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Schuylkill Valley Sports Hires Regional Team Rep

Schuylkill Valley Sports announced that Rich Patterson has joined the Schuylkill Valley Sports’ team as a regional team salesman specializing in institutional sales in the Bucks, Montgomery and eastern Chester counties…

Johnson Outdoor Recognized for Disruptive Technology

Johnson Outdoors has been recognized for its prolific patent development work. The company received the ASTRUM Award, presented by MDB Capital Group to shed light on publicly-traded companies possessing disruptive and market changing intellectual property

Heelys Q1 Revenues Slide 7.6 Percent

Heelys, Inc. reported that on a consolidated basis, net sales decreased $549,000 to $6.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, from $6.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010…

Nine West Introduces Collection with Giles Deacon

Nine West, a division of The Jones Group Inc., announced the introduction of its “Shoelaborations” collection with designer Giles Deacon. Shoelaborations is a creative platform that seeks talented individuals doing original work and gives them the opportu

Black Diamond Reports Q1 Revenues Climb 18 Percent

Black Diamond, Inc. reported sales reached $39.1 million in its first quarter, an increase of 18 percent from pro forma $33.1 million in the prior year quarter. Net income totaled $1.2 million, or 5 cents per share, while adjusted net income before non-ca

Yakima Eliminates CEO Position

Yakima is eliminating the position of CEO held by Jerry Heinlen and will now be led by an executive management team that will report to Chairman C.S. Lin, owner of Kemflo International Ltd., the Taiwanese company that acquired Yakima in 2009…

Easton-Bell Centralizes Product Development

Easton-Bell Sports has created a new organization that centralizes product development, design, engineering, and product costing across the company's flagship brands – Easton, Bell, Giro and Riddell. Hugh Hamill has been appointed senior vice preside

Ridell Launches Helmet Trade-in Program

Riddell will offer $50 off the catalog purchase price of any Riddell Revolution family (Riddell Revolution, Riddell Revolution Speed, Riddell Revolution IQ and Riddell 360) adult helmet for the trade-in of any VSR-4 adult helmet…

Sherbrook SBK Sport Appoints Exclusive Investment Bank

Sherbrook SBK Sport Corp, the hockey stick maker, has signed an exclusive investment banking mandate with Notre-Dame Capital Inc. According to the agreement, NDC as an exempt market dealer will raise on a best efforts basis a maximum of $2.5 million in pr

Combat Sports to Sponsor NAHL

Combat Sports Inc. will become the exclusive supplier of one-piece sticks, shafts, blades, gloves and pants to the North American Hockey League (NAHL) commencing in the 2010-2011 inaugural season…

Morsel Munk Opening Brick-and-Mortar Store

Online retailer Morsel Munk is opening a 2,400-square-foot brick-and-mortar store Saturday in Winsted, CT that will also house their shipping and distribution operations. The retailer is expanding its selection of watersports products as part of the expan

Sports Authority To Open Five Stores on Saturday

Sports Authority will be busy opening or celebrating new stores Saturday. The Denver-based retailer will celebrate the grand opening of its third S.A. Elite store and open four full-line Sports Authority stores, including two in Texas and two in Californi

Wilson to Sponsor National Volleyball League

The National Volleyball League (NVL) announced its partnership with Wilson Sporting Goods Company. Under the new sponsorship agreement, Wilson will be the exclusive volleyball of The NVL, and the Wilson volleyball will be the only ball of choice played at

Adidas Among Final Bidders for Acushnet Co.

Adidas AG and Blackstone Group LP are among the companies vying for Acushnet Co., Fortune Brands Inc.'s golf division that includes Titleist and FootJoy, sources told Bloomberg News. Offers are due May 9, and Fortune Brands may negotiate with multipl