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New York and Chicago Receive $15,000 REI Grants for Cycling
New York City's Transportation Alternatives and the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation have been selected as the first recipients of REI/Bicycle Friendly Communities Grants of $15,000 each. This new grant fund, administered by the Bikes Belong Foundation
OIA and Outdoor Retailer Buddy Up in 15-Year Deal
Outdoor Industry Association and Nielsen Business Media, the parent company of the Outdoor Retailer tradeshow, seem to have put their differences behind them as the pair announced entering a 15-year strategic alliance. As part of the deal, Outdoor Retail
Golf Town Focuses Growth in Quebec Market…
Golf Town, based in Toronto, Ontario, plans to open five new stores in key markets throughout the Quebec region over the next twelve months. Established in 2002, Golf Town currently operates eight retail stores across Quebec and over forty stores Canada-w
Sport Supply Raises Guidance on 10% Q2 Sales Growth
Sport Supply Group, Inc. reported net income of 4 cents per diluted share for the fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31, 2007. The record profit compared to a loss of 9 cents for the year-ago quarter. After posting the net gain, the company increased its ea
ProLink Adds Orender to Board of Directors
ProLink Solutions has added M.G. Orender, past president of the PGA of America and a PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame inductee, to its Board of Directors…
SPRI Products Names Director of Commercial Sales
SPRI Products, Inc. has promoted Kevin Kingston to director of commercial sales…
Trails Day Draws 10,250 to Snowy Pursuits
The 13th annual Winter Trails Day held Jan. 12, 2008 attracted more than 10,250 people at nearly 80 locations in the U.S, organizers estimated. Good snow cover in many parts of the country, a grass roots outreach campaign and an extensive local and natio
Gramicci Names Sales Director for Europe
Gramicci named Christian Vogel as sales director for Europe. Vogel, 30, has held similar sales positions in Europe with other leading suppliers of outdoor apparel and accessories, most recently as director of European sales for Easton-Bell Sports…
Texas’s Rooster Andrews Passes Away
William “Rooster” Andrews, owner of the popular sporting goods chain that bore his name in Texas, has passed away at the age of 84. His last store closed last year, but the chain once boasted four locations across Austin, annual sales of $5 million, and
Richlu to Develop Red Wing Apparel Lines
Workwear maker Richlu Manufacturing has signed agreements with The Red Wing Shoe Company to develop new apparel lines under the Red Wing and Irish Setter brands…
Hi-Tec Sports Appoints Product Manager
Hi-Tec Sports appointed Mark Cooper as Global MTO Product Manager. With over 21 years of industry experience in sales and product development, Cooper has worked for numerous brands including Adidas UK, Ascot, Patrick UK and Dunlop/Slazenger International.
Sports Direct Warns of Tough Six Months Ahead
Sports Direct International, the U.K. sporting goods retailer, predicted an “increasingly difficult” sales environment over the next six months, but still expects to meet its recent guidance…
Skins Supports Cycling Teams
Skins, the compression apparel company, has been named an Official Supplier to Team Inferno, Team Bissell, Team Flexpoint, Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling and Skins/Summit Six Racing Team. The product will be supplied for use to all team me
Camelbak Begins Shipping BPA-free Bottles
CamelBak said it began shipping its first BPA/Phthalate-free bottles today, a week ahead of schedule, and that its entire line of bottles would BPA-free by summer 2008. CamelBak announced in November that it would move away from BPA/Phthalate because of
Cleveland Golf Sells FIDRA Brand
Cleveland Golf has sold FIDRA, the golf apparel company formerly owned by Quiksilver, Inc., to Goodtimes International Co., Ltd., which has since changed names to FIDRA Co., Ltd. Quiksilver entered the golf apparel business in 2001 after purchasing the F
