City Sports to Open Store in Wayne, PA
City Sports announced that its 20th national retail store will open in Wayne, PA on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 309 East Lancaster Avenue. The Wayne location joins City Sports' two existing metro Philadelphia shops, which include the downtown Walnut Street
Entre-Prises Climbing Walls To Buy Spanish Company
Entre-Prises Climbing Walls has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Top 30 Climbing Walls…
NASGW Announces Industry Award Winners
Leupold and Stevens, Birchwood Casey, Hornady Manufacturing and Sturm Ruger Company were this year’s Industry Awards recipients from The National Association Of Sporting Goods Wholesalers (NASGW)…
Sturm Ruger Beefs Up Sales Team
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. announced several senior level appointments to the sales staff, effective immediately. Randell Pence, former executive director of sales, will be relocating to the greater Nashville, TN area to fulfill duties as newly appointe
Specialized, Lululemon Step in to Take over Women’s Cycling Team
Specialized has stepped up to take over the sponsorship of the women’s HTC-Highroad team owned by Bob Stapleton with assistance from Lululemon Athletica. Unable to secure a replacement sponsor to replace cellphone manufacturer HTC in 2012, Stapleton
LeadmanTri Life Time 250 Coming to Bend, OR in 2012
Life Time Fitness unveiled the 2012 LeadmanTri Life Time EPIC 250 schedule. The category redefining, ultra-distance triathlon will make its return to Las Vegas on Saturday, May 19, 2012…
Rocket Dog Appoints European Manager
Rocket Dog Brands, LLC appointed Derek Bowen as managing director, Europe where he will be based out of the RDBI Ltd office in Elstree. He was most recently from Wolverine Worldwide where he acted as the Northern Europe sales director, Heritage Brands Gro
Dr. Scholl’s Opens First Stores
As part of its continuing success in re-imagining the brand, Dr. Scholl's Shoes celebrated fall with the grand openings of its first retail stores. On Oct. 17, three stores opened in Las Vegas, Ellenton, FL, and San Marcos, TX…
Bakers Footwear’s Comps Nudge Up 1.0 Percent in Q3
Bakers Footwear Group, Inc. reported sales for the third quarter were $40.2 million, decreasing 0.9 percent from $40.6 million a year ago. Comparable store sales increased 1.0 percent, compared to a comparable store sales increase of 5.9% for the third qu
SportHill Promotes New Public Relations Director
SportHill announced that Dempsi Filipek has been promoted to director of public pelations. Filipek is currently in charge of product development and wlll retain those duties in addition to directing the company’s public relations…
Adidas Group Posts Double-Digit Sales and Profit Growth in Q3
Adidas Group third quarter revenues grew 13 percent on a currency-neutral basis. Group revenues grew 8 percent in euro terms to €3.74 billion ($5.30 bn) in the third quarter of 2011. Currency-neutral sales in the Wholesale and Retail segments increa
RECALL: Under Armour Chin Straps
About 541,000 Under Armour Defender Chin Straps are being recalled. The metal snap that connects the chin strap to the helmet has sharp edges, posing a laceration hazard when the user's metal snap comes into contact with another player. Under Armour
Chinese Raids Yield 25,000 Counterfieted Golf Products
The U.S. Golf Manufacturers Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group announced today the completion of multiple strategic raids on China-based counterfeiting operations, where the group worked with local law enforcement officials to seize over 25,000 counterfeit
Warnaco Swimwear Q3 Revenues Climb 7.2 Percent
Warnaco Group's swimwear segment, which includes Speedo as well as the Calvin Klein swimwear collection, reported sales grew 7.2 percent to $39.3 million from $36.7 million. In constant dollars, sales were up 5.0 percent. The segment showed an operat
Hanesbrands Income Surges 48 Percent
HanesBrands, the parent of Champion, Gear for Sports and Hanes, reported third-quarter earnings growth of 44 percent on record margins and a 5 percent sales increase…