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Robert Cleary, Jr., has been appointed national vice president of sales at Speedo, a division of Authentic Fitness Corp., according to an announcement by Roger Williams, president and COO. Authentic Fitness is a division of Warnaco, Inc…

Wilson Racquet Sports is pleased to announce Chris Kushner has been hired as the Marketing Analyst for Accessories…

Luxottica Group S.p.A. announced that its cash offer, through its wholly owned subsidiary Luxottica South Pacific Pty Limited, for all shares, options and performance rights of OPSM Group Limited was successfully completed and closed on September 2, 2003.

American kids, teenagers, and young adults, aged 8 to 21 years, have annual incomes totaling $211 billion, according to latest projections based on results of a recent nationwide survey of the Generation Y population. Results show that this group is spen

Rawlings Sporting Goods, a division of K2 Inc. has entered into a new five year agreement with Major League Baseball naming Rawlings the exclusive “Official Baseball” of the Minor Leagues…

Varsity Brands, Inc. has reached an agreement to settle two purported class action lawsuits that were filed in Delaware and Tennessee against the company, its board of directors and Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. The lawsuits challenged the proposed merge

Late business boosts the success of Cold As Ice, Inc. in their continuing effort to pioneer new ground for women's snowboard apparel. The company found itself happily asking, “who turned on the snowboarding faucet again”? After several quarters of th

Meditibet is a registered association located in Munich Germany. It was founded in 2000 and as a NGO (Non Government Organization) with the aim to provide basic medical care in regions with Tibetan culture. Their most important goal is to support and to p

Kmart Holding Corporation announced the hiring of Bruce Johnson, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain and Operations; Janet Kelly, Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer; and Lisa Schultz, Senior Vice President and Chief Creative Officer.

The mood of the show was surprisingly upbeat. Word is that business in both footwear and apparel is better than the first two quarters, although certainly well below “robust” levels. Footwear seems to be outperforming apparel. “Improved” probably best

Ashworth, Inc. is looking to the retail and department store channel to grow its business going forward as the core green grass business continues to suffer from the weak economy and this year’s weather woes…