem to be seeping down into the hiring in the retail/wholesale sector…
Isabel Stings, But Doesn’t Bite…
As Hurricane Isabel tore through the Mid-Atlantic states last week, it reportedly had mixed results on sporting goods vendors and retailers. There was even a small hint of a silver lining in the dark clouds for at least one retailer that opened a new sto
PONY Loses Some Juice…
Earlier last week Pony parent company, GBMI, announced that they would be teaming up with publisher Kashy Kaledi to launch a new lifestyle magazine called Juice, but the company was forced to pull the name after it was discovered that the name has already
SBI Lays Out Fila Reorganization…
Fila plans to eliminate roughly 29% of positions worldwide as new parent Sports Brand International embarks on a “strategic reorganization of the Fila brand. Jon Epstein, CEO of SBI said Friday that the reorganization was designed to achieve global effi
Aussie Apparel Acquires Bluetorch License
Aussie Apparel Group announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Irvine, CA based GBI to license the “Bluetorch Brand” for apparel and certain other categories. Aussie Apparel has the option to buy the brand in 2006. Additionally, they have t
Unfi Sees More Challenges…
Unifi reaffirmed that it is currently facing a challenging business environment. The Company announced that, as a result of continuing operating pressure from further weakening of its businesses, it expects to incur a net loss in the range of 10 cents per
OIA Releases Participation Study
Who wants to go out and play? Not as many Americans as last year, according to Outdoor Industry Association's Outdoor Recreation 2003 Participation Study. The study reports that overall, participation in outdoor activities declined from 2001 to 2002,
