<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>Tilley Endurables, the makers of Tilley Hats and travel clothing, announced that as of April 2011 it has donated over $120,000 to Street Kids International, a global non-profit organization…</p>
<p>Castanea Partners has purchased a minority interest in Fitness Anywhere, LLC of San Francisco, which develops and markets suspension training equipment and content under the TRX brand…</p>
<p>Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to be up 9% in April over the same month last year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associat</p>
<p>Novascarpa Group LLC, formerly Ryn USA, appointed Campbell White as its national sales director.</p>
<p>American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) President and CEO Kevin M. Burke welcomed Thursday the announcement that the United States and Colombia have found a path forward on the long-stalled U.S. – Colombia Free Trade Agreement. The path requires Co</p>
<p>Costco is recalling 19,000 active leisure folding canopy tents its sold from January 2011 through February 2011 for about $190 because they fail to meet the flammability label claim on the unit, posing a fire hazard, the U.S. Product Safety Commission ann</p>
<p>New Balance President and CEO Rob DeMartini has been named the country's Most Playful CEO for incorporating play and innovation into the work environment. The award is sponsored by Playworks, a nonprofit organization that supports learning through pl</p>
<p>For the fourth consecutive year, Invista’s Cordura brand team is sponsoring Backpacker magazine’s “Get Out More Tour,” which hits moe than 60 retailers and events this summer. This year, Invista Cordura spokesmen Randy and Sherri Propster will</p>
<p>Nike, Inc. confirmed that it will be closing Niketown at the Denver Pavilions shopping center in mid-May 2011…</p>
<p>Dreams, Inc., the parent of FansEdge.com, has partnered with Sportswear, Inc., an e-commerce solutions provider to consumer brands, retailers and media properties. The alliance will provide customized high school merchandise via the FansEdge.com website..</p>
<p>Frontier Group Sales, which represents Helly Hansen, Mountainsmith, adidas Outdoor, Serengeti, Bolle and ENO, has secured a showroom in the Pacific Market Center in Seattle for 2011…</p>
<p>Jim Hoff, VP of sales at Asics America, resigned last Friday, April 1…</p>
<p>Cramer Products has hired Tim Maloney Sales, Inc. of Lake Forest, CA, to handle its west coast sales activity. The sales agency will cover the nine western states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington for C</p>
<p>Asics Corporation announced the launch of A Bright Tomorrow through Sport, a support program for young survivors of the Eastern Japan Great Earthquake who have lost their parents in the disaster. Asics has budgeted a total of JPY100 million ($1.1 million)</p>
