<p>Orange 21 Inc., the parent of Spy Optic, reported sales increased 2% to $35.0 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2010 from $34.2 million a year ago. Its net loss in the year widened to $4.6 million from $3.4 million in 2009…</p>
<p>Golf Town rolled into the United States Thursday by opening five new stores totaling 100,000-square-feet in the Boston area. Canada's largest golf retailer and the second largest in the world, completed its $25 million U.S. market expansion with new </p>
<p>The interactive marketing news site Clickz is reporting that counterfeiters are driving up online ad rates for five leading sporting goods brands. ClickZ concluded that 25% of the online ads it found for the brands were placed by 1,300 suspect e-commerce </p>
<p>Broder Bros. said it is considering increasing the size of its $175 million revolving credit facility to $215 million accommodate both continued cotton apparel price increases and continued unit growth…</p>
<p>Gerber Legendary Blades of Portland, OR is voluntarily recalling 103,000 Gerber Gator Combo Axes because the knife in the axe handle can come out when the axe is used for chopping or hammering, posing a laceration hazard to the user, accoridng to the U.S.</p>
<p>Puma gains 10% of its sales from Japan, making it its second-largest market outside the U.S. But officials indicated that it's too soon to quantify the economic impact of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the nation. Puma Chief Executive Jochen Zei</p>
<p>Flow Society, the lacrosse apparel company, will sponsor a series of summer camps run by Snipers Lacrosse. In addition, Snipers Lacrosse has licensed its iconic scope logo for production of gear to be sold nationally in Dick's Sporting Goods, Sports </p>
<p>Exports of Taiwan’s bicycles grew 20% in 2010 after a nearly 10% declinel in 2009 as the island’s suppliers shipped more bikes in a recovering global economy…</p>
<p>IMBA's board of directors has added Chris Conroy, president and general manager of Yet Cycles and David Zimberoff, global marketing director for SRAM, to its board of directors… </p>
<p>Li & Fung Ltd. said its 2010 net profit rose 27%, helped by its rapid expansion in the U.S. and Europe. Net profit for its year ended Dec. 31 rose to 4.28 billion Hong Kong dollars (US$549.4 million) from HK$3.37 billion in 2009…</p>
<p>Tifosi Optics has reported that golf industry veteran Bob Bartlett has been hired to the newly created operations manager position…</p>
<p>Asics America Corp. announced that effective April 1, Kevin Wulff will become CEO of ASICS America Corporation when Nobuo Oda, current CEO retires. Wulff joined Asics as chief operating officer in August 2010 and added the president to his title in Februa</p>
<p>L.L.Bean said it is now offering permanent, no-strings-attached free shipping to U.S. and Canadian addresses. Only a few websites such as Zappos.com currently offer free shipping outside holiday selling…</p>
<p>Nike announced grants totaling $250,000 to 26 local nonprofits and schools through the Nike Employee Grant Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation. The fund, started in May 2010, has provided $500,000 in support..</p>
<p>City Sports announced the official re-launch of CS by City Sports, the company's proprietary line of performance apparel…</p>
