Dead Down Wind Welcomes William Gartland and Associates
Dead Down Wind, an industry leader in scent prevention, has announced the addition of William Gartland & Associates to their sales force. “To be able to work with such a proven force and book end in the outdoor industry, like William Garland & Associates
Salazar Announces Nearly $650 Thousand in Grants to
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced nearly $650,000 in grants to conserve and protect 30 critically endangered species in 15 countries around the world ranging from the Siamese crocodile in Asia to the Siberian crane in Russia to the Ethio
Shock Doctor Moves into Base Layer Category
Shock Doctor, Inc. announced its entry into the base layer protective category with its new ShockSkin line. Products include padded impact shirts and shorts for contact sports, including football, basketball, lacrosse and hockey…
Nike and (RED) Partner to Fight HIV/AIDS in Africa
On the day before World Aids day some of the world’s best footballers joined Bono in the United Kingdtom at an announcement of the partnership between NIKE, Inc. and (RED)…
Rab Adds Reps in West
Rab has hired Redline Sports Group, LLC to represent its line of mountaineering clothing and equipment in Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah. Ed and Tannis Sampson are representing the CA, Nevada and Arizona territory for Rab…
PPR Spinning Off Stores to Focus on Fashion Brands
PPR SA is planning on selling its once-core French retail businesses – including the electronics retailer Fnac and the Conforama discount furniture stores and the mail-order catalog business Redcats – to focus on developing its fashion brands such as Yves
Cleveland.Srixon Names Lovejoy Product Manager for Women’s/Juniors Category
Cleveland Golf/Srixon said that, effective immediately, Jilayne Lovejoy has been promoted to the position of Product Manager for the Women’s & Junior categories…
Smith Optics Named Utah Manufacturer of the Year
Smith Optics Manufacturing (Smith MFG) was recently named by MEP (Manufacturing Extension Partnership) as Utah’s Manufacturer of the Year for Innovation and Technology Commercialization, according to a press release by the company…
SandP Lowers Foot Locker’s Debt Ratings
Standard & Poor's lowered the debt ratings of Foot Locker Inc. one notch to B+ from BB-. The rating agency cited operational challenges due to poor same-store sales and eroding credit-protection measures…
NRF Sees 134 MM Black Friday Shoppers
According to a preliminary Black Friday shopping survey, conducted for the National Retail Federation by BIGresearch, up to 134 million people will shop this Friday, Saturday or Sunday, higher than the 128 million people who planned to do so last year. Ac
Brown Shoe’s Earnings Rise, Famous Footwear’s Comps Up 4.7%
Brown Shoe Co. reported net sales decreased 1% in the third quarter to $625.6 million from $631.7 million a year ago. Same-store sales for Famous Footwear increased 4.7% during the quarter and Specialty Retail same-store sales increased 4.1%…
NanoHorizons Opens New Headquarters
NanoHorizons Inc., the provider of nanosilver antimicrobial solutions marketed under the SmartSilver brand, has consolidated its corporate offices, manufacturing operations, and laboratories into a new facility located in Bellefonte, PA…
ComScore Forecasts 3% Growth in Holiday Online Spending
ComScore reported e-commerce spending for the first 22 days of the November – December 2009 holiday season were $8.21 billion, marking a 2% increase versus the corresponding days last year…
NSGA Study: Female Fitness Participation Grows
Among the 39 sports surveyed by the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA), exercise walking, swimming and exercising with equipment attracted the greatest number of female participants seven years of age and older in 2008, according to data in the As
Mizuno Corp. Fiscal H1 Profits Fall on Global Revenue Declines
Mizuno Corporation again got little help outside of its native Japan in the fiscal first half ended September 30 as all non-domestic regions posted strong double-digit declines for the period. Total worldwide revenues declined 10.1% to ¥76.2 billion ($7
