Aqua Lung Inc., doing business as U.S. Divers of Vista, CA, is recalling about 44,000 Martinique LX Jr. Youth Snorkeling Mask Sets sold through Costco Wholesale stores because notches in the tempered glass can cause the lens to break under certain water p
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Schoeller’s Griesman Fills Sale Role at Schoeller Technologies
Schoeller Textil U.S.A. announced Cricket Griesman will be expanding his role as sales manager to include Schoeller Technologies. Griesman will continue to hold the position of sales manager for Schoeller Textiles USA, which he has held since 2008…
Etnies Reaches 200,000 Tree-Planting Milestone
Etnies, the skateboarder-owned and operated global action sports footwear and apparel company, planted the first seed back in 2011 when it initiated its Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree reforestation program and has since sprouted more than 200,000 trees in Cost
DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse Launches Luxe810
DSW Inc. announced the launch of Luxe810, the new luxury experience at dsw.com/luxe810. Offering top luxury brands at up to 50 percent off, the Luxe810 assortment include..
Skullcandy’s Q4 Earnings Decline on Margin Pressures
Skullcandy, Inc. reported fourth quarter earnings slid 7.3 percent, hurt by increased sales of lower margin products, increased sales in lower margin channels and discounting. Net sales increased 21.0 percent to $101.0 million…
NRF Welcomes Bill to Repeal of Employer Mandate Provision of Healthcare Law
The National Retail Federation welcomed introduction of House and Senate legislation that would repeal the employer mandate provision of the health care reform law scheduled to take effect next year.
Smith and Wesson’s Quarterly Earnings Triple
Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. reported sales from continuing operations for the third quarter were $136.2 million, up 38.8 percent from the third quarter last year. Earnings improved to $14.6 million, or 22 cents a share, from $4.4 million, or 7 cents a ye
Newton Running Names Craig Heisner President
Newton Running named Craig Heisner as its president, effective immediately. Heisner most recently served as VP of marketing, sales and product merchandising at Li-Ning, where he led the Chinese company’s introduction into the U.S. market…
Brooks to Present at South by Southwest
Brooks Running Company will present at South by Southwest Interactive Festival to share its philosophy of fostering an active workplace. In a session titled “Workplace Fitness Flexes the Mind,” Brooks Senior Vice President of Human Resources A
Klaus Obermeyer Receives Industry Achievement Award
SnowSports Industries America (SIA) presented the Industry Achievement Award to Klaus Obermeyer, a German native well known throughout the industry for his Aspen-based skiwear company, Sport Obermeyer.
Keen to Launch Twitter Campaign Around CNX Launch
In late March, Keen will be hitting the road on a Twitter tour of several cities along the West Coast introducing the CNX collection through a series of fun and daring challenges to its Twitter fans…
Gatorz Hires Investment Bank
Gatorz Inc. has retained Park Lane IBS, LLC, a sports investment bank based in Los Angeles. Park Lane will be the exclusive advisor to Gatorz as the company begins to execute on its growth strategy…
Groupe Go Sport’s Courrir Banner Post Sold Comps Growth in 2012
Groupe Go Sport, the third largest retailer of sporting goods in France, reported consolidated net sales reached €675.6m ($905 bb) in 2012, up 0.7 percent on a same-store basis in currency-neutral terms. At Courir, the company's specialty runni
Ecco Delivers Record-Breaking Year
Ecco, the giant Danish shoe manufacturer, reported revenue climbed 13.7 percent in 2012, to DKK 8.06 billion (U.S. $1.4 bn). Net earnings increased 23.3 percent to DKK 684 million ($119.2 mm). Pre-tax earnings grew 26.0 percent to DKK 1.14 billion ($200 m
Big 5 Returns to Black in Q4
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. earned 4.0 million, or 19 cents per share, in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, rebounding against a loss of $9,000, or less than one cent a share, in the year-ago period…
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