Hyperlite Mountain Gear Secures Financing to Bring Ultralight to the Masses, Jobs to Maine
Hyperlite Mountain Gear achieved an important milestone last week in its quest to bring ultralight gear to the masses and manufacturing jobs to Maine…
La Sportiva Promotes Degenhardt to Director of Marketing
La Sportiva North America promoted Jonathan Degenhardt to the position of marketing director and announced several other recent staff changes to prepare for continued growth, including a sharp spike in the sale of…
Livestrong Donations Tumble
Donations to Livestrong, closely associated with yellow rubber wristbands made by Nike, dropped to $15 million in 2013 from $22.7 million in 2012, according to an Internal Revenue Service filing that was posted on the Austin, Texas-based charity’s w
Manchester United Attributes Drop in Merchandising Revenues to Nike Shifting Focus to World Cup
Manchester United attributed a 12.3 percent decline in its Retail, Merchandising, Apparel & Product Licensing (RMA&PL) revenues in the fourth quarter ended June 30 to Nike shifting its focus toward selling jersey's for national team products leading
SIA Releases 2014 Snow Sports Market Intelligence Report
SnowSports Industries America (SIA) released the 2014 Snow Sports Market Intelligence Report Wednesday. The report reviews the ups and downs of the record-breaking $3.6 billion 2013/2014 season that included severe drought in the Sierras, polar vortex eve
Ride Snowboards Hires National Sales Manager
Ride Snowboards hired Jim “Big Jim” Linnberg as its national sales manager. From 2009 to 2013, Linnberg served as a west coast sales rep for Ride Snowboards covering seven territories from California to Alaska…
Sports Authority Launches Yoga Apparel Line
Sports Authority announced the launch of the yoga line Bloom, available exclusively at Sports Authority. The new collection was created specifically for women who enjoy being connected to the outdoors…
Balega International Expands Marketing Team
Balega International has added Sara Poovey, who it came to know at a running specialty retailer near its U.S. office in Hickory, NC to its marketing team…
Skechers Signs Mariano Rivera
Retired New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera has signed on with Skechers to join the team of sports icons representing the successful men’s Relaxed Fit from Skechers footwear line. A new advertising campaign featuring Rivera will begin in Spring 2
Nike Ends Relationship with Ray Rice
Nike cut ties with Ray Rice on Tuesday after the release of a video showing the former Baltimore Ravens running back striking his then-fiancee in February. Dick's SG, Modell's and Fanatics are among the many retailers that have stopped selling R
RECALL: 1,700 Cabrinha Kiteboarding Control Systems
Adventure Sports Inc, dba Pryde Group Americas, has recalled about 1,700 Cabrinha Kiteboarding 1X and Overdrive 1X Control Systems because the Recoil spring on the control mechanism can jam, leading to a loss of control, which poses a risk of injury…
Sher-Wood Athletics Group Acquires Sher-Wood Hockey
Sherwood Athletics Group Inc. has acquired all of the assets and liabilities of Sher-Wood Hockey Inc., from Callidus Capital Inc…
FN Manufacturing Receives Nadcap Accreditation
FN America, Inc. announces that its Columbia, South Carolina subsidiary, FN Manufacturing, has received the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap) accreditation for chemical processing…
Adidas’ Design Head Relocating to Portland
Paul Gaudio, Adidas creative director, has relocated from Germany to Portland. The news was mentioned in an interview by Adidas Group North America President Mark King with the Wall Street Journal…
Nine West Footwear Group Undergoes Organizational Restructuring
Sycamore Partners announced that the Nine West Footwear Group, an operating division of Nine West Holdings, has been reorganized into four separate businesses, each with its own leadership team. The newly organized businesses are: Nine West (which include
