Nearly 500,000 Acres Enrolled in Cooperative Federal Effort to Protect Birds in Spill Zone
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar have launched a coordinated effort with landowners across eight states to protect and feed birds migrating toward the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill zone in the Gulf of Mexico had more t
Delta Apparel Sees 8.9% Climb in Q1 Sales
Delta Apparel, Inc., the parent of M.J. Soffe, reported sales increased 8.9% in its first quarter ended Oct. 2, to $107.9 million. Net income declined 38.5% to $1.6 million, or 19 cents a share, from $2.6 million, or 30 cents, a year earlier…
Amer Sports Names CFO to Replace Paalanne
Amer Sports' Senior Vice President, Finance Jussi Siitonen has been appointed CFO of Amer Sports as of Jan. 1, 2011 to replace the current CFO and Executive Vice President Pekka Paalanne, who will retire…
Nike to Launch Online Golf Community
Nike Golf is set to release a new digital golf community labeled as — The Grind. On Nov. 1, 2010, golfers will be able to join The Grind via www.nikegolf.com and connect with other golf athletes in hopes of improving their performance…
Pacific Sunwear’s Marketing Chief Exits
Pacific Sunwear Inc. said that on Oct. 25, Robert Cameron's employment with the company had “ended,” according to a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. In January 2010, Cameron joined the company as senior vice president of marketing…
Amer Sports Sales Grow 14% in Third Quarter
Amer Sports Corp., which owns the Salomon, Suunto and Wilson brands, improved both its top and bottom line in the third quarter ended Sept. 30. The Finnish sporting goods company reported that net sales increased by 5% to €466.9 million ($602.4 mm)
Blacks Leisure Takeover Talks Continue, Losses Narrow
Blacks Leisure, the outdoor retailer based in the United Kingdom, said takeover talks with several parties continued while reporting that it's first half pretax loss narrowed and that it had suspended its interim dividend…
Fortune Brands Sees Golf Sales Drop 4.8%
Titleist parent, Fortune Brands, Inc., saw a 4.8% dip in the Golf segment, while the company sought expansion in key Asian markets. The company's full-year outlook for Golf segment now shows a low-single-digit rise…
REI’s Fresno Store to be Featured on Oprah Friday
National outdoor gear and clothing retailer REI will be featured on two upcoming episodes of “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” The episodes, titled “Oprah and Gayle’s Big Yosemite Camping Adventure,” highlight their first-time campi
Under Armour to Open Pop-Up Store in Manhattan
Under Armour will open a pop-up store in the SoHo district of New York City. The 3,500-square-foot location at 134 Spring Street will be open Nov. 2 through mid-January, according to the Baltimore Sun…
Big Agnes to Distribute Helinox in US
Big Agnes Inc. will distribute Helinox brand trekking poles made by legendary tent pole maker DAC in the United States under an exclusive North American distribution agreement beginning next spring…
Oakley Sales Grow at Double Digits in Q3
Sales of Ray-Ban and Oakley sunglasses continued their double-digit growth in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, according to their parent company Luxottica Group S.p.A…
Benchmade Appoints Four New Managers
Benchmade Knife Company has appointed four new managers who will help drive growth for their portfolio of brands…
PrimaLoft Hires Director of Sales for Europe
PrimaLoft has appointed Jochen Lagemann as director of sales and marketing Europe. Effective Oct. 1, Lagemann will be responsible for all sales and marketing in Europe, as well as Eastern Europe (Russia) and the Middle East…
WWF Launches Non-Profit Gift Catalog on Facebook
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) officially launched its first, non-profit gift catalog on Facebook today. WWF's Gift Center on Facebook allows supporters to make a donation and select a symbolic animal adoption from a list of more than 100 species, ranging
