<p>Sports Direct International, the UK’s leading sports retailer, said interim sales relating for the period ending July 25, 2010 were up 8.8% to £408m ($637 mm) (2010: £375m) and gross profit increased 17.8% to £185m ($289 mm) (2010: £157m)…</p>
<p>Mainland Headwear said sales jumped 19.3% during the first fiscal half ended June 30, 2010 to HK$292.9mm (US$37.7 mm)…</p>
<p>The National Football League is exploring opening up its apparel licenses to other manufacturers. The rights are currently held by Reebok in a deal that ends at the close of next season. According to a report in Sports Business Journal, categories such as</p>
<p>While the back-to-school shopping season has been historically defined as an eight week period starting in mid-July, a look at the more recent historical retail point-of-sale data compiled by SportScanInfo reveals a much shorter selling period that really</p>
<p>The 2010 retail year has been a bit of a “cat-and-mouse” game between a hypersensitive buying environment and frustrated economists and retailers who are seeking some sense of finality on the state of the retail market…</p>
<p>G-III Apparel Group returned to profitability during the second quarter ended July 31, 2010 as accelerated sales and improved margins in its wholesale and retail businesses boosted its top line to better-than-expected results…</p>
<p>Backcountry.com’s Brociety.com website, which specialized in offering discounts for snowboard gear on a one-deal-at-a-time (ODAT) basis, has shuttered its operations…</p>
<p>Mainland Headwear, a Hong Kong-based manufacturer and retailer of headwear, said favorable market consolidation of the manufacturing sector, growth in orders and the revival of the retail market in mainland China helped boost sales 19.3% to HK$292.9mm (US</p>
<p>Anaconda Sports, one of the largest independent team dealers in the East Coast, became the latest dealer to be swallowed up by Genesco, Inc. Terms were not disclosed…</p>
<p>The Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame Committee has elected one retailer and two manufacturers, who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame next May…</p>
<p>According to Golf Datatech, golf rounds played in the U.S. were down 5.1% in July compared to July 2009 and down 3.3% on a YTD basis…</p>
<p>LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. opened its new Danner manufacturing facility in Portland, OR…</p>
<p>Schutt Sports Inc., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after losing a patent infringement lawsuit brought by rival Riddell Inc. Schutt Sports also has sued Riddell seeking to block collection of the $29 million patent suit verdict that a federal court ju</p>
<p>Daryl Butler, formerly director of global consumer experience at Nike for the Jordan brand, will assume the role of senior vice president, managing director of the Los Angeles office of Jack Morton Worldwide…</p>
<p>New Balance has partnered with former supermodel Heidi Klum to create an activewear collection designed exclusively for Amazon. The line aimed at the “modern women on-the-go” will be called Heidi Klum for New Balance…</p>
