Yakima Eliminates CEO Position
Yakima is eliminating the position of CEO held by Jerry Heinlen and will now be led by an executive management team that will report to Chairman C.S. Lin, owner of Kemflo International Ltd., the Taiwanese company that acquired Yakima in 2009…
Eastbay Upgrades Mobile Website
Eastbay, a division of Foot Locker, introduced its upgraded mobile site with advanced features and functionality. In addition to being able to browse and buy product, customers visiting Eastbay.com from their mobile devices will be able to view product re
Easton-Bell Centralizes Product Development
Easton-Bell Sports has created a new organization that centralizes product development, design, engineering, and product costing across the company's flagship brands – Easton, Bell, Giro and Riddell. Hugh Hamill has been appointed senior vice preside
SCAPE Athlete Sunscreen Names Canadian Distributor
Nupur Formulations, Inc. in collaboration with Outside Labs, Inc. announced that Podium Imports will be the Canadian retail distributor to the independent sports specialty stores sector for Scape Athlete Sunscreen…
FuelBelt Appoints Hartford Sales Group as its West Coast Rep
FuelBelt Inc. has hired The Hartford Sales Group as its new sales representative team for the west coast…
Sierra Trading Post to Offer Sports and Recreational Categories
Sierra Trading Post, best known as the online discount seller of outdoor gear, has expanded its assortments to include sports and recreational gear for tennis, golf, baseball, softball and racquetball…
Ridell Launches Helmet Trade-in Program
Riddell will offer $50 off the catalog purchase price of any Riddell Revolution family (Riddell Revolution, Riddell Revolution Speed, Riddell Revolution IQ and Riddell 360) adult helmet for the trade-in of any VSR-4 adult helmet…
Sherbrook SBK Sport Appoints Exclusive Investment Bank
Sherbrook SBK Sport Corp, the hockey stick maker, has signed an exclusive investment banking mandate with Notre-Dame Capital Inc. According to the agreement, NDC as an exempt market dealer will raise on a best efforts basis a maximum of $2.5 million in pr
Combat Sports to Sponsor NAHL
Combat Sports Inc. will become the exclusive supplier of one-piece sticks, shafts, blades, gloves and pants to the North American Hockey League (NAHL) commencing in the 2010-2011 inaugural season…
Morsel Munk Opening Brick-and-Mortar Store
Online retailer Morsel Munk is opening a 2,400-square-foot brick-and-mortar store Saturday in Winsted, CT that will also house their shipping and distribution operations. The retailer is expanding its selection of watersports products as part of the expan
SportsOneSource Opens Boulder Office; Taps Bill Garrels to Lead Media Business
In an effort to expand its footprint in the outdoor, snow sports and action sports markets, The SportsOneSource Group has announced the opening of a new office in Boulder, CO…
Avalanche Claims Mountain Hardwear Athlete
Ski Mountaineer Kip Garre and his girlfriend Allison Kreutzen were killed April 26 in an avalanche at about 11,000 feet while climbing the Split Couloir, a steep gulley on Split Mountain in California’s eastern Sierra Mountains…
Survey: IPad’s Success A New Retail Challenge
Retailers are rapidly adopting mobile marketing and investing more in social media, according to a recent survey of 68 retailers prepared by Forrester Research for Shop.org, the e-commerce division of the National Retail Federation…
Gatorz Impacted by No Fear Bankruptcy
Gatorz Inc., the maker of sunglasses, reported revenue decreased in the fourth quarter by $154,569 to $114,970 from the same quarter last year primarily due to product returns from No Fear Retail, Inc., which went into Chapter 11 protection in late Februa
Study: Exercise Aids School Learning
Exercising while learning might improve kids' test scores, a new study finds. The researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital looked at students in grades 1 through 6 at an academically low-scoring school in Cha
