FGL Sports To Acquire Pro Hockey Life
FGL Sports Ltd., a division of Canadian Tire Corporation, has entered into an agreement to purchase Pro Hockey Life Sporting Goods Inc., a private company, for C$85 million. Pro Hockey Life is a premier sports retailer with 23 urban, high-end hockey store
EVent Collaborates with Vegam to Supply Footwear Laminates to European Market
GE is collaborating with VEGAM—an Italian maker of laminates and fabrics—to bring air permeable and bi-component waterproof footwear fabrics using its award-winning eVent waterproof membranes to Europe…
Arc’teryx to Cloth Vancouver’s Homeless
Arc’teryx is teaming up with the Vancouver Police Department for the fourth year in a row to distribute hundreds of waterproof capes to the city's downtown homeless population…
PayPal Sees Mobile Payment Volume Rise 190 Percent on Cyber Monday
PayPal saw a 190 percent increase in global mobile payment volume on Cyber Monday 2012 compared to Cyber Monday 2011, the company reported on its blog…
Bravo Sports Expands Executive Team
Bravo Sports Corp. appointed Steve Sandler as SVP of business development and sales, and Jennifer Maurus as VP of business strategy in the design development department…
PVH’s Q3 Profits Beats Guidance
PVH Corp., which recently announced plans to acquire Warnaco Group, the parent of Speedo, reported earnings per share reached $2.34 on a non-GAAP basis in the third quarter, which exceeded the company’s guidance and represents a 24 percent increase
Exxel Outdoors Promotes Upham to VP of Sales
Exxel Outdoors has promoted Tory Upham to vice president of sales. As the company’s national sales director for the past year, Upham increased Exxel’s domestic sales by 15 percent and grew its sales force by adding an eastern states sales mana
Sports Inc. Adds Nine Team Dealers
Sports, Inc. has added nine team dealers to its membership. The additions increase the number of team dealers within Sports, Inc. to 215, with 328 sales locations across the country…
OECD Foresees Slow Growth to Continue in 2013
The global economy is expected to make a hesitant and uneven recovery over the coming two years, according to a forecast published Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)…
IBM: Cyber Monday Spending Grows 30 Percent
Holiday shoppers turned Cyber Monday into the biggest spending day ever with online sales growing 30.3 percent over the same period last year, according to cloud-based analytics findings by IBM. On Cyber Monday more than 18 percent of consumers used a mob
EORA Announces First Grant Winners
EORA (Eastern Outdoor Reps Association) announced recipients of its inaugural Outdoor Opportunity Grant Program, which rewards $500 to local non-profits in each of the regions its members serve…
UW Cuts Contract with Adidas Over Labor Issues
The University of Washington severed its contract with Adidas after the company allegedly failed to pay workers in Indonesia $1.8 million in severance…
Skins Owner Backs ‘Change Cycling Now’ Movement
Skins owner and Australian businessman Jaimie Fuller is backing a new movement to reform professional cycling that will hold a conference in London Dec. 2 to push for reforms at Union Cycliste Internationale, which he has criticized for mishandling the gl
OIA Launches Letter Writing Campaign to Preserve Duty Relief
Outdoor Industry Association urged its members to contact the Obama Administration and their Congressional delegations in coming days to express their opposition to the Administration's plans to end duty relief on imported outdoor footwear and other
New Features, Events, Parties for 2013 SIA Snow Show
An increase in early hotel bookings and booth space commitments plus new events indicate the 2013 SIA Snow Show (January 31-February 3) is on track for bringing snow sports’ largest gathering back to Denver, CO.
