AAFA Welcomes Temporary Contract Extension to Avert Port Strike
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) said it welcomed the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service announcement of a 30-day contract extension agreed to by the International Longshoremen Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Allianc
Gander Mountain to Open Fourth Alabama Store
Gander Mountain’s fourth store in Alabama, and the 121st nationwide, will open in Tuscaloosa, AL, in the late spring next year…
Consumer Confidence Plunges in December
The Conference Board said its consumer-confidence index declined in December, as a sub-gauge on expectations plunged to 66.5 — the lowest reading since November 2011 — from 80.9 a month earlier. Blamed were uncertainties over the fiscal cliff…
Prince Global Sports Names Latin America Manager
Prince Global Sports, which owns the Prince, Ektelon and Viking brands, has hired Miguel Rosa as business development manager for the Prince brand in Latin America. Rosa, a native of Brazil, spent the last seven years at IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy in
East Coast Port Contract Talks Resume as Deadline Nears
The International Longshoremen's Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance will go back to the negotiation table to avert a longshoreman's strike that would close 15 ports from Massachusetts to Texas. If no agreement is reached, 4,500 workers
Online Retail Visits Surge on Christmas Day
Online traffic to the top 500 retail sites monitored by Experian Marketing Services increased 27 percent on Christmas Day 2012 compared to 2011. Online traffic was up 10 percent for the seven preceding weeks compared with a year earlier…
PCC 2013 Host Communities Announced
USA Pro Cycling Challenge organizers announced the 2013 stage-race host cities over the holiday weekend, going back to its Front Range and Central Rockies roots.
Bass Pro Announces Georgia and Florida Store Openings
Bass Pro Shops will open a 100,000-square-foot Bass Pro Shops Outpost store in Emerson, GA. as well as a 104,000-square-foot Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World store in St. Johns County, FL to serve the Jacksonville area…
Greg Mason Named Tennis Industry Association (TIA) President
Greg Mason, the vice president of sales and marketing for Head Penn, will be the president of the Tennis Industry Association for 2013-2014. He succeeds Wilson Racquet Sports General Manager Jon Muir, who was president for the last four years and remains
Study: Significant Underreporting of Hockey-Related Concussions
A year-long report centered around men’s and women’s college hockey teams in Canada and the United States says coaches would rather keep players with possible head injuries playing than remove them from the game for a medical check…
Flow Society Names SVP Production
Big Idea Brands, LLC named Larry Fihma as senior vice president of production at Flow Society, its lacrosse apparel label…
SpendingPulse: U.S. Holiday Sales Much Weaker Than Forecast
MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse estimated sales in the two months before Christmas increased just 0.7 percent compared with last year, according to wire reports. The report, which covers total U.S. sales at stores and online via all payment forms, sent
L.L. Bean Board Approves $1.5 Million in Community Grants
The L.L.Bean board of directors approved the 2012 Charitable Giving Program of $1.5 Million in Community Grants. The gifts ranging from $500 to $25,000 will be dispersed to over 200 non-profit organizations before the end of L.L.Bean's fiscal year in
GoPro Lands $200 MM Investment from Foxconn
GoPro announced that Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd, the world's largest electronics manufacturing company also known as Foxconn, has acquired an 8.88 percent full-diluted stake in GoPro for $200 million, valuing the company at $2.25 billion…
Connecticut Tragedy Puts U.S. Firearms Industry on Defensive
Share prices of firearms makers took a beating last week in the wake of the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school as investors pulled back in anticipation that Congress might resurrect a ban on assault weapons and accessories that have fueled m
