<p>Niketown on 57th Ave. became the latest New York City store to be infested with bedbugs. Store windows on Friday were covered with brown paper with the notice “temporarily closed until further notice.”…</p>
<p>Phoenix Footwear Group announced the resignation of Russell Hall, CEO and president of the company. James Riedman was appointed CEO and president…</p>
<p>Under Armour announced a multi-year partnership with NFL Pro Bowl and Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin. Other Under Armour NFL players include Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs, Cincinnati Bengals </p>
<p>Suunto USA has been chosen by the XTERRA America Tour as the official timing sponsorship of the four remaining main events of the season…</p>
<p>Outdoor Industries Women's Coalition appointed Hillary Harding as its development director, a newly created position…</p>
<p>Jack Steckel, founder of Golf Town and Hockey Life in Canada, and Hal Smith, former president of Bass Pro, have opened FIT3, a fitness, wellness and health superstore, in Washington D.C. The 20,000 square-foot store in Tyson's Corner is the first for</p>
<p>Primal Wear, a maker of cycling apparel, signed a 5-year sponsorship agreement with organizers of the Sea Otter Classic to be the events' official cycling and staff apparel provider…</p>
<p>Chris Sports North America (CSNA), distributor of the specialty ski apparel brand Powderhorn, said it will basing all operations in Colorado, with new administrative offices located in Lafayette and warehousing/distribution in Denver…</p>
<p>Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. has added Jacqualyn A. Fouse, a CFO with a background in the food and pharmaceutical industry, to its board of directors…</p>
<p>The North Face announced skiers Tom Wallisch, Nick Martini and Mike Riddle, and snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington have joined its athlete sponsors team. The North Face has a team of more than 60 professional global athletes which includes snowboarders, skier</p>
<p>Actual occupancy at Western mountain resorts rose 9.6% in August from a year earlier, while advance occupancies for September is tracking 12.8% ahead of this time last year, according to Mountain Travel Research Program (MTRiP). Together with nine consecu</p>
<p>Nike officially unveiled a 14,000 square foot concept store at Roosevelt Field Wednesday night, its first multi-category store on East Coast. The first Nike concept store, a two-story, 20,000 square foot facility, opened in Santa Monica in August. The Roo</p>
<p>Eleven civic leaders from the San Francisco Bay Area have returned from a five-day trip to four Dutch cities, where they studied how the country's cities encourages more bike use. Led by the Bikes Belong Foundation, the delegation met with Dutch city</p>
<p>In spite of the good news that USDA is signing up nearly 32 million Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres, Ducks Unlimited (DU) is concerned the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) will still be losing more than 250,000 acres of CRP this year. Those acres are</p>
<p>Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) has announced plans to open its first New York City location in the fall of 2011. The Manhattan store will be located in the historic Puck Building at the corner of East Houston and Lafayette in SoHo, and will bring 100 </p>
