<p>The licensee becomes the licensor as the downturn in skate claimed its first major victim on Friday. <br />Tare7, the parent company to the airwalk and and andy mac skate brands, made the strategic decision to license its brands to either another manufact</p>
<p>Aussie Apparel Group Ltd. announced Tuesday that NASDAQ changed its new symbol from AAPR to “AASI.” The change was due to an inadvertent error at NASDAQ whereby the AAPR symbol just issued to the company apparently conflicts with the symbol of a NYSE comp</p>
<p>Aussie Apparel, Inc. announced that its board of directors has approved a five-for-one forward stock split of the company's common stock. The forward split will be effective on Tuesday, May 27th, 2003 to the holders of record of Aussie Apparel'</p>
<p>Variflex, Inc. reported net sales of $21.3 million for the fiscal third quarter ended April 30, 2003 compared to $13.7 million for Q3 2002, an increase of 56%. VFLX also reported net income for the quarter of $1,338,000 or $0.29 per diluted share, compare</p>
<p>Jordan, a division of Nike, Inc., announced the addition of six-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Warren Sapp to Team Jordan, the elite group of professional athletes hand-picked by Michael Jordan to represent the Jordan brand of footwear and apparel…</p>
<p>The Sports Authority, Inc. has announced their 2002 Vendor of the Year Award recipients. The award recognizes outstanding vendor partners that took the business of sporting goods at the Sports Authority to a higher level in 2002. Vendor of the Year Awar</p>
<p>Galyan's Trading Company, Inc. announced today they would build a 100,000 square foot state-of-the-art corporate headquarters in Plainfield, IN in close proximity to their distribution center…</p>
<p>Aussie Apparel Group Ltd. announced that on May 15 it signed an agreement with Revo (UK) Ltd. to be the exclusive licensee for the Company's Hot Tuna brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The agreement with Revo calls for minimum sales of $14.1 mi</p>
<p>U.S. sporting goods manufacturers managed to increase sales and profitability in 2002, despite the stagnant economy, by controlling costs and leveraging assets. That's the key finding of <b>SGMA International's 20th Annual Study of Financial Pe</p>
<p>Reports from the Office for National Statistics in the U.K. reflect a retail environment mirroring the sluggish U.S. retail trend. April sales gained a meager 0.3% against the previous month. The U.K. is experiencing its slowest annual rate since May 19</p>
<p>The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Council voted 12-5 on Thursday to allow the use of aluminum bats in regular-season games next year. The MIAC is the rule making body of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association…</p>
<p>Federated Department Stores has decided to broaden the use of the venerable Macy’s nameplate throughout the company’s multitude of department store brands. Initially slated for Atlanta and the merger of the Rich’s and Macy’s group there, the largest depa</p>
<p>On the heels of its recent move to acquire 73% of apparel manufacturer Pro Kingtex Industrial Co Ltd, footwear-maker Yue Yuen is now reportedly close to a deal with Taiwanese sportswear maker Quang Viet Enterprise Co…</p>
<p>After Pacific Sunwear anmed them as one of their top three vendors in both juniors and young men’s apparel, O'Neill Clothing has seized the opportunity to expand the traditional surf brand into the swimwear and girls 7-14 to its juniors line…</p>
<p>Phoenix Footwear Group has signed a letter of intent to acquire H.S. Trask & Co., the Montana-based designer of men's casual boots and shoes started by former Reebok executive, Harrison Trask. Trask, who designs and develops footwear from buffalo an</p>
