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CamelBak Acquires Tactical Glove Manufacturer…
CamelBak Products has acquired Southwest Motorsports Enterprises, Inc. one of the U.S. military’s top manufacturers of form fitting gloves for tactical and combat applications. Martina Hutchinson, Southwest Motorsports founder and president, will now lead
Stride Rite Solidifies Saucony and Hind Management…
The Stride Rite Corp. shuffled the deck at its Hind and Saucony subsidiaries this past week, enhancing the top management structure and the design department. At Hind, Todd Dalhausser was appointed general manager. He will report to Richie Woodworth, pre
Callaway Apparel Helps Ashworth Post 11% Q1 Sales Gain…
For the fiscal first quarter of 2006, Ashworth saw total sales increase 11% over the prior year quarter. Sales of Ashworth branded merchandise increased 3.5% to $20 million, while Callaway Golf apparel increased 23% over last year’s first quarter to $10.6
Umbro Manages to Operating Profit Increase in Non-Tourney Year
Umbro plc reported that total wholesale equivalent sales, which is the Group’s buy/sell sales plus the wholesale value of licensees’ sales, for the full fiscal year declined 1.2% to £351.9 million ($641 mm) from £356.3 million ($653 mm) in 2004.
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Earth Products Promotes Borgerding to Director of Operations
Earth Products promoted Tony Borgerding to director of operations. In his new role, Borgerding will oversee all aspects of operations for Earth Products, including supply chain, production, IT and facilities. Borgerding will now report directly to company
Warrior Hockey Promotes Wensley to Marketing Director
Neil Wensley has been promoted to Director of Marketing for Warrior Hockey. In this role, Wensley will oversee all product development, marketing and brand management for Warrior’s hockey division. Wensley has more than 12 years of experience in the hoc
Recall: Quecha Snowboard Bindings
The CPSC and Quechua announced a recall of the Rn'x7FX snowboard bindings. In total, about 230 bindings were distributed by Decathlon USA, of Wilmington, Mass. The snowboard binding's plastic base can break during use,
posing a risk that snowbo
Quiksilver to Open New Youth Concept Shop in L.A.
Quiksilver, Inc. is opening a new Quiksilver Youth concept store at The Grove in Los Angeles. The store will exclusively carry a fashion-forward mix of apparel, footwear and accessories from the Quiksilver Boys, Quiksilver Youth, Roxy Girl and Teenie Wahi
Lafuma Acquires EU Surf Footwear Brand, Bishoes
The Lafuma Group has acquired 100% of BISHOES, a company specialized in the high growth segment of upmarket flip-flops. The company posted sales of EUR 1.2m ($1.4 mm)in 2005. A surfing specialist created the brand in 1995. The company’s growth was intenti
Everlast Licensing Doesn’t Translate to Profit Yet…
Everlast Worldwide Inc. saw revenues jump for its fourth quarter in both sporting goods sales and licensing revenues. Unfortunately, the company was unable to transfer these gains to the bottom line, posting another quarterly net loss due to divested bus
Deckers Ups Guidance on Strong UGG Results…
Deckers Outdoor Corporation continues to benefit from the popularity of the UGG brand while many of the company’s other businesses are undergoing a transition period. Both Teva and Simple are investing heavily in design and innovation while Decker’s new C
Junkfood Leaves Bad Taste at PacSun in Q4…
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. posted a strong sales gain for the fourth quarter, but saw weakness in girl’s offset what could have been decent gains at the PacSun concept. Much of this weakness was attributed to Junkfood T’s and fashion denim, alon
Famous Footwear Goes Low Profile in High Style…
Famous Footwear intends to invest in strong trends they see in the skate shoe business across all genders and expect to see a “huge uptrend” in the business this spring. The retailer also expects to see continued strong momentum in the juniors business,
Aldila Q4 Sales Rise on Growing Brand Name…
Aldila, Inc. reported net sales increased 45.2% to $18.0 million for the fourth quarter compared to $12.4 million in the same quarter of 2004. The company reported net income of $2.7 million, or 48 cents per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2005 a
Vaude Acquires Edelrid…
Vaude has acquired Edelmann + Ridder GmbH & Co. KG, parent company to the Edelrid brand of climbing ropes and accessories. The two companies should be able to realize synergies relatively quickly due to their close proximity and Vaude’s existing experienc
