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Nike Inc. and USA Basketball Plan World Basketball Festival

This summer, NIKE, Inc. and USA Basketball are launching the inaugural World Basketball Festival, a four-day celebration of the performance and culture of the game, an event that Nike has committed to reprising every two years…

Spenco Hires Global Sales Director

Spenco Medical Corporation has hired Jeff Antonioli as its new global sales director. Antonioli assumes direct sales management responsibility for Spenco sports, medical and occupational markets formerly held by R.C. Cruthirds, who is now V.P. Spenco Foot

Shoe Carnival Sees Q1 Sales, Profits Jump

A 13.1% comp gain combined with improved gross profit margins and controlled expenses resulted in the strongest quarterly earnings performance in Shoe Carnival's history. Led by toning footwear, the comp gain beat guidance in the range of 8% to 9%, a

PROJECT Cancels July Show, Names New President

Andrew Pollard was named president of the PROJECT Global Trade Show, replacing Sam Ben-Avraham. The upcoming July New York PROJECT show has been cancelled with a planned re-launch in January 2011. PROJECT Las Vegas is still set for Aug. 17 to 19…

Remington Acquires Majority Stake in Mountain Khakis

A major equity investment by Remington, one of the world’s best known firearms companies, will enable Mountain Khakis to accelerate product development, hiring and marketing and likely speed up its entry into the hook and bullet channel, where Gand

NH Ski Areas See Visits Dip in 2009/2010 Season

Ski NH estimated a total of 2.2 million alpine skier and snowboarder visits for the 2009/2010 season, down 2.6% from the winter of 2008/2009. Cross country areas had a successful winter, hosting 143,787 visits, essentially even with visits from the previo

Teva Commits $100,000 for Gulf Clean-Up

Teva, a division of Deckers Outdoor Corp., plans to raise awareness and assist in the Gulf of Mexico clean-up through a commitment of $100,000 to long-term partner, Waterkeeper Alliance. The company noted that on Earth Day, 2010, the Gulf of Mexico was ro

Icebreaker Scouting Store Locations in SoHo

Icebreaker plans to open up to 50 stores in the next five years, including its first one in New York City in September, according to a report in the Financial Times…

Pacific Market International Receives Equity Infusion

Pacific Market International (PMI), the Seattle-based owner of food and beverage brands Aladdin and Stanley, announced an equity partnership agreement with fellow Seattle-based investment company, the Joshua Green Corporation…

U.S. Division of C.A.M.P. Acquired As Wholly-Owned Subsidiary

C.A.M.P. S.p.A., the Italian manufacturer of climbing, mountaineering and safety equipment, has formed C.A.M.P. USA Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary headquartered near Boulder, CO and established to serve exclusively the U.S. market. The brand most recentl

NSSF Launches Radio Blitz to Stop Microstamping in NY State Senate

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) launched an advertising campaign in opposition to S. 6005, legislation that would mandate the flawed technology of firearms microstamping in New York, according to recent release by the organization…