Compass Diversified Holdings CEO Takes Leave of Absence
Compass Diversified Holdings, the equity owner of Fox Racing Shox and Liberty Safe, announced that Joe Massoud, its chief executive officer, has requested, and the Board has approved, a leave of absence to focus his attention on an informal regulatory inq
La Jolla Group Introduces Shared Services Marketing Team
La Jolla Group announced the creation of a multi-faceted, internal Marketing division that will help streamline best practices across the company's youth lifestyle brands, including O'Neill, Rusty, Metal Mulisha, True Love & False Idols, In God&
Brooks Honors Inspiring High School Track and XC Coaches
Brooks Sports, Inc. announced the launch of Inspiring Coaches, a new program honoring high school cross country and track and field coaches who make a significant, positive impact on the lives of their athletes…
Hincapie Awards Arizona to New Rep
Hincapie Sportswear added Arizona to Jason Losey’s sales territory, which already included Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico…
Puma AG’s Fourth Quarter Revenues Climb; Currency-Adjusted Sales Jump 28% in Americas
Puma AG reported consolidated sales in the fourth quarter increased by 16.1% currency-adjusted and 28.2% in Euro terms, reaching 623.4 million euros ($843.7m). All regions contributed positively to this performance. Currency adjusted sales in EMEA were up
Boxercraft Appoints COO
Boxercraft, the cheerleading specialist based in Atlanta, announced that Marion Parkes has been promoted to chief operating officer across all divisions. Parkes has worked for Boxercraft for eight years…
Reports of Imminent Jack Wolfskin Sale Resurface
Several companies are in talks to acquire Germany's Jack Wolfskin brand from two European private equity firms, according to an unconfirmed report in Financial Times Deutschland and picked up by the Bloomberg news service…
Kigo Footwear Names New Sales Rep
Kigo footwear has added Gustavo LaGrave as its newest outside sales representative. Acting as an independent contractor for the company, LaGrave will work to expand sales in the Midwest and Eastern half of the U.S…
Gerber Raises $20K for BSA at SHOT Show
Gerber Legendary Blades raised $20,000 for the Boy Scouts of America by selling its new at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas over the course of the four-day show…
Three ESPN Personalities Ink Deals with Nike
Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso – ESPN's “College GameDay” team – each have endorsement deals with Nike Inc., according to a report in The New York Times…
Foot Locker, Inc. Increases Quarterly Dividend 10%
Foot Locker, Inc. said its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on the company's common stock of 16.5 cents per share, which will be payable on April 29, 2011 to shareholders of record on April 15, 2011. This dividend represents a 1
Feel Golf Acquires Pro Line Sports
Feel Golf Company, Inc. announced that it had successfully completed the acquisition of Pro Line Sports effective Feb. 11, 2011…
Converse Invests in London’s The 100 Club
Converse has provided a cash injection to The 100 Club, London's legendary live venue that had been facing financial difficulties and threatening to close…
Hibbett Cuts Q4 Outlook on Weak January
Hibbett Sports, Inc. cut its fourth quarter earnings guidance after finding sales slowed in the latter half of January. HIBB now expects fourth quarter earnings between 42 cents and 44 cents a share, which compares to 40 cents in the prior-year Q4…
Shimano Group Nearly Triples Q4 Net Income on Double-Digit Revenue Growth
Shimano Group experienced a very strong business turnaround in 2010 after a tough 2009. But the company still remains cautious about the business moving into 2011 over concerns that the tempo of the economic recovery may slow in the European economies, t
