Pelé Launches New Apparel Venture
Pelé, the Brazlian soccer legend, has launched his own cleat and apparel-manufacturing venture—Pelé Sports AG—with a group of German investors, according to the Wall Street Journal…
Playoutdoors.com Hires Gear Buyer/Inventory Manager
Playoutdoors.com, an online kids’ outdoor apparel and gear retailer, hired Ben Zimmerman as gear buyer/inventory manager…
Yates Outdoor Sales to Cover GSI Outdoors in Ontario
GSI Outdoors, a supplier of outdoor cooking and dining products, has retained Yates Outdoor Sales headed up by Kevin Yates to oversee sales and marketing efforts in Ontario, Canada…
Helly Hansen Continues Adding to U.S. Rep Force
Helly Hansen continues to add to its U.S. rep force to grow its resort uniform, specialty and footwear businesses…
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case Against Gun Maker
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed Beretta U.S.A. and the firearms industry another victory by rejecting the Brady Center's appeal of Adames v. Beretta U.S.A. Corporation challenging the constitutionality of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in
NWTF Funds $73,000 In Hunting Heritage, Education Projects in November
The National Wild Turkey Federation distributed nearly $73,000 in November of 2009 to states and programs through the NWTF Hunting Heritage Super Fund, according to a release by the organization…
Backcountry.com Names Smith Optics Vendor of the Year
Backcountry.com named Smith Optics its 's 2009 Vendor of the Year from a field of 450 nominees…
Jones Apparel Names Chief Marketing Officer
Jones Apparel Group Inc. promoted Stacy Lastrina, its executive vice president of marketing and creative services, to the position of chief marketing officer…
Gildan Sees Fiscal Q4 Profits Jump on Tax Write-down, but Top Line Slides
Gildan Activewear nearly doubled fiscal fourth quarter profits as the company benefited from a $746,000 tax write-down, but the top line was crippled by continued softness from activewear and underwear resulting from “promotional discounting”
Forzani Group Third Quarter Net Jumps on Weather-Aided Sales Boost
Thanks to the arrival of cold weather in September and October, The Forzani Group Ltd. reported third quarter revenues rose 4.1% to CN$381.1 million (US$355 mm) and increased 2.3% on a same-store basis. With tight inventories and little need to promote, e
Nautilus Sells Portion of Commercial Assets
Nautilus, Inc. has entered into definitive agreements for the sale of certain assets of its commercial business to Fit Dragon International Ltd. for $12.3 million. The company had previously announced its intention to divest itself of its commercial busin
JoesSports.com Finds Investor
UFA Co-operative Ltd., the Canadian firm that acquired 15 Sportsman's Warehouse stores last year, bought the domain names for JoesSports.com and GIJoes.com in bankruptcy court two months ago and has quietly been operating the joessports.com e-commerc
Lorpen Expands US Sales Force by 35%
Lorpen, known for its performance socks for outdoor and wintersport enthusiasts, announced it has greatly expanded its U.S. sales force to keep up with the company’s solid growth in 2009…
Buckman’s Ski and Snowboard Shops Go Green
Buckman’s Ski and Snowboard Shops announced the construction of a 620 kilowatt solar energy system at their corporate headquarters in Pottstown, PA. Made up of nearly 3,000 roof-mounted solar panels, this system will convert sunlight into electricit
Hanesbrands Refinances; Reaffirms 2010 Guidance
Hanesbrands Inc. reaffirmed its 2010 outlook for approximately $200 million in additional sales from net shelf-space gains and said it completed a growth-focused debt refinancing that enables the company to simultaneously reduce leverage and consider acqu
