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NRF: Gift Cards Could Make Come Back As Consumers Spend More Freely
Gift cards could enjoy resurgence this year as consumers shift their gaze from heavily discounted merchandise back to America's favorite gift, according to NRF’s 2010 Gift Card Consumer Intentions and Actions survey…
Exceed Grows Q3 Sales, Doubles Profits
Exceed Company Ltd., which owns the “Xidelong” sportswear brand from China, reported revenue jumped 25.8% to RMB832.4 million ($124 mm) in the third quarter versus the third quarter last year…
Qatar Football Federation and Nike Sign Sponsorship Deal
Qatar Football Association President HE Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani announced a new sponsorship agreement with Nike Inc. to become the official national team kit supplier…
Gramicci Appoints Director Of Design and Sales Director
Gramicci hired James Sowins as director of design. Both men's and women's design teams along with the technical design team will report directly to Sowins. Paul Cronin has also been hired as a VP and sales director, managing all U.S. and Interna
Signature Eyewear Expands Into Footwear and Accessories
In a strategic expansion, Signature Eyewear, Inc. established a new division, Signature Fashion Group, to focus on women's footwear and fashion accessories…
Finish Line to Offer Web-Only Thanksgiving Day Deals
Finish Line is introducing Thanksgiving Day discounts on its finishline.com home page. Finish Line plans to send customers e-mails about the deals and will also alert its Twitter followers and Facebook fans when deals become live…
Skechers Signs Kim Kardashian as Endorser
Skechers USA said reality TV star Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner, her mother, will be the faces of the campaign which launches in 2011 and includes multiple mediums of advertising, in-store and social media, as well as a “Shaping Up With The Kardashians”
FSA Recalls 9,300 Crank Arms
Full Speed Ahead has voluntarily recalled 9,300 of its FSA BB30 Gossamer crank sets installed on multiple brands of road bikes…
Outdoor Research Names Rep Agencies of the Year
Outdoor Research named its mid-Atlantic sales agency, North Branch Traders, as 2010 Sales Agency of the Year and its Southeastern sales agency, StoneNSea Sales Inc., as 2010 Brand Ambassador of the Year…
SIMA Announces New Dates, Location for Image Awards
The Surf Industry Manufacturers Association has changed the date and venue for its Image Awards. The Image Awards will be moved to the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA on Feb. 3…
Elk Foundation, NBFog Announce Marketing Alliance
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has announced a new alliance with NBFog Inc., a company that specializes in building outdoor brands. NBFog will help the nonprofit conservation organization with licensing agreements, sponsorship management and other mark
FWS Seeks State Proposals for Endangered Species Grants
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is seeking proposals from states and U.S. territories interested in obtaining federal financial assistance to acquire land or conduct planning efforts for endangered species conservation…
Industry Veteran Named to Head B.A.S.S. Sales
B.A.S.S. introduced Joe Higgins, a veteran sales executive for several major media organizations, as its Senior Director/Sales, effective Dec. 6…
Rapala Promotes Trio
Minnetonka-based Rapala USA, member of the Rapala VMC Group, has promoted Kelly Brockpahler to marketing director, David James to manager of field promotions and media relations, and Ryan Rohrbach to controller…
Obama Picks Director for ATF
President Obama has submitted the special agent Andrew Traver to the Senate for consideration as director for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the White House said this week…
