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Ultimate Direction Partners with UK Distributor

Ultimate Direction partnered starting Feb. 1, 2013 with outdoor equipment distributors Beta Climbing Designs for enhanced brand distribution and customer service throughout the United Kingdom…

Telluride Venture Accelerator Partners with Verde PR and Consulting

Telluride Venture Accelerator (TVA) has partnered with Verde PR & Consulting to promote TVA' inaugural accelerator program. As the first accelerator specializing in the outdoor recreation, tourism, natural products, health, energy, water, and educati

SFIA Forms Football Council, Rawlings’ Chou Elected Chairman

Leading football products companies have established the Sports & Fitness Industry Association’s (SFIA) Football Council in order to work together to support the game of football. The overall goal will be to organize the football equipment industry

Oliberte Expands U.S. Rep Force

Oliberte Limited, which makes its line of premium casual outdoor shoes in Africa using locally sourced materials, has expanded its U.S. sales force…

Skechers Q4 Revenues Soars 40 Percent

Skechers USA, Inc. reported revenues jumped 39.7 percent in the fourth quarter, to $395.6 million from $283.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. Operating earnings reached $8.0 million, rebounding from a loss of $103.1 million a year ago…

Wenonah Canoe’s Chichanowski Receives LaBrant Award

Mike Cichanowski, owner and founder of Wenonah Canoe, Inc. recently received “The LaBrant Award” from the United States Canoe Association. Originally established in 1980, the award recognizes individuals from both the canoeing public and the outdoor indus

MLB Holds Off Decision on Protective Caps

Major League Baseball begins spring training without an approved choice of protective headgear for pitchers, according to a report from ESPN…

Bakers Footwear Retains Liquidator

A&G Realty Partners LLC has been retained to handle the liquidation of Bakers Footwear Group Inc.’s remaining 56 retail stores. An auction for the store leases is expected to be held on Feb. 18…

Birmingham’s Power Force Apparel Opens First Store

Power Force Apparel, the Birmingham, AL performance apparel and footwear start-up, announced that it has opened its first brick-and-mortar store in Birmingham's The Summit shopping center…

Nike to Sponsor Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers confirmed a new partnership that will see the club’s kit sponsorship move from Umbro to the Nike brand from the start of the 2013-14 season…

Adidas Launches Short-Sleeve NBA Uniforms

Adidas unveiled the first modern short sleeve NBA Uniform System – the team’s lightest uniform to date – at a press conference at Oracle Arena…