Puma Re-Signs Zito to Two Year Deal
PUMA has announced the re-signing of Barry Zito, the 2002 Cy Young Award winning Oakland A's pitcher. The two-year sponsorship agreement extends his relationship with PUMA baseball to 5 years. Zito joins some of the best players in baseball represent
Nautilus Recalls Bowflex Machines Due to Safety Issues
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Nautilus Direct (doing business as Bowflex), of Vancouver, Wash., is voluntarily recalling about 420,000 Bowflex fitness machines to address two safety issues…
Brine Wins Final Judgment in STX Action
A federal judge in Worcester, Massachusetts has issued a final judgment of almost $3 million dollars in a patent infringement suit brought by Brine, Inc. against STX of
Baltimore, Maryland. In November 2003, a federal jury returned a verdict of willful pa
180s File Patent Infringement Suits
180s has filed two suits in Maryland’s Federal court against Starcrest of California, a California-based mail-order company, and Liter Boutique, a local distributor of consumer products, for infringement of one of the many patents for the one-of-a-kind 18
Amer Group Reorganizes Management Team
Amer Group Plc is reorganising its management structure. As of 28 January 2004, the Group's Executive Team will consist of Mr Roger Talermo, President & CEO; Mr Pekka Paalanne, Senior Vice President & CFO; Mr Max Alfthan, Senior Vice President, Corpo
The State of the Industry 2004: Does it Really Have to Decline Like This?
SGMA International released their annual State of the Industry report at the recent Super Show in Orlando, and once again focused on the “positive developments” for the industry despite a year of negative growth…
Under Armour Takes on Equity Partner…
In an exclusive interview with Sports Executive Weekly, Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank announced that Under Armour has sold a 9% stake in the performance apparel brand to Rosewood Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm. Plank did no
Callaway Takes Top-Flite Hit, But Future May Be Heading in Right Direction…
On the surface, Callaway Golf Company’s results for the fourth quarter and full year 2003 looked like the company was heading in the right direction on the top-line and in the wrong direction in the bottom line…
Acushnet Golf Sees Double-Digit Growth Trend Continue; Builds Share…
Fortune Brands reported that the Acushnet golf division delivered its third consecutive quarter of double-digit sales growth in the fourth quarter of 2003, rising 12.8% to $192 million from $192.8 million in Q4 2002…
Rossignol Shakes Off FX Rate Impact…
On the surface Rossignol appears to be yet another European company with sales being held back by poor U.S. and Asian exchange rates…
Dodge Latest Casualty in Ex-JFF Fiasco…
The old Just for Feet claimed its latest victim in the form of Steve Dodge, the former VP of footwear sales for Converse. Dodge was more recently VP/GM of Tecnica’s Outdoor & Winter Footwear division…
NSGA Report Shows Continued Footwear Price Declines in 2003…
NSGA previewed some of its data from its annual report due that is due out in May. One element of The Sporting Goods Market in 2004 that measures the average retail selling price across 24 categories of footwear shows a slight dip is ASP in 2003 versus 2
USOC and Nike in New Sponsor Deal…
The news just keeps getting better for adidas-Salomon in the U.S. as Nike and the U.S. Olympic Committee announced last week that Nike would replace adidas as an official sponsor and licensee of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams commencing after the d
The Hockey Company Gets New Blade…
The Hockey Company has acquired a 33.3% stake in t-blade, which is described by the company as “the next generation in skating technology.” The remaining equal shares are owned by Graf Canada Ltd. and t-blade GmbH…
New Era Merging New York Operations…
New Era Cap Company will be merging its aging Buffalo, NY manufacturing operation with its Derby, NY facility, which also houses the company’s corporate headquarters. The company on Friday informed employees at both facilities about the plans for the mov
