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Callaway Golf Company woke up to the reality last week that the market may have passed them by with their Big Bertha series of drivers and that the Top-Flite Golf Company contains some other landmines that will see it continue to be a drag on the bottom l

In its latest acquisition moves, K2 Inc. has apparently accomplished three key objectives that are critical as the company’s strategy to become the strongest platform of sporting goods brands in the industry. While the deals last week to acquire Volkl Sp

Phoenix Footwear joined in on the acquisition frenzy last week, announcing that they had inked a definitive agreement to purchase Altama Delta Corporation, which makes high performance combat and tactical boots for U.S. and foreign militaries. Phoenix wi

At the HealthierUS Fitness Festival, Nike urged the U.S. education system to add P.E. classes taught by P.E. specialists for at least 30 minutes a day, five days a week, to all American schools. The company claimed that the current PE curriculum is outdat

adidas-Salomon AG has acquired Valley Apparel Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a producer and distributor of collegiate and professional league apparel and accessories. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but adidas-Salomon officials described it as “a m

The expiration of apparel quotas for WTO member countries at the end of this year is prompting an outcry by members of Congress and a new international coalition of textile and apparel industries and labor associations from 45 countries. The problem is t

The Nordic Fitness section at ISPO Summer 04 has been billed as one of the “main focal points” and the Nordic Walking Village is the anchor of this section. The sport certainly seems to be growing in the European market, but the many retailers in the U.S.