Crosman Bolsters Airsoft Product Team
Crosman Corporation has added two new managers to its Airsoft team, which designs, makes and markets Airsoft air guns. Flemming Molin becomes the new international airsoft product manager and European product manager…
Sports Direct Confirms Full Year Earnings
Sports Direct International plc reported total sales for the nine weeks ending Sept. 25 grew 11.5 percent to £329m ($376 mm) and gross profit increased 12.0 percent to £131m ($150 mm)…
EMLYON Business School Launches Master in Sports and Outdoor Industry Management
EMLYON Business School is partnering with the Outdoor Sports Valley consortium (OSV) to launch a Master of Science in Sports and Outdoor Industry Management. Located in the French Alps, OSV represents over 70 leading brands in the leisure industry includi
Brooks Sports to Relocate Global Headquarters to Seattle
Brooks Sports, Inc., the parent of Brooks and Moving Comfort, will be relocating its headquarters to Seattle's Fremont/Wallingford area. With a move-in date slated for late 2013, Brooks Sports will occupy roughly 80,000 usable square feet of a new 12
REI to Pilot Packaging Recycling Label in 2012
REI is among five companies that will participate next year in a national pilot of the new Packaging Recovery Label System, a voluntary label developed by GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) to communicate to consumers how to recycle a
Shinging Hub Offers Free Factory Audits and Quality Inspections
Shininghub.com, a recently launched Chinese B2B platform for the global apparel and textile industry, said it will provide free factory audit and quality inspection services for all newly registered members as part of a global promotional launch…
LaCrosse Footwear’s Outdoor Sales Inch Ahead 1 Percent
LaCrosse Footwear reported sales slid 6.4 percent in the third quarter ended Sept. 24, to $35.3 million, compared to $37.7 million in the third quarter of 2010. Outdoor revenues grew 1 percent while work footwear sales declined 14 percent…
Laura Lang Elected to VF Corp’s Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of VF Corp. has elected Laura W. Lang to serve as a director. Lang is the global chief executive officer of Digitas, the largest digital agency in the world and a unit of Publicis Groupe S.A…
NOC to Open The North Face Concept Store
Nantahala Outdoor Center will celebrate the grand opening of its retail concept shop from The North Face inside it's 18,000-square-foot store in Gatlinburg Saturday…
Nikwax Names Sales Rep for Upper Midwest
Nikwax hired John Horsnell for sales representation in the Upper Midwest markets, which includes North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Upper Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois…
Smith and Wesson Secures Two Texas Law Enforcement Contracts
Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation has been awarded firearm contracts in Texas from the Austin Police Department and from the San Antonio Police Officers Association. Both organizations converted to firearms from the Smith & Wesson Military & Police (M&P)
Athletic Propulsion Labs Announces “BANiversary” Event
Athletic Propulsion Labs, the basketball shoe maker, celebrated the one-year anniversary of the NBA ban of their basketball shoes with a special discount sale. On Oct. 19, the Athletic Propulsion Labs Concept 1 and Concours basketball shoes were on sale f
U.K. Retail Comps Lag Inflation in September
U.K. retail sales rose 0.3 percent in September on a like-for-like basis from September 2010, when sales had risen 0.5 percent. On a total basis, sales were up 2.5 percent, against a 2.2 percent increase in September 2010…
Canadian Law Group Sues Reebok Over Toning Claims
Consumer Law Group Inc., based in Montreal, announced the filing in the Quebec Superior Court of a proposed national class action lawsuit against Reebok on behalf of individuals who have purchased the footwear EasyTone and RunTone. The class action involv
Scottish Retail Sales Up 0.8 percent in September
Total Scottish retail sales in September were up 0.8 percent on September 2010, when they had increased 2.3 percent, according to recent data released by the Scottish Retail Consortium. Like-for-like sales were 0.6 percent lower than a year ago, when they
