<p>The Warnaco Group, Inc. announced that it has elected Sheila A. Hopkins to its Board of Directors, effective July 7, 2003. Ms. Hopkins, 47, currently serves as Vice President and General Manager of U.S. Personal Care at Colgate-Palmolive Company…</p>
<p>The 5th annual SGMA International Baseball/Softball Industry Meeting will be held October 2-4, 2003 at the Marriott DFW North Hotel in Irving, Texas. Sponsored by the SGMA Baseball/Softball Participation…</p>
<p>Billabong has appointed Royce Cansler to director of specialty retailer relations, a newly created position.<br />
As a 35-year veteran of the surf industry, Cansler comes to this position with a solid knowledge in the specialty surf retail arena, and has been </p>
<p>Shawn Penrod and Pitchfork Sales will now add Utah and Western Wyoming to the current Colorado and Eastern Wyoming territory. Shawn has been killing it in Colorado and Eastern Wyoming, and Ride is certain the dealers and areas out west will only benefit </p>
<p>Palmer Snowboards has moved to Portland, Oregon to work with Nemo Design. Palmer marketing director Bud Fawcett has moved operations to the states in order to get the branding up to the level of their industry leading technical products…</p>
<p>Line Skis, LLC, will not be delivering its alpine binding to its customers for the 03-04 season. The action was made necessary due to the withdrawal of Victor Plastics, Line's binding manufacturer, from its China operations and the onset of the SARS </p>
<p>Ralph A. “Doc” DesRoches, 86, died peacefully on June 30, 2003, at his home on Clearwater Lake in Industry, ME. Doc served as executive vice president and CEO of Ski Industries America (now SnowSports Industries America)from 1963-1981…</p>
<p>Kevin Alexander, a 19-year veteran of Chick’s Sporting Goods, has joined the hartford sales group as a Sales Rep for the Greater L.A. territory. In other news, Joshua Jay was awarded the hartford sales group’s MVP award at their recent Sales Meeting. L</p>
<p>FUBU Founders Daymond John, J. Alexander Martin, Keith Perrin and Carl Brown last week received the Ernst & Young New York Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in the apparel category. Executive Vice President, J. Alexander Martin excepted the award on behalf </p>
<p>West Marine reported that net sales for the five weeks ended June 28, 2003 were $98.4 million, a 25.0% increase from net sales of $78.7 million for the same period a year ago. Comparable store net sales for the five weeks ended June 28, 2003 decreased 2.0</p>
<p>Shoe Pavilion announced net sales were $21.2 million for the second quarter ended June 28, 2003, compared to net sales of $22.7 million for the same period in 2002, a 6.9% decrease. Net sales from the Company's retail stores and Gordmans licensed sho</p>
<p>Shoe Carnival announced the appointment of Kent A. Kleeberger to its Board of Directors. He will also serve as a member of the Audit Committee…</p>
<p>The board of directors of Sears, Roebuck and Co. today announced the election of William L. Bax, 59, former managing partner of PricewaterhouseCooper's Chicago-area practice, to membership on Sears' board of directors. His election increases th</p>
<p>GolfGear has granted a non-exclusive, worldwide license to Golfsmith International to sell the remaining stock of metal woods it acquired from Zevo Golf – more specifically the Zevo Compressor drivers – under GolfGear's patents covering its proprieta</p>
<p>Following the recent FCC ruling approving the sale and use of personal locator beacons (PLBs) in the continental United States beginning July 1, Recreational Equipment, Inc. announced the availability of the new satellite-assisted search and rescue techno</p>
