Escalade Sports Takes Q4 Hit from Sears Decline…

Escalade, Inc.'s main priority was increasing profitability to reverse last year's decline that resulted from restructuring operations and asset write-downs. As a result, profits were up even though sales were down. ESCA net income grew to $3.1

Pacific Brands Sees Record First Half Sales…

Pacific Brands Limited posted record sales of A$834.3 million ($627.6 mm) for the fiscal first half, a 4.5% increase over the same period last year. Branded sales increased during the half by 7.0% to A$772.1 million ($580.8 mm), including results from the

UVEX Names New England Sales Rep

UVEX Sports, Inc. has hired Kirsten Andreae as sales representative for UVEX Sports and Holmenkol USA race products in New England. Kirsten was most recently vice president of sales and marketing for Neofin, Inc. in Laguna, CA, and was events and promotio

Wilson Promotes Kushner and Muresan

Wilson Racquet Sports promoted Chris Kushner to Product Manager of Accessories and Alex Muresan to National Tour Manager for USA Juniors. Kushner has been instrumental to the continued growth in accessories over the last two years. As national tour manage

LaCrosse Looks to Move to Portland

LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. signed an agreement with the Portland Development Commission (PDC) for a loan and grant package worth $750,000 to assist in bringing the company's corporate headquarters and the Danner distribution center to the City of Portla

Acquisitions Not Enough for Collegiate Pacific Q2…

Collegiate Pacific saw a 95% increase in sales for the company’s fiscal second quarter be eschewed by several one time charges relating to everything from the termination of the merger with Sport Supply Group to SOX compliance as well as a $555k net loss

Watson Laminates Acquired by Tum Yeto Owner…

After 13 years as a customer of Watson Laminates, Tod Swank, founder and owner of Tum Yeto, Inc., has acquired the skateboard deck manufacturer. Charlie Watson will remain on as technical advisor and chairman of the board, along with the loyal and experie

Nike Takes on adidas Over Shox Patent…

In a move that many see as an example of how newly-minted Nike, Inc. CEO Mark Parker plans to protect the company’s core brand, Nike, Inc. last week reported that it had filed a patent infringement suit against adidas-Salomon in the U.S. District Court fo

Accell Looks for Growth in N.A.

Six months ago, The Accell Group, which is one of Europe’s largest bicycle and parts manufacturers, decided to make its first foray onto U.S. soil by bringing its LaPierre brand across the Atlantic. The experiment apparently worked and now the company has

Jox Sox Creates Road Rep Force

Jox Sox, Inc. formed a road rep sales force to augment their award winning in-house sales department, naming Roger Gibertson – N.D. and S.D.; Acker Sports Sales – Wis. and Ill.; A.W. Sports, Inc – Miss., La., Ar., Ok. and Tx.; The Rupp., Co.-Fla.; Ken Met

Sea Otter Supports Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

The Sea Otter Classic joined forces with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, to give cyclists and spectators an opportunity to raise money through a fundraising program called 'Make Cures Happen.' Money will be raised in honor of Joshua Alfaro, an