<p>Following a series of uncanny proceedings, golfer Tiger Woods is expected to make his 2010 debut at the Masters Championship next month at Augusta National in Augusta, GA…</p>
<p>Matt Shay has been selected to serve as the next president and CEO of NRF…</p>
<p>After a third quarter that saw weakness from the Team Sports business cripple overall revenues for Easton-Bell Sports, management at the Van Nuys, CA-based manufacturer said operations for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 had finally exhibited a degree </p>
<p>Burton will shift premium snowboard production from its small, Vermont-based Burton Manufacturing Center (BMC) to Austria, where the company has been building snowboards for more than 25 years. Forty three employees will be affected by BMC's closure</p>
<p>Perry Ellis International is forecasting mid- to high-single digit revenue gains in its golf apparel business for 2010 while its swim and action sports business are both expected to grow double digits…</p>
<p>Blacks Leisure has rejected an offer of £26 million ($38.4 million) from main competitor, Sports Direct. Blacks Leisure proclaimed the offer as “wholly inadequate” and indicated plans to sell company stock to supplement the company’s tu</p>
<p>During a year it called “extremely challenging,” management at China-based Li Ning Group Limited said revenues improved by 25.4% to RMB 8.39 billion ($1.22 bn) for the year ended December 31. Management said results were “satisfactory&#</p>
<p>Nike Inc. has taken legal action in an attempt to bring down approximately 66 counterfeiting Web sites which have been illegally using company trademarks as a means of attracting consumer interest…</p>
<p>The National Retail Federation expressed disappointment that a wide-ranging financial services reform bill unveiled last week by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-CT, doesn’t address the $48 billion in credit card swipe fees paid</p>
<p>According to a report in Reuters, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk told a meeting of the American Apparel and Footwear Association March 12 that the Obama administration is not supporting legislation that would eliminate most tariffs on imported footwea</p>
<p>FGX International Holdings Limited, which makes sunglasses under the Anarchy, Gargoyles, Ironman, C9 by Champion and Body Glove trademarks, completed its merger with a subsidiary of Essilor International of Charenton-le-Pont, France…</p>
<p>Bauer Hockey is recalling 100,000 children's hockey sticks after Health Canada warned the company of the sticks' high lead content…</p>
<p>With the field of 65 teams having been whittled down to 16 over the past four days in the 2010 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, Nike was once again the brand seen the most by viewers of the event, as 77% of the teams (50 total) in the </p>
<p>In the wake of having is footwear and apparel contract with Adidas terminated after freshman men’s basketball player Marcus Jordan, the son of hall of famer Michael Jordan, refused to wear team issued footwear in favor of his father’s Air Jord</p>
<p>Osprey Packs, Inc. hired Andy Patchin for their newly created position of graphic designer. He will be responsible for the design and creation of the company's marketing materials, including…</p>