Amer Sports reported net sales reached €353.8 million ($455 mm) in the second quarter, up 12 percent from the April-June 2011, or 5 percent on a currency-neutral (c-n) basis. The increase was driven by double-digit growth in Apparel, Fitness and Spo
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Footbalance North America Relocating HQ to Boulder
Footbalance North America is relocating the company’s headquarters to Boulder, CO. from San Diego, CA, where it has been based since 2009. The move will take place immediately following the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2012 trade show, in early Au
EMU Australia Appoints CEO for Americas
EMU Australia appointed Scott Sible as CEO of North America. Sible joins the company with an experience of 25 years in the footwear and apparel business. Before joining EMU, Sible retired from Wolverine World Wide as president of Merrell in 2010…
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Cramer Products Announces New Promotions and Hirings
Cramer Products Inc. announced the promotion of two marketing department employees, and the hiring of employees to fill two key roles with the company…
Adidas And 505 Games Bring MiCoach Training System To Console Gamers
Adidas and 505 Games, a global publisher of video games, have shipped to North American retail outlets and aspiring athletes the Adidas miCoach console game on Kinect for Xbox 360 and PlayStationMove motion controller for PlayStation3 computer entertainm
Asics America Signs Men’s Tennis Athlete Steve Johnson
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On Names Six Running Industry Veterans to North American Sales Force
On, the running shoe company built on patented Swiss technology, has named six running shoe industry veterans with nearly 50 years of combined experience serving specialty retailers to its North American sales force. The announcement was made by Ted Good
Petzl America Names New Sales Director
Petzl America appointed Blair Williams to sales director. Williams joins Petzl with a strong professional background in business-to-business sales and a passion for alpinism, climbing, and the outdoors…
Former U.S. Olympians Team Up With Boys and Girls Club of America
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La Sportiva North America Appoints New Marketing Team
La Sportiva North America recent promoted four employees to strengthen its marketing team heading into the 2012 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market. La Sportiva North America promoted Jonathan Degenhardt to marketing operations manager, Chrissy Coffinger to a
Descente North America Names New Rep, Headquarters Employees
Descente North America announced that Kent Fried has joined their team as an independent sales representative serving the New York, New Jersey, and Eastern Pennsylvania territories. The company also name three new employees at its Layton, Utah headquarter
American Capital Continues Stock Buy Back
American Capital, Ltd., which owns Confluence Holdings Corp. and Riddell Sports Group Inc., acquired another 9.1 million shares of its common stock, or 2.8 percent of the company's outstanding shares as of March 31, in the second quarter. The company
Amer Sports Outsources U.S. DTC Operations
Amer Sports Group has outsourced its direct-to-consumer (DTC) e-commerce operations in the United States to PFSweb Inc. The company, which is already providing such services for Suunto, will launch Salomon's U.S. site in August and add sites for Wils
Amer Sports Names New General Manager for Arc’teryx
Amer Sports named Vincent Wauters, formerly its SVP supply chain and IT, as general manager for Arc'teryx Inc. effective June 13. Antti Jääskeläinen, Amer Sports' chief development officer, will assume leadership for the group supply chain and I