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Bergans USA Signs on as Bluesign System Partner

Bergans of Norway has joined as a bluesign system partner. The partnership will give Bergans access to textile supply line experts to help further minimize its environmental impact, reduce resource consumption and eliminate substances that could pose a ri

Bakers Footwear Facing Sale or Liquidation

Bakers Footwear Group, which filed for bankruptcy in October, stated in a regulatory filing that it's continuing discussions with the unsecured creditor committee and lender Salus Capital Partners on the proposed liquidation or sale of the company..

Talus Names Exclusive UK Distributor

Talus Outdoor Technologies, LLC named Cold Front, Ltd, Outdoor Clothing Systems & Arctic Expeditions as its exclusive distributor in the United Kingdom. Cold Front will distribute the ColdAvenger Classic, ColdAvenger Pro, ColdAvenger Expedition Balaclava

Broder Bros. Appoints President

Broder Bros., Co., the nation's largest distributor of imprintable apparel, announced that Dan Pantano has joined the company as its president, a newly created position. Most recently, Pantano was President of Fisher Scientific…

U.S. Government to Study Youth Sports Concussions

The Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academies of Science, will probe sports-related concussions in young people from elementary school through early adulthood. According to the Institute of Medicine website, a committee “will conduct a study o

Sears Holdings CEO to Step Down

Sears Holdings Corporation said Louis J. D'Ambrosio will step down as CEO to attend to family health matters at the end of the company's fiscal year on Feb. 2, 2013. Edward S. Lampert will then assume the role of CEO of Sears Holdings, in addit

Winter Sports-Related Injuries Take Toll

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in 2011, more than 290,000 people were treated in hospitals, doctors' offices and emergency rooms for winter sports-related injuries…

The Finish Line Lowers Guidance on Weak Q3

The Finish Line, Inc. reported a small loss of $107,000, or less than 1 cent a share, in its third quarter ended Dec. 1. Comps were up 3.6 percent but came in below plan due primarily to a shift in athletic footwear trends and a less than favorable consum