Hartmarx Files for Chapter 11
Hartmarx Corp., which makes the Jack Nicklaus, Bobby Jones and Lyle & Scott golf apparel collections, filed for Chapter 11 protection in an Illinois federal bankruptcy court, citing a “substantial decline” in sales to consumers and retailers as well as li
Brunswick Sees Fitness Go Negative on Tough Q4
Brunswick Corporation’s total sales for its fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2008 were $837.7 million, a 41.7% drop from last year's sales of $1.44 billion. The company said this drop was primarily the result of marine sales that had dropped 49.7% as we
Kmart Introducing Athletic Line
Kmart is introducing an exclusive athletic footwear and apparel collection called Protege and created by NBA star Al Harrington. The launch of Protege is part of Kmart's footwear re-launch which will feature new and exclusive brands both in stores n
Newton Running Names New President
Newton Running has named Stephen Gartside as president of the technical running footwear company.Gartside will run the day-to-day global operations of Newton Running and work closely with Newton’s founders, Danny Abshire and Jerry Lee…
Asics Sees U.S. Sales Jump 40% in Fiscal Third Quarter
Asics Corp. reported fiscal third quarter sales in the U.S. jumped 19.7 percent to approximately ¥13.94 billion ($145 mm) for the period ended December 31, compared to approximately ¥11.65 billion ($103 mm) last year…
Pro Football Tops “Favorite Sport” List Again
When asked to choose which one sport is America’s favorite, pro football tops the list with 31% of those who follow sports, followed by 16% who say baseball is their favorite, according to The Harris Poll. Rounding out the top five favorite sports are col
GCI Outdoor and RIO Brands Launch Integrity Outdoor Brands
GCI Outdoor Inc. and RIO Brands have launched Integrity Outdoor Brands, a joint venture bringing GCI Outdoor together with RIO Adventure and San Angelo, the sporting goods and hunting divisions of RIO Brands…
SanMar Partners with OGIO in Promotional Channel
SanMar Corp., a supplier of imprintable apparel and accessories, entered into an agreement to gain exclusive distribution of all 54 OGIO products available in the promotional products industry. While SanMar previously carried select OGIO styles, beginning
Sport Footwear Falls Short of Holiday Growth
After many of the publicly traded retailers reported last week, the Holiday 2008 retail business proved to be as disappointing as analysts and prognosticators had forecast. Though anecdotal evidence from much of specialty retail held slightly better resul
SRI Sports Sales Jump on Boost from Cleveland Acquisition
SRI Sports., the new parent company to Srixon and Cleveland Golf, had a strong first three quarters of fiscal 2008 as the addition of the Cleveland business to the sales numbers has more than offset minor declines in smaller divisions. Nonetheless, the co
OR Winter Market Attendance Down 5%
Preliminary show numbers at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market trade show indicate the softening of the market did effect show numbers both in the number of attendees (approx. 16,500 attendees) and sold floor space (330,000 net-sold, square-feet). The ove
KEEN Creates New Global Business Development Position
KEEN Inc., announced the appointment of Troy Ballard to the newly formed position of VP of Global Business Development. This role essentially replaces the traditional VP Sales Role to take into consideration the emerging dynamics of the global market…
Oboz Hires New Rockies Reps
Oboz footwear has tapped Eric Miller and Megan Chain of The Raven Workshop to drive sales in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. Miller and Chain also represent Ibex, Westcomb, and Dakine…
Skullcandy Europe appoints KAOS for Pan-European PR
Skullcandy Europe has appointed action sports and music integrated agency KAOS following a four-way pitch. KAOS will be focused on Pan-European PR for core/action sports, music and lifestyle digital and press media. KAOS’ action sports marketing and creat
Payless ShoeSource Earns PETA Award
Payless ShoeSource has won the Best New Shoe Line category in PETA's sixth annual Proggy Awards for creating the “first-ever affordable green footwear line” that doesn't contain any leather. Payless will receive a framed certificate and will be
