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Isis Finalizes Product and Design Team

Isis appointed a director of design and development, a product manager, a product developer and a product designer at its new home in Boulder, CO. The appointments follows parent company American Rec's decision last spring to move the women’s a

Bicycle Leadership Conference Registration Opens

Registration has opened for the 2012 Bicycle Leadership Conference taking place April 17-19 in Monterey, CA. The conference will examine the rising importance of cities in bicycle advocacy, digital marketing strategies, and means of raising capital in a r

Washington State Parks Girds for Budget Shortfall

The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is preparing to dramatically cut costs, change short-term service levels and become more self sufficient as part of a strategy to prepare for a budget gap as high as $30 million. The changes comes as th

ComScore: Black Friday Online Spending Up 26 Percent

ComScore reported U.S. retail e-commerce spending for the first 25 days of the November – December 2011 holiday season increased 15 percent to $12.7 billion. Black Friday (November 25) saw $816 million in online sales, making it the heaviest online spendi

City Sports Raises $10K for Breast Cancer Research

City Sports raised $10,000 to benefit the Tufts Medical Center Breast Cancer Research Fund, the result of a successful October social media campaign which generated awareness for the cause via the brand's official Facebook page…

Li Ning Sees Q2 Momentum Slow

Li Ning Company Limited said order volume for its second quarter were flat on a year-on-year basis. Both the average retail selling price and order volume for apparel posted low-single digit percentage declines; whereas for footwear products, the average

DSW Sees Q3 Comps Climb 5.3 Percent

DSW Inc. reported sales increased 8.5 percent in the third quarter to $530.7 million from $489.3 million for the third quarter of 2010. Comparable sales for the third quarter increased 5.2 percent. This follows a 10.1 percent increase in comparable sales

Jake Anderson Named As U.S. Sales Manager For Line Skis/Full Tilt

Line Skis & Full Tilt Boots appointed Jake Anderson as its new U.S. Sales Manager. Anderson has been involved with Line in one way or another for over a decade, starting as one of Line’s first sales reps and later becoming a retailer of Line and Ful

RECALL: 220 Omni-Heat Batteries by Columbia Sportswear

Columbia Sportswear has recalled about 220 Omni-Heat Lithium-Polymer rechargeable batteries sold with three of its jackets due to a defect that can cause them to overheat and pose a fire hazard, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission…

Icebreaker Launches E-commerce in Canada

Icebreaker, the maker of merino wool apparel, unveiled its first e-commerce-enabled website in Canada. The debut of Icebreaker's e-commerce site in Canada comes with a complete redesign of the existing Icebreaker.com website, which first launched in