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Muir to Lead Sales and Marketing at Wilson Racquet Sports

Wilson Racquet Sports recently announced the promotion of Jon Muir to U.S. Director of Sales & Marketing. Muir, who recently served as Wilson’s U.S. Director of Marketing & Promotions, will take on the new sales responsibilities that were previously unde

search synergy Expands Team

search synergy, a retained executive search firm specializing in mid-to-executive level positions within the sporting goods, outdoor, and action sports industries, announces additions to its team. Kim Klupenger joined search synergy as Director last Janu

Confluence will Donate A Portion of ‘Tsunami’ Kayak Sales

Confluence Watersports will be donating a portion of sales of their Wilderness Systems Tsunami kayaks to the disaster relief effort in Southeast Asia. Confluence will donate a
minimum of $20,000 a year through Outdoor Industry Association's disaste

Columbia Appoints International Market Development Manager

Columbia Sportswear Company has named Greg Goddard to the newly created position of International Market Development Manager. Goddard will be based in Columbia's European headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland and will report directly to Bill Tung, VP o

Hibbett Posts 5.0% Holiday Comp Store Sales Gain

Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. announced that net sales for the nine-week period ended January 1, 2005, increased 17.2% to $80.9 million compared with $69.0 million for the comparable nine-week period ended January 3, 2004. Comparable store sales increased

Asics Gets Preliminary Injunction Against Wanted Shoes

ASICS America Corporation and ASICS Corporation Japan have been granted a preliminary injunction against Wanted Shoes, Inc. for trademark infringement for the sale by Wanted of shoes that bear a stripe design similar to ASICS' famous stripe design. T

High Sierra Forms Partnership with Leed’s

High Sierra Sport Company has inked a partnership with Leed's, a Pittsburgh-based promotional products company, as High Sierra's supplier within the promotional products industry…

Burton and Motorola Team up With New Product Line

Burton and Motorola are now offering the ability to switch between their iPod playlist and incoming calls in mid-air with three new products. Launched at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show, these Bluetooth-enabled jackets, helmets and beanies will provide

Sea to Summit Moves to Boulder

Sea to Summit, manufacturer of backpacking and travel accessories, moved their corporate headquarters to Boulder, CO., from Las Vegas in December, 2004. The move to Boulder was precipitated by the company’s need for a much bigger warehouse space…

Phil Schmitt Named Osprey’s New Associate Sales Manager

Phil Schmitt has been named Associate Sales Manager of Osprey Packs Inc, the Colorado-based pack company with more than thirty years of innovative design heritage. Schmitt has served the past three years as manager of the Osprey Customer Service Team…

West Marine’s December Comps Dive 5.3%

West Marine net sales for the five weeks ended January 1, 2005 were $45.7 million, a 14.0% decrease compared to net sales of $53.1 million for the six-week period a year ago. Comparable store net sales for the five weeks ended January 1, 2005 decreased 5.

Nordstrom December Comps Jump 9.3%

Nordstrom reported preliminary sales of $1,046.0 million for the five-week period ending January 1, 2005, an increase of 11.7% compared to sales of $936.2 million for the five-week period ending January 3, 2004. Same-store sales increased 9.3%.

Delta Apparel Closes Sale of SC Yarn Plant

Delta Apparel, Inc. has completed the sale of its yarn manufacturing plant in Edgefield, South Carolina to Parkdale America, LLC for $10 million. In conjunction with the sale transaction, DLA entered into a five-year agreement with Parkdale to supply its

Federated December Comps Increase 3.4%

Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported total sales of $5.708 billion for December, an increase of 99.9% compared to total sales of $2.856 billion in the same period last year when including the acquired May Company stores. On a same-store basis, Feder