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Duck Stamp Receives Conservation Boost from House
Waterfowl habitat conservation is moving closer to keeping pace with the skyrocketing land values of the past several years today, as the House Natural Resources Committee passed the Migratory Bird Habitat Investment and Enhancement Act, sending the bill
Crosman Corporation Names Pair to Positions
Crosman Corporation, international designer, manufacturer, and marketer of a wide range of products for the shooting sports, has appointed Brad Webb as its new National Sales Manager. The former vice president of sales national accounts at Primos Hunting
Smith and Wesson Earns Shooting Industry Awards
Smith & Wesson Corp., said it has received top awards in two categories from the Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence. Smith & Wesson was named the “Manufacturer of the Year” and also received the “Rifle of the Year” award for the company's M&P15
Datatech: National Golf Rounds Played Down 3.3% in June
The Golf Datatech National Golf Rounds Played Report showed that in June, golf rounds played nationwide were down 3.3% versus the prior year's month. The findings represent 4,200 reporting courses. In the year-to-date period, golf rounds are up 0.2%.
OIA Board Members Urge Paddlesports Industry to Cooperate
At the Outdoor Retailer summer market show last week, Canoe & Kayak Magazine announced the 2010 launch of a new paddlesports-specific tradeshow in Minneapolis. A group of current and past OIA board members recently sent an open letter to the paddlesports
Cybex Retains Buffalo Communications to Publicize
Cybex International, Inc., manufacturer of premium exercise equipment for the commercial and consumer markets, has retained Vienna, Virginia-based Buffalo Communications (Buffalo) to provide publicity and media-relations services…
SGMA: About Half of America Population Physically Active
While more than 170 million Americans are active in a fitness, team sports, recreational, or outdoor endeavor, nearly 45 million are only casually active and more than 60 million Americans are not active at all, according to the Sporting Goods Manufacture
Billy Casper Golf Names VP of Human Resources
Billy Casper Golf (BCG), owner and operator of golf courses in 25 states, promoted Katie Barongan to vice president of human resources with oversight of BCG benefits, payroll, employment law and employee relations…
Forzani’s Athlete’s World Launches BTS Campaign
Athlete's World, which is part of The Forzani Group Ltd., is launching a redesigned website that fuses the sports lifestyle with music. AW is also creating in-store, movie theater, and online buzz with back-to-school and online contesting promotions
aboutGolf Re-Launches aboutGolf.com
aboutGolf has re-launched the original aboutGolf.com, announced aboutGolf CEO Bill Bales. aboutGolf, which has dedicated its entire 20-year history to golf, created the new Web site to put more information in the hands of the consumer…
Mark E. Thomas Joins NSSF as Head of Marketing
Mark E. Thomas has been appointed managing director, marketing communications, for the National Shooting Sports Foundation. Thomas comes to NSSF after serving seven years as director of marketing for Invisible Fence Brand in Knoxville, Tenn…
Smartwool Announces Changes in Leadership Team
SmartWool Corp. announced Mark Bryden will be leaving his role as president and general manager of SmartWool to become VP and general manager of Timberland North America. Simultaneously, the company announced that Mark Satkiewicz has been promoted to pres
Sheri Poe Joins Alegria Shoes
Sheri Poe, the founder of Ryka athletic footwear, has been named the chief marketing executive officer of Alegria Shoes, a fashion-comfort footwear brand based in Los Angeles…
SGB Publishes 2009 Top 100 Retailers Report
The SGB Retail Top 100 list has had its years of change in the past – due mostly to mergers and acquisitions of late – but this year marks the exit of one iconic retailer in 2008 and another that saw its last entry in 2009. The turmoil of the last year h
Zappos and Amazon Sitting in a Tree
That was how Zappos.com founder and CEO Tony Hsieh described on his blog the relationship between the two companies after Amazon, Inc. — the Wal-Mart of e-commerce — reached an agreement to acquire Zappos.com, the wildly-successful online shoe merchant,
