For the first time in over a decade, the Worldwide Show was moved to a new venue at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. With the February show set to take place in Reno, Nevada, the 2011 Fall show will again be in Portland…
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Mountain Hardwear Appoints VP of Marketing
Mountain Hardwear Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear Co., named Joe Flannery to serve as vice president of global marketing with responsibility for the Mountain Hardwear and Montrail brands…
Sherbrook SBK Sport Corp. Closes Private Placement
Sherbrook SBK Sport Corp. has closed a second tranche of its non-brokered private placement of a debenture in the amount of $25,000 and 208,333 common share purchase warrants…
AAFA praises Congressional Passage of Small Business Bill
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) praised Senate approval of the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act (H.R. 5297). The U.S. Senate approved the legislation on Sept. 16…
Beretta Hires New Manager
Beretta USA has hired Lea Ramthun as the Marketing Communications Manager. Beretta said Ramthun brings seven plus years of marketing and firearms industry experience to the company…
Remington Awarded Army Contract to Reconfigure Sniper Rifle
Remington Arms Company, Inc. said the United States Army’s Joint Munitions and Lethality Contracting Center has awarded Remington a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract (W15QKN-10-R-0403) for the upgrade o
VF Corp Commended for Climate Change Disclosure
VF Corporation has been commended by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which represents 534 institutional investors with $64 trillion in assets under management, for its approach to climate change disclosure…
Under Armour Looking for Fashion Boost in Apparel; Plans for Basketball Launch
While continuing to be rooted in performance and on-the-field product, Under Armour is looking to bring in more fashion to encourage people to wear its apparel for more casual purposes…
Dick’s Sporting Goods Eyes Broader E-Commerce Strategy; Sees Texas Gains
When it was outsourced to GSI Commerce, fitness was the largest part of Dick's Sporting Good's e-commerce business. Since bringing e-commerce in house, the retailer is now seeing much more broader-based gains…
Retailer Attendance Climbs 10% at Surf Expo
Surf Expo's September 2010 show saw a 10% increase in retailer attendance. Over its three-day, September 10-12 run at Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, Surf Expo hosted more than 5,400 buyers and tallied more than 1,700 booths…
IStores Acquires Outrageous Ventures
IStores Inc., the owner of paintball e-tailer Xtremez, has acquired Outrageous Ventures Inc., the owner of PrankPlace.com, a novelty and gag gift retailer…
Zoggs CEO Joins Black Leisure’s Board
Zoggs International CEO Mark Hammersley has joined outdoor retailer Blacks Leisure as a non-executive director…
Iconix in Talks to Buy Kenneth Cole
Iconix Brand Group is in talks to acquire Kenneth Cole, according to a report in Bloomberg. Neil Cole, Iconix's CEO, is the brother Kenneth Cole…
Nike Opens New Concept Store at Roosevelt Field
Nike officially unveiled a 14,000 square foot concept store at Roosevelt Field Wednesday night, its first multi-category store on East Coast. The first Nike concept store, a two-story, 20,000 square foot facility, opened in Santa Monica in August. The Roo
San Francisco Delegation Studies Dutch Cycling Infrastructure
Eleven civic leaders from the San Francisco Bay Area have returned from a five-day trip to four Dutch cities, where they studied how the country's cities encourages more bike use. Led by the Bikes Belong Foundation, the delegation met with Dutch city
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