Dick’s SG Launches Pink Campaign, Donates $250,000
In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dick's Sporting Goods launched its “October — The Power of Pink” campaign supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF). Throughout October, Dick's Sporting Goods will feature a vari
Big Agnes Adds Hunter to Product Testing Team
Big Agnes Inc. added hunter and ultra-marathoner Cameron Hanes to its official product testing team…
Onitsuka Tiger Appoints Advertising Agency
Onitsuka Tiger, a lifestyle and fashion brand owned by Asics, has selected Pitch, an integrated marketing agency based in Culver City, CA as its local Agency of Record. Onitsuka Tiger will look to Pitch to help expand from a niche position as a fashionabl
Boardworks Hire to Target Southeast
Boardworks added Michael Tavares to its sales team and named him as the first member of its Whitewater SUP team in a quest to bring the sport to inland markets in the Southeast. With its abundance of lakes, whitewater and specialty outdoor retailers, Tava
Mark Miller Exits K-Swiss
Mark Miller has stepped down from K-Swiss. He had been president of a K-Swiss' new Youth Division. He was also President of MMA brand FORM Athletics, which he founded and sold to K-Swiss…
Exotac Creates Customer Service Department
Exotac, a design driven maker of premium fire starters, containers and other outdoor gear, has created a dedicated customer service department to better support sales, which spiked after it exhibited for the first time at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market la
Columbia Sportswear, Sorel Expand Global E-Commerce Sites
Columbia Sportswear Company announced the expansion of its global digital marketing footprint with the recent launch of new Columbia and Sorel-branded e-commerce sites in Canada and eight European countries…
Play it Again Parent Sees Q3 Profit Gains
Winmark Corporation, the parent of Play it Again Sports, reported net income for the quarter ended Sept. 24 reached $3.48 million, or 66 cents a share, up from $2.69 million, or 51 cents, a year ago…
OIA VP of Government Affairs Amy Roberts Departs
Outdoor Industry Association said Amy Roberts, its vice president of government affairs for the last six years, is leaving the organization to pursue an unspecified opportunity…
Senate to Look at Sports Concussions and Marketing
A Senate committee plans a hearing next week on “questionable marketing” of sports equipment that's promoted as helping reduce the risk of concussions. Football helmet manufacturers such as Riddell have been criticized for claiming their helmets redu
Accell Group Sells Derby Cycle Shares to Pon Holdings
Accell Group N.V. sold its 22% stake in Derby Cycle AG to Pon Holdings at a price of €28 per share, or a profit of €17 million ($23mm)…
ShoesTV Launches Redesign
ShoesTV (http://shoes.tv/), the first online TV site dedicated to providing shoe-related news and entertainment around the clock, launch its site redesign that features a larger focus on news content and ease of navigation…
Brown Shoe Adds Board Member
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. elected Mahendra Gupta, Ph.D., to its board of directors and appointed him to the audit committee. Gupta has been dean of Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis…
Jones Group in Talks to Sell Jeans Brands
Jones Group, the parent of Nine West, is in talks to sell off its jeanswear division to Delta Galil Industries Inc. The sale is estimated in bring in $350 million to $400 million…
Nordica USA Pays $214,000 Federal Fine
Nordica USA, of West Lebanon, N.H., agreed to pay a civil penalty of $214,000 to settle allegations by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that it knowingly failed to report immediately to CPSC the safety defect and hazard with the “X
