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Easton-Bell Fiscal Fourth Quarter Suffers from Budget Cuts, Cycling

After a third quarter that saw weakness from the Team Sports business cripple overall revenues for Easton-Bell Sports, management at the Van Nuys, CA-based manufacturer said operations for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 had finally exhibited a degree

Blacks Leisure Rejects Bid

Blacks Leisure has rejected an offer of £26 million ($38.4 million) from main competitor, Sports Direct. Blacks Leisure proclaimed the offer as “wholly inadequate” and indicated plans to sell company stock to supplement the company’s tu

OIA: Affordable Footwear Act Still Alive in Congress

According to a report in Reuters, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk told a meeting of the American Apparel and Footwear Association March 12 that the Obama administration is not supporting legislation that would eliminate most tariffs on imported footwea

Essilor Completes Acquisition of FGX Int’l

FGX International Holdings Limited, which makes sunglasses under the Anarchy, Gargoyles, Ironman, C9 by Champion and Body Glove trademarks, completed its merger with a subsidiary of Essilor International of Charenton-le-Pont, France…

RECALL: Bauer Hockey Sticks

Bauer Hockey is recalling 100,000 children's hockey sticks after Health Canada warned the company of the sticks' high lead content…

Nike Dominates Sweet 16

With the field of 65 teams having been whittled down to 16 over the past four days in the 2010 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, Nike was once again the brand seen the most by viewers of the event, as 77% of the teams (50 total) in the

Nike, UCF Agree to Footwear and Apparel Contract

In the wake of having is footwear and apparel contract with Adidas terminated after freshman men’s basketball player Marcus Jordan, the son of hall of famer Michael Jordan, refused to wear team issued footwear in favor of his father’s Air Jord

Paddlesports Companies Close Ranks Around OR

Just eight months after Canoe & Kayak Magazine announced it would launch its own paddlesports show, the industry’s leaders are clearly closing ranks around the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market…

A4 Steps Up for Haiti Relief

A4, the manufacturer of uniforms and athletic sportswear, recently coordinated with World Vision and Food For The Poor to send over 62,000 new garments to Haiti…

NHS Names Senior Sales Rep

NHS, the skateboard manufacturer, announced the addition of Jonathan Devoe to their team as senior sales representative…

FWS: U.S. Bobcat Proposal Fails to Receive International Support

The proposal to remove the bobcat (Lynx rufus) from the list of species of wildlife regulated in the international trade was rejected by the Parties reviewing proposals at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP15) to the Convention on the

MountainSource Adds Bruce Gorden to Sales Force

The sales agency MountainSource has added Bruce Gordon to its team. Most recently the director of sales for Chrome Industries, Gordon will oversee the Mountain Source territory of Colorado's front range, Wyoming and Western Nebraska…

RECALL: Do It Best Corp; Bicycle Bells

Do It Best Corp, in cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling about 1,000 bicycle bells after it found that the bells' red paint contained excessive lead levels…