Tag: Trade

When it comes to “Made in the USA” sports products, overseas markets are most interested in golf gear, exercise machines, gymnastics equipment, athletic footwear and fishing tackle. Those are the finding of SGMA International’s most recent exports study.

Kewl International, the U.S. marketer and distributor of KEWL hockey-based apparel, said today that it has been moving forward to create the necessary infrastructure to launch KEWL branded apparel lines in the U.S. and Europe with assistance from a variet

Fortune Brands reported that the Acushnet golf division delivered its third consecutive quarter of double-digit sales growth in the fourth quarter of 2003, rising 12.8% to $192 million from $192.8 million in Q4 2002…

A federal court jury has awarded Quiksilver, Inc. all unpaid royalties, as well as its requested nominal damages, in an action against GMT, Inc., a watch licensee terminated by the apparel manufacturer. The jury also denied all of GMT's counterclaims

SKECHERS announced that United Legwear, Co. has been named the licensee for SKECHERS Kids-branded socks in the United States and Canada. SKECHERS Kids' sock agreement follows on the heels of the Fall 2003 launch of SKECHERS children's apparel wi

K2 Inc. announced that, pursuant to its previously announced offer to exchange each share of Fotoball USA, Inc. common stock for 0.2757 of a share of K2 common stock, K2 has accepted for exchange all shares of Fotoball USA common stock tendered as of the

In an effort to further enhance its international reach and customer service, Interbike is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Uwe Weissflog and his agency, called inMotion mar.com, as its new European sales representative…

SportsNewsSource LLC, which publishes several electronic and printed sporting goods industry newsletters, has renewed its partnership with the National Sporting Goods Association as the Official Conference Daily Newsletter for the 40th Annual NSGA Managem

Under Armour Performance Apparel and the University of Maryland at College Park jointly announced Saturday that the performance apparel company will be the Division I-A football team's exclusive uniform provider, which will include fan apparel and ac

Hi-Tec Sports has appointed Glenn Bennington as Sales Director of it’s UK subsidiary. With over 19 years of experience within the footwear industry, initially with adidas and Fila, Bennington joins from the Universal Footwear Corporation where he worked a

On Dec. 18, 2003, pending completion of an investigation into possible violations of his employment contract and fiduciary duties, Donald A. Anderson tendered his resignation as a member of the Board of Directors of GolfGear International Inc. The follow

The Athlete's Foot has formalized an agreement with Veto S.A. of Athens, Greece to become The Athlete's Foot's master franchisee for Greece. The company projects multiple store openings over the length of the 10-year agreement in an effort

PrimaLoft is continuing its involvement as a primary sponsor of the second annual Adirondack Backcountry
Ski Festival to be held on Friday, February 27th – Sunday, February 29th in Keene Valley, NY…

Following six successful years as partner/design director at the industrial design firm “Generator Design Solutions Inc.” Matt Hexemer has accepted the position of Design Director with Sims Snowboards. “Matt has provided the
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Responding to questions about potential federal securities fraud charges against its CEO, Next, Inc. issued a release Thursday that no one associated with the alleged charges had been served with an “official copy of the complaint”. The company was react