DealerCamp to Provide Mid-Summer Venue for New Bike Products
Lifeboat Events will host a new event called DealerCamp on July 29-31 at Deer Valley Resort in Utah to provide bike vendors a mid-summer venue to launch new products. The company will provide subsidies for select dealers attending the event, which targets
Canada Goose Opens European Office in Stockholm
Canada Goose Inc. opened an office in Stockholm to anchor its growing European business, marking the first office opened by the outerwear brand outside Canada…
PVH Posts Loss on Hilfiger Charge
Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., the parent of G.H. Bass, swung to a first-quarter loss due to charges related to its acquisition of Tommy Hilfiger…
Descente Ltd. FY10 Operating Income Drops on 1.3% Sales Decline
Descente Ltd reported its sales for the year ended March 31, 2010 reached ¥76.0 ($819.5mm), down 1.3% from a year earlier and 2.5% below forecast of ¥78.0 billion ($840.8mm)…
Asics Corp.’s Sales Slide 7.3% in FY10, Americas Sales Gain
Asics Corp. reported sales slid 7.3% in its year ended March 31, to 224.4 billion yen ($2.4 billion) versus the prior year. In the Americas, sales of running shoes “remained brisk” but sales growth was held back by foreign exchange rates. Sales in the Ame
PrimaLoft Hires Verde PR
PrimaLoft has selected Verde PR & Consulting as its public relations agency of record (AOR).Verde will focus on differentiating PrimaLoft’s attributes, performance benefits and associated value, while concurrently redefining the role of PrimaLoft a
Asics Seeks Injunction and Damages From Skechers USA
Asics America Corporation and ASICS Corporation Japan announced that they have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, Central District of California against Skechers USA, Inc. for trademark infringement, unfair competition, trademark dilution and fal
Rab Adds Eighth North American Rep
Rab hired Tokul Creek Marketing as its sales representation in the Northwest, covering Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. Rab now has eight sales reps in North America…
Citi Trends’ Comps Climb 9.6%
Citi Trends, Inc. reported total sales in the first quarter ended May 1, 2010 increased 26.8% to $181.4 million compared with $143.1 million in the first quarter ended May 2, 2009…
Court Rules Against CamelBak in Tariff Dispute over Hydration Packs
CamelBak Products LLC lost a case before the U.S. Court of International Trade that sought to reclassify hydration packs imported from the Philippines in 2003 as “insulated food or beverage bags” to lower duties from 17.8% to 7%…
Rocky Prices Closes Secondary Offering
Rocky Brands Inc. said it expects to raise $14.1 million from a secondary offering…
WTO Agrees to Probe EU Duties on Chinese Footwear
World Trade Organization judges agreed to investigate whether European Union anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese shoes unfairly harm China's exporters…
Bike.com Launches New Website, San Diego Store
Bike.com announced the official launch of their new website, featuring everything for cyclists from complete bikes and bicycle parts to cycling apparel and protective gear. The new website launch coincides with the opening of Bike.com’s new San Dieg
Sunice Forms New Partnership in U.K. and Ireland
Sunice, the golfwear maker based in Montreal, has established a United Kingdom company, Sunice Europe Ltd., in partnership with Chertsey, England-based The Golf Business Ltd., to sell Sunice product in the United Kingdom and Ireland…
Hanesbrands Team Summits Everest
Expedition Hanesbrands' Mount Everest climbing team, led by international mountaineer Jamie Clarke, reached the 29,035-foot summit of the world's highest peak late Sunday, celebrating a 30-month endeavor to design and test innovative apparel and
