Signature Eyewear Expands Into Footwear and Accessories
In a strategic expansion, Signature Eyewear, Inc. established a new division, Signature Fashion Group, to focus on women's footwear and fashion accessories…
Finish Line to Offer Web-Only Thanksgiving Day Deals
Finish Line is introducing Thanksgiving Day discounts on its finishline.com home page. Finish Line plans to send customers e-mails about the deals and will also alert its Twitter followers and Facebook fans when deals become live…
Skechers Signs Kim Kardashian as Endorser
Skechers USA said reality TV star Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner, her mother, will be the faces of the campaign which launches in 2011 and includes multiple mediums of advertising, in-store and social media, as well as a “Shaping Up With The Kardashians”
FSA Recalls 9,300 Crank Arms
Full Speed Ahead has voluntarily recalled 9,300 of its FSA BB30 Gossamer crank sets installed on multiple brands of road bikes…
Outdoor Research Names Rep Agencies of the Year
Outdoor Research named its mid-Atlantic sales agency, North Branch Traders, as 2010 Sales Agency of the Year and its Southeastern sales agency, StoneNSea Sales Inc., as 2010 Brand Ambassador of the Year…
SIMA Announces New Dates, Location for Image Awards
The Surf Industry Manufacturers Association has changed the date and venue for its Image Awards. The Image Awards will be moved to the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA on Feb. 3…
Elk Foundation, NBFog Announce Marketing Alliance
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has announced a new alliance with NBFog Inc., a company that specializes in building outdoor brands. NBFog will help the nonprofit conservation organization with licensing agreements, sponsorship management and other mark
FWS Seeks State Proposals for Endangered Species Grants
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is seeking proposals from states and U.S. territories interested in obtaining federal financial assistance to acquire land or conduct planning efforts for endangered species conservation…
Industry Veteran Named to Head B.A.S.S. Sales
B.A.S.S. introduced Joe Higgins, a veteran sales executive for several major media organizations, as its Senior Director/Sales, effective Dec. 6…
Rapala Promotes Trio
Minnetonka-based Rapala USA, member of the Rapala VMC Group, has promoted Kelly Brockpahler to marketing director, David James to manager of field promotions and media relations, and Ryan Rohrbach to controller…
Obama Picks Director for ATF
President Obama has submitted the special agent Andrew Traver to the Senate for consideration as director for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the White House said this week…
Matt Brooks Honored by Mountain Guides
Matt Brooks, president and founder of Brooks-Range Mountaineering Equipment was awarded the AMGA Presidential Gold Medal, the highest award of the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA)…
Shoe Carnival’s Earnings Climb 21%
Shoe Carnival reported sales for the third quarter of 2010 increased 6.7% to $204.4 million on comps growth of 7.2%. Net earnings for the third quarter jumped 21% to $9.1 million, or 70 cents a share…
Aldila Declares Special Dividend
Aldila Inc., the golf equipment company, said its board declared on Nov. 17 a special cash dividend of $0.25 per share to be paid on Dec. 17 to shareholders of record as of December 02, 2010…
Foot Locker
Foot Locker, Inc. earned $52 million, or 33 cents per share against a loss of $6 million, or 4 cents, a share a year ago. Excluding year-ago impairment charges of $22 million, after tax, or 14 cents per share, earhigns would have more than tripled in the latest period compared to $16 million, or 10 […]
