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Miôn footwear hired DH Enterprises as the company’s new West coast sales representative agency. Based in Santa Cruz, Calif., DH Enterprises is composed of Sarah Deziel and Dwight Hinds who cover the states of California, Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii. Hinds

American Capital is becoming more and more involved in the Outdoor world with several relatively large investments in different brands. Now, the firm is making another investment. This one is designed to fund Bushnell Performance Optics’ acquisition of Mi

Trade negotiations between the U.S. and China over the past three months have never been more important to the Outdoor and Snow Sports industries. In late June, the Department of Commerce placed quotas on apparel imports from China. Those quotas, which w

Each year, climbing gear manufacturers shave grams and ounces off of their designs, but rarely is there a true innovation that changes the way people think about gear. Last year at Summer Market, many companies introduced extendable range cams, making it

Advanstar Communications has acquired POOL, a boutique lifestyle trade show showcasing fashion-forward designers, accessories and music that targets the directional boutique market. Launched in 2001 with 205 exhibitors, POOL quickly found success and has

It seems rather prophetic that just last week Sports Executive Weekly wrote that conventional wisdom held that a company that wanted to go public should have revenues north of $200 million and a consistent history of profitability. It appears that Under

Scarpa hired its sales force for the remaining territories for North America. The completion of the team marks another step forward as SCARPA North America works to establish itself as an independent company in the North American Market…

Johnson Outdoors selected Stanwood & Partners Public Relations as their new PR agency of record. Stanwood & Partners will assume all public relations duties for the Old Town, Ocean Kayak, Necky Kayaks, Extrasport and Carlisle paddlesports brands effective

Nike announced the 2nd annual Nike Women's Marathon is sold out with 15,000 women across the globe registered for the event in San Francisco. Last year's inaugural race sold out a few weeks before race day, attracted more than 9,000 participants

Sara Lee Branded Apparel Americas/Asia appointed E. Lee Wyatt Jr. to the position of chief financial officer. In assuming the CFO position, Wyatt will be responsible for many of the new roles that Sara Lee Branded Apparel Americas/Asia will be required to

Delta Apparel, Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Liquid Blaino Designs, Inc. d/b/a Junkfood Clothing. The purchase price for the transaction consists of $20 million of cash (subject to a post-closing adjustment based on the actual work

TPS Hockey and its parent company, Hillerich & Bradsby Co., owner of the Louisville Slugger brand, have signed a Letter of Intent to sell majority interest in their global hockey operation to TPS Sports Group Inc., a Canadian company lead by industry vete

Sport Supply Group, Inc. had a pretty rough go of things in the second quarter as a decline in sales brought on by a calendar shift and the inability to anniversary a government order cut net income in half. Revenues for Q2 declined 7.5% to $23.2 million

Bob's Stores, the Connecticut-based chain of retail stores that is now part of the TJX Companies portfolio, saw sales decline 6.2% in the second quarter to $59.8 million from $63.8 million in the year-ago period. The Q2 operating loss for the 34-sto

NSGA’s recent study, “The Sporting Goods Market in 2005,” found that females are significant purchasers in many important footwear and equipment categories. In 2004, females purchased 54% of the $14.8 billion of athletic footwear sold at retail. However,