Blue Ridge Mountain Sports Partners with Give-Back Program
Blue Ridge Mountain Sports announced a partnership with Sparo, an online startup that enables customers to have Blue Ridge donate 8 percent of their online purchase to the charity of their choice…
Polar Bottle Secures License from US Olympic Committee
Polar Bottle has secured rights to be an official water bottle licensee of Team USA from the United States Olympic Committee. The deal marks the largest…
Brown Shoe Offers Cautious Outlook on Port Delays
Brown Shoe Co. reported fourth-quarter earnings came out ahead of Wall Street’s targets. But the owner of Famous Footwear issued weak guidance for 2015, warning product delays tied to the West Coast port slowdown could hurt sales in the first half.
Jack Wolfskin Names CFO, Brandt to Take a Break
Jack Wolfskin named a new CFO to relieve COO Christian Brandt, who had filled the post on an interim basis for two years and will take a well deserved break beginning in April. The German outdoor brand also said it will not fill the post of chief marketin
Black Diamond Equipment Names New Managers
Black Diamond Equipment announced Heath Christensen and Tor Brown have returned to the company in new roles as director of sales for North America and mountain line category director, respectively. Industry veteran Matt Burbach will also join Black Diamon
Havaianas U.S. Expansion Fuels Alpargatas Q4 Growth
Alpargatas reported strong sales of its Havaianas flip flops in the United States and Europe continued to offset declining sales in Latin America in the fourth quarter. The company also reported higher sales of Mizuno and Timberland in its native Brazil..
Asics to Sponsor 500 Festival Mini-Marathon
Asics America will serve as the official footwear and apparel sponsor of the 2015 OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon in Indianapolis…
Phoenix Footwear’s Q4 Revenues Climb
Phoenix Footwear, the parent of Trotters and SoftWalk, reported sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 increased 28.0 percent to $5.6 million…
SDSI Appoints Bob Rief as Executive Director
SD Sport Innovators (SDSI), a nonprofit business accelerator that connects and drives the growth of Southern California’s sports and active lifestyle (SAL) economy, said Bob Rief has joined the organization as its executive director…
Pearl Izumi Hosts Fun Runs to Celebrate National PI Day
Pearl Izumi is hosting a number of 3.1415 mile fun runs on National PI Day, which occurs on Saturday, Mar. 3…
Moncler Names New COO Amid Strong Growth
Moncler, the rapidly growing French ski and fashion apparel company, announced that Roberto Eggs will join its executive ranks May 1 as chief operating officer…
Klean Kanteen Launches ESOP, Moves to Larger HQ
Klean Kanteen is launching an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and moving its US headquarters to a larger facility in Chico, CA…
Atomic’s Bruce McDonald Named an SIA 2014 Regional Rep of the Year
SnowSports Industries of America (SIA) recognized Atomic Sales Rep Bruce McDonald as a 2014 Regional Rep of the Year…
Saxx Underwear Appoints Erik Darby as U.S. Sales Leader
Saxx Underwear Co. announced the addition of Erik Darby, who formerly worked for Oakley, Converse and Pony, to the newly created position of U.S. sales director…
Dr Pepper Snapple Pledge $2 Million to Good Sports
Dr Pepper Snapple Group has committed $2 million to non-profit Good Sports over two years to support the organization’s efforts to provide athletic equipment to youth-serving organizations nationwide…
