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The dominoes keep falling into place at adidas-Salomon after the fall appointment of Erich Stamminger as CEO of adidas America. Jim Stutts, the former Asia chief who had moved back to adidas as interim CEO for North America after Ross McMullin’s leave of

Gildan Activewear was the first imprinted activewear firm in North America to be awarded the Oeko-tex Standard 100 certification for health and environmental sustainability.

West Marine, Inc. reported that net sales for the five weeks ended April 3, 2004 were $62.4 million, a 12.2% increase from net sales of $55.6 million for the five-week period a year ago. Comparable store net sales for March increased 6.9% compared to the

Reebok International plans to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Montreal-based The Hockey Company Holdings for Canadian $21.25 per share in cash. The boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved the transaction. The equity value

Payless ShoeSource same-store sales increased 4.6% percent during the March reporting period, the five weeks ended April 3, 2004. Company sales totaled $284.6 million, a 5.0 percent increase from $270.9 million during fiscal March of last year…

K2 SPORTS announced the appointment of Robert “Bernie” Bernthal as brand director for the European market. Bernthal will work out of K2 SPORTS’ European headquarters in Penzburg, Germany.

The Banc of America Securities Investor Conference in New York last week gave many an opportunity to get the first post-Q4 outlook from a number of companies we follow on a regular basis. As usual, much of the presentations is boiler-plate stuff we see d

The OIA hosted a press conference where Congressmen George Miller (D-CA) and Don Young (R-AK) introduced the Get Outdoors Act which will establish a trust fund providing $3.1 billion annually to encourage physical activity and recreation. The goal of the

Scott USA announced its return to the USA in the coming months and offer a full line of bicycles and selected cycling accessories for the 2005 model year. Beat Zaugg, President of Scott Sports Group said, “We have always wanted to return to North America.

HighGear/TechTrail is often described as one of the fastest-growing brands in the outdoor business, and after much success domestically, the North Carolina based company is now set to take their international business to an elevated level, with the additi