Wolverine World Wide, Inc. ppointed Jeffrey M. Boromisa and Blake W. Krueger to the Company's Board of Directors. Jeffrey M. Boromisa is the Senior Vice President and CFO of the Kellogg Company. Krueger has been a senior executive of WWW for over 10
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Gildan Shifts U.S. Production to Dominican Republic
Gildan Activewear Inc. informed employees at its textile facilities at Valleyfield, near Montreal, Quebec, and at Bombay, N.Y., that operations at these facilities will be reduced to a 5-day work week, starting in August 2006. Gildan is currently ramping
Descente Extends CSC Sponsorship Deal
Descente Athletic Apparel, licensed and distributed exclusively by Axcent Sports in North America, Europe, Australia and elsewhere, has renewed its agreement for an additional two years as the official cycling, baselayer, and casual apparel sponsor to Te
MacGregor Shifts Sales Structure
MacGregor Golf made a number of changes to its sales team. Ken Kovasala has been named Regional Vice President of Sales. Brian Diamond has been named District Sales Manager- Northeast. Dwight Hansen has been named District Sales Manager- Southeast. Mark H
Rocky Brands Expects Q2 Sales and Earnings Decline
Rocky Brands, Inc. expects to report net sales of approximately $57 million for the second quarter versus record net sales of $65.5 million in the second quarter of 2005. The company also expects to report a diluted loss per share of between 5 cents to 10
PGA Fall Expo ‘Reinvented’
A fresh approach to better serve the golf industry will make its debut at the 2006 PGA Fall Expo, Sept 12-14 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Based on feedback from PGA Professionals and industry leaders, every aspect of this year’s event has been enhanced to create
Warnaco Elects Reardon to Board of Directors
The Warnaco Group, Inc. elected Nancy A. Reardon to its Board of Directors, making her the eighth independent director on a board of nine…
Former Phoenix CEO Joins Imperial Headwear
Richard (Rick) White has joined Imperial Headwear, Inc. as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. White was most recently Chief Executive Officer of Phoenix Footwear Group Inc. Prior to Phoenix, Mr. White held leadership positions at Major League Baseball,
SIA Honors Reps with New Award
SnowSports Industries America (SIA) is proud to announce the introduction of the first-ever SIA SnowSports Regional Rep of the Year Award. This award will recognize those sales reps in the snow sports industry that have successfully fostered relationship
Teko Joins Chicago Climate Exchange
Teko has joined Chicago Climate Exchange, North America’s only, and the world’s first, greenhouse gas emission registry, reduction and trading system for all six greenhouse gases. As an exchange participant, Teko will purchase offsets to cover all transpo
Miôn Received Two IDEA Awards
Miôn Footwear received two Bronze medal awards in the 2006 Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) competition, a celebration of the best product designs of the year. IDEA is co-sponsored by BusinessWeek Magazine and the Industrial Designers Society of
Highgear Inks Deal with NSP, PSIA, and AASI
Highgear signed a three year agreement with the National Ski Patrol (NSP), the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA), and the American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI). Under this agreement, Highgear will become the exclusive official
NSGA: Pacific States Lag Behind in Sporting Goods Sales
In the Pacific states – WA, OR, CA, AK HI – overall sporting goods store sales grew 21.4% from the 1997 Census versus total U.S. growth of 23.5%. Sales for 2002 in the Pacific states reached $4.71 billion. Of that amount, $2.31 billion moved through full-
World Cup Brings Success to Football Brands…
Many manufacturers invested heavily into World Cup marketing this year in an effort to turn this international frenzy into profits. With the tournament ending in a victory for Italy on Sunday, companies are looking back on the results to measure their suc
SGMA Sees Deadline Looming for Critical Physical Education Funding Vote…
The Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association is issuing a call to action to the sporting goods industry to help support the Carol M. White Physical Education Program. The program, which has had six successful years of funding innovative physical educatio