<p>With both costs of labor and raw materials (cotton, polyester, etc.) heading north, many manufacturers have already been gently raising prices to protect margins but are also looking for ways to soften likely much larger price hikes in 2012…</p>
<p>The Japan Fair Trade Commission last Tuesday raided the Japan subsidiary of Adidas AG over its alleged pressuring of retailers not to discount Reebok's EasyTone collection…</p>
<p>Franklin Sports has reached a licensing agreement with Marvel Entertainment, LLC to develop a collection of sporting goods featuring Marvel's legendary super heroes Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers..</p>
<p>Timberland Co. cut its carbon emissions by 38 percent in the four years. But it missed a 50 percent reduction target, which it is now pushing back to 2015. Overall, its carbon emissions were reduced from 25,599 tons in 2006 to 15,889 tons in 2010…</p>
<p>Gildan Activewear Inc. reached an agreement to buy sock giant Gold Toe Moretz Holding Corp., which owns the PowerSox brand and is the exclusive sock licensee for Under Armour and New Balance, for $350 million. Gildan will not assume any of Gold Toe Moretz</p>
<p>The SGMA said the Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) program survived a close call by not being eliminated in the new agreement reached on Capitol Hill on April 8 to fund the U.S. government for the remainder of fiscal year 2011. But SGMA off</p>
<p>Imports through the nation’s major retail container ports continued to grow for the 15th consecutive month in February and remain about 10 percent above their level of a year ago, according to the latest Global Port Tracker report from the National </p>
<p>Imports of toys, games and sporting goods fell 1.2 percent in February from the prior month and were running 4.2 percent behind their level of a year ago on a year-to-date, seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest advance estimates by the U.S. C</p>
<p>Academy Sports + Outdoors has filed a lawsuit to prevent Gander Mountain Co. from promoting its classes as the Gander Mountain Academy, according to a report in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal…</p>
<p>Gander Mountain is facing a lawsuit two years after a gunman killed 13 people at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, NY. The lawsuit seeks a total of $3.75 million dollars in damages. Gander Mountain has denied the charges…</p>
<p>Gander Mountain is facing a lawsuit two years after a gunman killed 13 people at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, NY. The lawsuit seeks a total of $3.75 million dollars in damages. Gander Mountain has denied the charges…</p>
<p>Sixty-two percent of consumers read product or store reviews online before making purchases, but only seven percent have turned to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter to find them, according to survey data from Lightspeed Research…</p>
<p>Big Rock Sports, the distributor of fishing, boating, marine, hunting, shooting sports and camping supplies based in Newport, NC, recently closed on a new five-year $150 million credit facility…</p>
<p>The SportsOneSource Group has announced the honorees for the fourth annual SGB 40 Under 40 Awards. This year’s list again contains individuals from all corners of the sporting good industry who are recognized as leaders making a difference in their </p>
<p>For the second consecutive month, shoppers braved unfavorable shopping conditions and numerous market challenges to drive retail sales in the broader market above analysts’ expectations, although that wasn’t necessarily the case for many of th</p>
