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New Balance Launches www.nbfits.com
New Balance along with ExerciseTV, a new on-demand network dedicated to fitness, sports training and motivational programming, announced the launch of www.NBFITS.com…
Alyssa Milano Touch Clothing Line Goes to the NHL
G-III Apparel plans to expand its Touch women's line from Alyssa Milano from MLB to the NHL. Last year, Alyssa Milano, the actress from such series as Charmed, Melrose Place, and Who's the Boss?, partnered with MLB to create a line of clothing f
Brunswick Corp.’s Mackey to Retire
Brunswick Corporation announced that Patrick C. Mackey, 61, will retire from the company March 1 after more than seven years of service. Mackey is president of the Mercury Marine Group, chief operating officer of Brunswick's Marine businesses and a B
Texas’s Rooster Andrews Passes Away
William “Rooster” Andrews, owner of the popular sporting goods chain that bore his name in Texas, has passed away at the age of 84. His last store closed last year, but the chain once boasted four locations across Austin, annual sales of $5 million, and
Report: Nike Close on Bauer Deal…
Nike is close to completing a deal to sell Nike Bauer to a financial buyer from outside the industry, according to Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper. Sources familiar with the bidding process told the newspaper that the steep price tag for Nike Bauer
Golf Report: Demo Day Foreshadows Excitement on Show Floor
With a day that turned blustery and gray, the weather did little to dampen the excitement that permeated the PGA Merchandise Show’s Demo Day, held at the Orange County National Golf Center the day before the show proper started…
Warnaco Sees Beach Erosion…
Joe Gromek, president and CEO of The Warnaco Group, said he expects only modest growth from the Speedo business in 2008, despite having the benefit of the upcoming Beijing Olympics…
Quiksilver Looks to Divest Rossignol in Tough Snow Sports Environment; Calendar Challenges…
Quiksilver, Inc. experienced a tougher fiscal first quarter than it initially expected as the general retail softness combined with a tough snow sports environment. As a result, the company decreased its fiscal first quarter expectations to a loss of 9 c
Augusta Sportswear Flipped to New PE Firm…
Augusta Sportswear Holdings Inc. has been flipped to a new private equity firm backing members of Augusta's management team. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but reports on TheDeal.com had the acquisition valued in the $405 million to $450 milli
Apparel Companies Look to New Channels and Categories to Diversify Growth…
Delta Apparel, Inc., parent company to M.J. Soffe, took the stage at both Cowen and ICR to highlight the progress of recent initiatives designed to bolster sales and improve profitability. While it continues to see growth in the screenprint market, Gildan
Latest SIA Retail Audit Reveals a Sluggish Market Through Nov…
The SnowSports Industries America is reporting that snow sport sales for the 2007 August to November period reached $897 million, an increase of just 2% over last season’s anemic early season sales…
Johnson Outdoors Incurs Charge for Escape
After two years and millions of dollars of investment, Johnson Outdoors Inc. said it was “exploring strategic alternatives” for its money-losing Escape brand of electric-powered boats and shifting resources to its paddle sports brands…
Canada’s Golf Town Plots Expansion
Golf Town, based in Toronto, plans to open five new stores in key markets throughout the Quebec region over the next twelve months. Established in 2002, it and currently operates eight retail stores across Quebec. It has over forty across Canada…
Skins Supports Cycling Teams
Skins, the compression apparel company, has been named an Official Supplier to Team Inferno, Team Bissell, Team Flexpoint, Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling and Skins/Summit Six Racing Team. The product will be supplied for use to all team me
Cleveland Golf Sells FIDRA Brand
Cleveland Golf has sold FIDRA, the golf apparel company formerly owned by Quiksilver, Inc., to Goodtimes International Co., Ltd., which has since changed names to FIDRA Co., Ltd. Quiksilver entered the golf apparel business in 2001 after purchasing the F
