SGB Update Outdoor
Execute Sports Hires Hahn as CEO
Execute Sports, Inc. has added Todd Hahn to its roster as CEO. Mr. Hahn comes to Execute Sports from the Familie, a leading action sports agency owned by Wasserman Media. Mr. Hahn brings more than 16 years of action sports experience to Execute Sports. Pr
Collegiate Pacific Inks Exclusive Deal with New Era
Collegiate Pacific entered into a multi-year exclusive marketing and distribution pact with New Era Cap Company. Under terms of the Agreement, Collegiate Pacific will launch its New Era Team Sports Division on July 15, 2006 and act as a single point solut
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Names Euro Managing Director
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Company appointed Ben Sharpe as vice president and managing director of TMaG Europe. Sharpe, 33, most recently managed worldwide business affairs for Lyle & Scott, which includes the Lyle & Scott, Sunderland and Bobby Jones brands.
Nike Golf Shifts Hardgoods and Apparel Management Teams
Nike Golf named Debbie Hall-Friede as Product Director for Custom Clubs, where she will be charged with creation, commercialization and evolution of the product portion of Nike Golf’s Custom Club business. To continue to bring outstanding club products to
K2 Sports Wins IDEA Award
K2 Sports was honored by the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA) with a Silver IDEA award for its new women’s Moxie Snow Helmet. The Industrial Design Excellence Awards recognize design innovation in a broad range of categories from consumer produ
Nike Inc. Just Misses $15 Billion Mark for Year…
Nike, Inc. just missed the $15 billion mark in its most recent quarter ended May 31, coming up just $45 million shy of another key milestone. The Nike brand did surpass $13 billion for the first time after hitting the $12 billion mark last year and a sub
World Cup Exceeds adidas’ Plans…
adidas’ efforts to capture mindshare at the 2006 FIFA World Cup appear to be paying off. Football (soccer) sales are now over €1.2 billion ($1.45 billion), up more than 30% from 2005, and the tournament still has two weeks left. Three million replica jers
Quik Adds Russia JV to Mix…
Quiksilver, Inc. has launched a joint venture in partnership with Sprandi International Ltd. to design, manufacture, market, and distribute Quiksilver and Roxy branded products in Russia. The joint venture will be responsible for establishing a Russian di
Callaway Dedicates Performance Center in founder’s Name…
Callaway Golf unveiled its new golf research and fitting facility last week, named the Ely Callaway Performance Center.
The Ely Callaway Performance Center is the hub of Callaway Golf's two-building R&D operational area, which has a total of 75,000
NSGA and OIA Reports Paint Different Pictures…
With both the National Sporting Goods Association and Outdoor Industry Association releasing participation studies this past week, several new data points have emerged that are cause for optimism as well as concern in the sporting goods industry. On one h
Burton Finds Perfect Set with Channel Islands…
Burton Snowboards expanded its stable of brands and the scope of its company, paddling into the realm of snow’s melted cousin when it announced last week that it had acquired the assets of Channel Islands Surfboards. The founders of each company, Al Merri
NBA Unveils New Game Ball…
The NBA is introducing a new Official Game Ball for play beginning in the 2006-07 season. The new ball, manufactured by Spalding, features a new design and a new material that together offer better grip, feel, and consistency than the current leather ball
EU Helps Academy Snowboards…
Academy Snowboard Company, a subsidiary of Execute Sports, Inc., reported that year-to-date sales in Europe have increased by 181% with orders from an expanded presence courtesy of its partnership with European distribution company AB Invest, in Italy, Au
RECALL: Reebok Children’s Windsuits
The U.S. CPSC and Reebok are recalling about 55,000 Children’s Windsuits manufactured by Adjmi Apparel Group, of New York, N.Y. The Reebok logo appliqué on the clear rubber zipper pull on the jacket can detach, posing a choking or aspiration hazard to you
Prince O3 Wins IDEA Award
Prince O3 racquets come in colors such as red, blue and silver, but this year they have a new tint of bronze. Prince O3 Engineered Technology is the winner of the Bronze Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) in the Consumer Products category, recogniz
