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JJB Sports Fined For Hiding Acquisition Costs
JJB Sports was fined £445,000 ($609,000) by the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority (FSA) for misleading the market over the cost of two acquisitions…
Interbike Hires Marketing Director
In an effort to better serve the bike industry, Interbike announced it's bolstering its marketing department with the addition of Elayna Caldwell and the promotion of Rich Kelly. Beginning February 14, Caldwell will fill the newly created position of
Shock Doctor Partners with USA Football
Minneapolis-based Shock Doctor, the maker of mouthguards, has partnered with USA Football in the “Team USA vs. The World” Game on Wednesday, Feb. 2 at Westlake Stadium in Austin, TX…
Brunswick’s Q4 Loss Narrows on Rise in Marine, Fitness and Boat Markets
Brunswick Corp. said rebounding sales at its marine and fitness businesses and stronger pricing for boats contributed to a big swing in operating profits in the fourth quarter. Operating losses reached $74.7 million, marking a $113.5 million improvement f
R.G. Barry Purchases Foot Petals
R.G. Barry Corp. has completed the purchase of substantially all of the assets of Foot Petals, LLC., a Long Beach, California-based developer and marketer of premium insoles . R.G. Barry will operate Foot Petals as a subsidiary…
New Balance Foundation Donates $7M to Childhood Obesity Program
New Balance Foundation donated $7 million to Children’s Hospital Boston to establish the New Balance Foundation Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention, Clinical Research and Care. The gift will be used to transform the lives of overweight and obese
Hanesbrands 2010 Profits Soar on 11.2% Sale Gain
Hanesbrands nearly quadrupled its profits on an 11.2% increase in sales to $4.33 billion last year and projected higher earnings for 2011. The company said market share gains accounted for 6 percentage points of the sales growth, but that price increases
RECALL: KEE Action Sports Paintball Gun
About 1,400 paintball guns from KEE Action Sports are being recalled. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said that when users attempt to pierce the CO2 cartridge by closing the lever to the cartridge chamber, the cartridge can fly out of the mark
Cybex Receives Notice of Possible Delisting
Cybex International, Inc., the fitness equipment maker, said that on Jan. 11 it received a letter from the NASDAQ Stock Market notifying Cybex that it no longer meets the NASDAQ's continued listing requirement for being listed on the exchange…
Timbuk2 Hires Director of Consumer Electronics
Timbuk2 of San Francisco hired Adam Croan as its director of consumer electronics. Hired just weeks after Timbuk2 won a design award at it first-ever Consumer Electronics Show, Croan will use more than 13 years of experience in both the consumer electroni
JJB Sports Fined for Failure to Disclose Deal Costs
JJB Sports has been fined £445,000 ($609,000) by the the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority (FSA) for misleading the market over the true cost of two acquisitions…
Luxottica’s North American Sales Grow 20% in Q4
Luxottica Group S.p.A. , the parent of Oakley and Ray Ban, Luxottica Monday reported a 16.4% rise in fourth-quarter revenue, driven by strong retail sales at Luxottica's Sunglass Hut store network and an almost 20% jump in North American wholesale sa
Lew’s Fishing Appoints Remensnyder as President
Lew's said outdoor industry executive Gary Remensnyder has joined the company and will assume the role of president, effective immediately…
OBIT: Former NSGA Chairman John Cook Passes Away
John Cook, Sr., who served as chairman of the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) from 1987-1988, passed away on Sat., Jan. 15. He was 82 years old…
Gallup Poll Says January Consumer Confidence Up from December
Gallup's Economic Confidence Index improved to -21 during the week ending Jan. 9, 2011 — considerably better than December's -28, but essentially the same as the -22 of the same week in 2010, according to a recent survey conducted by the pollst
