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By all accounts this year’s ispo winter 05 trade fair proved to be the most successful trade and consumer sporting goods show in the world, with a strong U.S. retail and vendor contingency in attendance, a strong showing from Asia, and even greater partic

The Eastern Outdoor Reps Association and the Southern Winter Reps Association had some surprises in store for anyone who attended their regional trade show in Greenville, S.C. last week. Over 600 different brands were represented by 155 sales reps and si

In September, Jarden Corporation acquired American Household, parent company to Coleman (See BOSS_0438). The deal closed on January 24 and Jarden recently held an investor conference call outlining fiscal 2004 performance and gave some insight on the inte

Ann Meyers has been elected to K2's board of directors effective February 11th, 2005. Since 1983, Meyers has served as a broadcaster for the major sports networks, covering a variety of events, including men's and women's NCAA basketball, s

Nautica will launch its new integrated global marketing platform, dubbed “Navigate life,” this spring. After extensive consumer research, Nautica developed the Navigate life campaign to emotionally connect consumers to their brand through a message that c

Columbia Sportswear will be the presenting sponsor of the 2005 Jimmie Heuga Vertical Express for MS. The Vertical Express for MS is the largest on-snow fundraising competition in the nation and is scheduled for Saturday, February 12 in 20 ski resorts acro

In a statement released shortly after the first ISPO Sports Industry CEO Summit in Munich, the international sports industry concluded that only credible product competence makes it possible for companies to employ lifestyle orientation without danger. Th

Luxottica Group fiscal year 2004 sales were up 14.1% to €3,223.9 million ($4,010.1 mm). Retail sales were €2,315.8 million ($2,880.5 mm), up 15.7% for the year and Retail comparable store sales jumped +4.2%. Net income for the year was up 7.3% to €286.9 m

The Warnaco Group, Inc. has appointed Sheree Waterson as the new President of Speedo North America, a division of Warnaco Swimwear Inc. Ms. Waterson will oversee all aspects of Speedo's design, development, merchandising, marketing and sales. Most r

Head N.V. needed a weaker dollar to help post any significant increase in sales revenues for the year, a benefit that the Austria-based company will soon cease to realize as it moves to de-list its shares on the NYSE. Fourth quarter net income fell nearl