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SGMA: Sporting Goods Sales Down 3.2% in 2008

According to SGMA's Manufacturers Sales by Category Report (2009 edition), manufacturers' (wholesale) sales of sporting goods equipment, fitness equipment, sports apparel, athletic footwear, and recreational transport items in the U.S. totaled $

RECALL: DBX Glide Boys Ice Skates

About 600 pairs of DBX Glide boys ice skates have been recalled by The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the product's manufacturer, Pronto Sports Inc., of Anoka, Minn, due to excessive lead levels. The skates were sold at Dick's Sport

OIA: January ‘Mixed’ for Outdoor Stores

January 2009 retail sales for all core outdoor stores (chain, internet, specialty) started off the new year “on a mixed note,” according to the most recent edition of The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) Outdoor Topline Report. Retail sales for all core

BOSG Names Rocky Mountain Rep

The Boulder Outdoor Specialty Group, a collection of six outdoor industry brands, including Kelty, Sierra Designs, Slumberjack, Wenger and Ultimate Direction, has named Chris Wynja as its Rocky Mountain territory sales manager. Based in Boulder, CO, Wynja

Christy Sports Seeks Rehearing in Deer Valley Case

Christy Sports has asked a federal appeals court to rehear its case against a Utah ski resort. Christy alleges that Deer Valley ski complex in Utah violated antitrust laws by restricting Christy Sports from offering ski rentals and competing with a resort

TapouT Co-Founder Dies in Car Crash

The co-founder and icon of the of mixed martial arts apparel label, TapouT brand Charles Lewis Jr., a.k.a., “Mask,” died in a Newport Beach car accident. Tapout was founded by Lewis Jr. and Dan Caldwell, who went by the alias ˜Punkass”, in 1997…

Nikwax N.A. Hires Southeast Sales Rep

Nikwax N.A. has hired Earl Roberson of Roberson Sports Group to its sales team. Roberson will cover the Southeast territory for the company. He is charged with maximizing the benefits Nikwax offers retailers and opening new accounts…

Sperry Top-Sider to Sponsor Yacht Race

Sperry Top-Sider will serve as the exclusive footwear sponsor of the inaugural New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup to be held Sept. 15-19, 2009, in Newport, R.I., as well as be involved in additional New York Yacht Club events…

Conservation Group Protests Utah Land Leases

The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership has formally protested leases on more than 86,000 acres of federal lands in Utah, where development as proposed could negatively affect vast expanses of important habitat for game species, as well as hunting