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REI CEO Dennis Madsen will retire from the company at the company's annual membership meeting on March 28, 2005, and said he will spend the next 10 months helping to transition the company's leadership to its current COO, Sally Jewell. Jewell wi

REI will open a second store in Houston, Texas, in the Willowbrook Shopping Center in October. The new store will serve more than 17,000 active REI cooperative members
in the Houston area. REI opened its first store in Houston in 1996. Last year, that ori

The GolfWorks has appointed former Clubmaker of the Year Kevin Redfern as the new Technical Manager of The GolfWorks, U.K. Owner and operator of Custom Golf Stix in London and recipient of the Golf Clubmakers Association (GCA) European Clubmaker of the Y

Great Trango Holdings has hired Kitty Bradley as the Brand Manager for Stonewear Designs. Kitty joins the team to continue her career in the outdoor and apparel industries. She got her start in the Outdoor Industry as the GM of the Boulder Mountaineer fro

Timbuk2 has added Angel Martinez to its Board of Directors. Mr. Martinez, the CEO of Keen Footwear and former Chief Marketing Officer of Reebok International, brings nearly three decades of consumer brand building expertise to the rapidly growing luggage

President Bush has formally declared June “Great Outdoors Month.” According to the OIA, the request for this proclaimation was made by the organization's key contact in the White House. Much of the language used in the document is based on the OIA&#0

Forzani started the year off on shaky ground on the sales front, thanks in large part to heavy price competition and a declining sporting goods market north of the border, but shook off the tougher market and posted a 38% increase in net income for the pe

Giancarlo Zanatta, President of the Tecnica Group, has resigned his position as a member of the board of directors of Lotto Sport Italia in an effort to focus on re-launching the Nordica and Rollerblade brands world-wide…

Kellwood, Inc. first quarter sales increased 2.1% to $686.1 million, compared to $672.3 million last year due to a combination of organic growth of $5 million, or approximately one percent, and the acquisition of Phat Fashions which provided an additional

According to The State of Retailing On-line 7.0, a Shop.org study conducted by Forrester Research of 150 retailers, 2003 on-line retail sales improved 51% to $114 billion, surpassing all industry expectations. Each on-line product category experienced str

Shawn Neville will join Stride Rite Corporation as president of Keds, effective July 7, 2004. Most recently, Neville was president & CEO of Footstar's athletic division, including the management of Footaction, USA and Just for Feet. Previously, he w

Cabela's Inc. on Monday set the range for its pending IPO at an estimated price between $15 and $17 per share. The company plans to offer 9.375 million shares, netting the company between $93.75 million and $106.25 million. Selling shareholders wil

Cobblestones Activewear has named Michael Seegmiller vice president of Sales and Marketing, it was announced by Mark Osborn, general manager. Seegmiller comes to Cobblestone with more than 25 years experience in managing national and key accounts, includi

Much of the issues that impacted the general sporting goods industry results in the first quarter – both positively and negatively – were also the key influencers for the Bicycle, Outdoor, and SnowSports specialty markets covered in The B.O.S.S. Report ea

The American Society of Testing and Materials and Outlast have collaborated with Dr. Douglass Hittle, the Director of Solar Energy Applications at Colorado State University, to develop a textile test for phase change materials…