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Easton-Bell Sports Sees Q3 Earnings Halved Despite Solid Sales Gains

While one of its biggest competitors in football helmets is taking it in the chin, Easton-Bell Sports, Inc. is busy building on its helmet businesses — from football and other team sports to snow sports and cycling. Revenues increased 10.2% to $198.8 mil

Heelys Inc. Third Quarter Revenues Fall Double-Digits Again

Heelys, Inc.'s sales slid 23.3% in the third quarter, to $8.2 million. Losses were cut to $69,000, or less than 1 cent a share, from $1.1 million, or 4 cents, a year ago. Sales slid 15.6% to $6.9 million internationally due to lower sales to the Germ

Sun and Ski Opens Third New England Store

Sun & Ski Sports, based in Houston, TX, has opened its third store in the New England market. The 16,000 square foot store in Pembroke, MA, is a former Ski Market location. It now has 26 stores…

Fox Factory Parent Offers 4.3M Shares

Compass Diversified Holdings priced its public offering of up to 4.9 million shares at $16.90 per share, which could raise as much as $69.0 million for the parent of Fox Factory, Inc….

Columbia’s Gert Boyle Averts Robbery

Gert Boyle, the 86-year chairman of Columbia Sportswear, certainly last week lived up to the “One Tough Mother” role she plays in her company's advertising campaigns, According to The Oregonian, Boyle was confronted outside her home in West Linn, OR

Billabong Completes General Pants Group Acquisition

Billabong International Limited has completed the acquisition of the Sydney, Australia-based Surf Dive 'n' Ski and Jetty Surf retail stores from fashion apparel retailer General Pants Group and associated parties. Both the companies are based in

Congress Unlikely to Move on IP Issues

Complex legislation on intellectual property is unlikely in coming years because the new Congress is going after major issues which define their own parties, a Washington lobbyist concluded in a roundtable on the impact of last week’s elections held

Fischer Sports Names New Creative Agency

Fischer Sports GmbH has named Zooom Productions as its lead creative agency. With offices in Austria and Venice Beach, CA, Zooom specializes in helping brands reach the youth market. It's current clients include Red Bull, Braun, Nike, Suunto, Salzbur

Cherokee Hires CFO

Cherokee Inc., owner of the Sideout volleyball apparel line and a major supplier of Target Stores, announced that Mark DiSiena has joined The Cherokee Group and will be appointed as its chief financial officer effective Dec. 17…

Ruger Names Gun Manufacturer of the Year by NASGW

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has been presented with the Firearms Manufacturer of the Year award by the National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers for the fourth consecutive year…