Finish Line Foundation Awards Grants
The Finish Line Youth Foundation awarded 24 grants totaling $121,200 in the fourth quarter of 2012 to organizations that place an importance on youth development and an active lifestyle…
The North Face Issues Call for Explore Fund Applicants
The North Face announced the opening of the 2013 Explore Fund grant-giving program, which will provide $250,000 in grants to support non-profit organizations that are connecting youth to the outdoors. In previous years, Explore Fund grants have been award
Deckers Outdoor Acquires Balance of Hoka One One
Deckers Outdoor Corporation has fully acquired performance running shoe brand Hoka One One, after taking a minority stake in the company in July 2012…
Gregory Names Australian Distributor
Gregory named Frontier Equipment as its Australian distributor. Founded by industry veterans Dean Orange and Ben Ryan, Frontier Equipment has over 35 years of experience working with premium brands in the outdoor industry…
Globalstar Secures Forebearance Agreement from Noteholders
Globalstar, Inc, which owns the Spot family of satellite messenger devices, entered into a forbearance agreement with the holders of approximately 78 percent of its 5.75 percent Convertible Senior notes due 2028…
Easton-Bell Names UK Distributor for Cycling Brands
Easton-Bell Sports has appointed Zyro Limited (Yorkshire, UK) as its exclusive UK distributor for the company’s Giro, Bell, Blackburn, and Easton Cycling brands. Zyro, the largest privately owned cycling parts and accessories distributor in the UK a
Easton-Bell Names UK Distributor for Cycling Brands
Easton-Bell Sports has appointed Zyro Limited (Yorkshire, UK) as its exclusive UK distributor for the company’s Giro, Bell, Blackburn, and Easton Cycling brands….
Li Ning Logs Steep 2012 Loss
Li Ning, in the midst of a three-year restructuring plan, posted a net loss of RMB1.98 billion ($319 mm) in 2012. Revenues declined 24.5 percent to RMB6.74 billion ($1.07 bn)…
Under Armour Sued for Trademark Infringement
Gravity Defyer Corporation filed a lawsuit against Under Armour Inc. over the alleged infringement of its G Defy trademark…
Rider Sandals Launches Foosball Tour
Rider Sandals is launching a Collegiate Foosball Tour, which will make stops at four Florida college campuses between Apr. 12 -19. The tour will be looking for the best foosball players on each campus…
DuPont Drops Trademark Suit Against Easton-Bell
DuPont Co. dropped a federal lawsuit filed in Late January accusing sports equipment maker Easton-Bell Sports of misusing the Kevlar trademark in packaging for bicycle tires and locks, the Associated Press reported…
OtterBox Tallies Anti-counterfeiting Wins for 2012
OtterBox said internal investigations and collaboration with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) led to judgments and settlements totaling nearly $11 million in favor of OtterBox in 2012 and helped confiscate more than 118,000 counterfeit items…
ExOfficio Names New Director of Sales
ExOfficio named Julie Liveris as director of sales. Liveris comes to ExOfficio from a long career in sales and business management, most recently as CEO of Contour Anywear, LLC, a company she co-founded in 2003…
Deuter and Ortovox Occupy New Colorado Digs
Deuter USA and Ortovox USA have relocated to a combined office and warehouse in Longmont, CO, that enables the sister brands to offer employees new amenities, increase shipments and better serve customers…
Lenzing Sales Reach Record in 2012 Despite Falling Rayon Prices
Lenzing Group reported sales reached their second highest level in history in 2012 as volume more than offset an average 12 percent decline in prices paid for its rayon fibers. The Austrian company said it expects rayon prices to fall by another 3 to 8 pe
