Rightline Gear Enters Retail Market
Rightline Gear, recently relocated to Asheville, NC, has announced its plans to enter the retail marketplace in quarter 4 of 2009. Previously the company has sold its CampRight and PackRight products strictly on-line…
Callaway Golf Expects 3Q Loss to Widen
Callaway Golf Company said third quarter sales are expected to decline 11% to $191 million from $213 million a year ago. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates adversely impacted net sales by approximately $3 million for the quarter. It expects to rep
Phoenix Footwear Posts Profit
Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. reported a profit of $310,000, or 4 cents a share, in the third quarter compared to a net loss of $2.1 million a year ago…
OGIO Reports Robust Growth
Ogio said its futures orders – or those placed for first and second quarter 2010 delivery – for sports packs, messenger/laptop bags and motor sport soft goods and hard goods were up more than 200% compared with 2009 futures orders…
Grenade Gloves Names Team Manager
Grenade Gloves appointed Jordan Brown as its new Snow and Skate team manager. Jordan has previously worked for Sessions, Tum Yeto, and Endeavor Snowboard Design. He has experience with sales, marketing and team management…
Polarmax and Opedix Appoint New England Reps
Longworth Industries, the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of Polarmax and Opedix, announced the addition of the Pinnacle Outdoor Group to represent our products in the New England territory…
A4 Introduces Hall of Fame Collection
A4, a manufacturer for athletic sportswear, has launched its “Hall Of Fame” collection and has radically reduced the price of 15 best-selling styles…
Saucony to Focus on Elite Athletes, Overall Male Consumer
In fulfilling his vision of Saucony becoming the next great global athletic brand, company President Richie Woodworth noted that it is imperative for the company to do a better job attracting male customers. Speaking at the Annual Institutional Investor C
Fila Aiming to Become Fourth Largest Sports Brand
Fila is looking to become the world's fourth largest sports fashion brand in five years, its top executive said at a press conference in Korea. The goal is to more than double sales to reach $3 billion over that time frame. Fila Korea, the brand
Redcats USA to Close Call Center
Redcats USA, which owns the Sportsman's Guide, The Golf Warehouse, and other catalogs, said it will close its customer contact center located in Universal City, TX, on Dec. 18. A total of 490 jobs will be affected…
Converse Brings Back Star Chevron
Converse said the iconic Star Chevron logo will now be the primary logo on all Converse basketball footwear. The Weapon Evo, a basketball shoe evolved from the original Weapon, will be the first shoe to feature the logo again…
Reebok Product Manager Breaks Free Throw Records
Justin Kittredge, senior product manager for Reebok`s Basketball Division and president and founder of the basketball non-profit, Shooting Touch, Inc., achieved two new basketball world records. The first is for the amount of unassisted free throws ma
September Retail Sales Ex-Autos Rise 0.5%
The US Census Bureau announced that U.S. retail sales for the month of September decreased 1.5% from August, to $344.7 billion, and fell 5.7% year-over-year. Excluding autos, sales rose 0.5% in September, the second consecutive gain. Economists, on averag
USA Racquetball Licensed for Wii Videogame
Graffiti Entertainment Inc. signed a license agreement with USA Racquetball, the national governing body for the sport of racquetball and for the U.S. Olympic Committee. Graffiti will publish a USA Racquetball videogame initially for the Wii system, and s
Altus Brands Acquires Companies
Altus Brands, LLC, provider of products for the outdoor sports, law enforcement and industrial safety markets has acquired Cass Creek Game Calls, Woodland Whisper, QuikSit and Digital Game Scales brands, formerly owned by Nature Vision, Inc…
