Under Armour to Sponsor Chelsea Piers in Manhattan
Under Armour has signed on as the official athletic apparel and footwear sponsor of Chelsea Piers, New York's amateur sports and entertainment complex…
Hanesbrands Prices Senior Notes
Hanesbrands Inc., the parent of Champion and Hanes, announced the pricing of its offering of $1 billion in aggregate principal amount of its 6.375% senior notes due Dec. 15, 2020, at par…
OC Sports Becomes the Official Headwear of NJCAA
The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has named OC Sports, a division of Outdoor Cap Company, as the organization's official headwear for a three year period beginning Nov. 1, 2010…
Imperial Headwear Appoints Doug Kelly as CEO
Imperial Headwear appointed Doug Kelly as its new chief executive officer. Kelly most recently served as president of Russell Athletic Group. He replaces former MLB Properties and Nike exec Rick White…
Orange 21 Gains Additional Financing
Orange 21 Inc., the owner of the Spy Optic eyewear brand, said that effective Nov. 1, its wholly owned subsidiary Orange 21 North America Inc. (O21NA), entered into a $1.0 million promissory note with one of Orange 21 Inc.'s shareholders, Costa Brava
Cabela’s Q3 Profit Climbs on 2.4% Comp Gain
Cabela's Inc. said that adjusted for divestitures, total revenue for the third quarter increased 3.9% to $643 million; retail store revenue increased 6.0% to $369 million; direct revenue decreased 1.1% to $219 million; and comps increased 2.4%. Exclu
Schutt Sports and Leon Lett Foundation Donate Gear to Youth
Schutt Sports joined the Leon Lett Foundation this weekend in a presentation to the YMCA in Monroe, LA. The foundation bought and gave away 50 youth helmets from Schutt and the company donated an additional 20 youth shoulder pads…
Boathouse Sports Launches Holiday Online Team Stores
Boathouse Sports launched an web site offering athletic directors and administrators a turn-key fundraising tool that eliminates product inventory, money collection and the hassle of distributing products…
Study: Physical Fitness Curbs Colds
People who are physically fit and active have fewer and milder colds, indicates research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine…
ACE Publishes Annual Fitness Survey
The American Council on Exercise (ACE) announced the top ten fitness trends for 2011. With over 2,700 responses, the findings conclude that consumers have a more positive outlook on the future economy and also realize the importance of taking care of them
Amer Sports Posts Q3 Sales Growth on Winter, Outdoor and Fitness Gains
Amer Sports Corp. became a much more profitable company in the third-quarter, as the parent of Salomon, Atomic, Wilson, Precor and Suunto expanded its gross margins by 310 basis points on a 5% increase in currency-neutral sales. When measured in local cur
Unifi Begins 2011 Fiscal Year On Strong Note
Unifi, Inc., reported net income of $10.2 million, or 17 cents per share, for the company’s fiscal first quarter compared to a net income of $2.5 million, or 4 cents per share, for the prior year quarter. Net sales for the quarter increased $31 mill
Hanesbrands Sees Third Quarter Sales Up; Price Hikes to Come in Early 2011
Hanesbrands Inc. reported its third consecutive quarter of solid growth for the three-month period ended Oct. 2, reporting total revenues up 10.8% to $1.2 billion from $1.1 billion in the year-ago period on sales growth from the company’s four large
Delta Apparel Posts Sees Decline in Net Income Despite Rise in Net Sales
Delta Apparel, Inc. saw net sales jump 8.9% to $107.9 million for the first fiscal quarter ended Oct. 2 from $99.1 in the prior-year period. However, DLA saw a considerable 38.5% decline in net income, dropping to $1.6 million, versus $2.6 million, in the
Hanesbrands Completes Acquisition of Gear For Sports
Hanesbrands Inc. has completed its acquisition of GearCo, Inc., known as Gear For Sports, a seller of licensed logo apparel in collegiate bookstores and other channels…
