Serena Not Right Formula for Puma; U.S. Business to Grow 40%…
Jochen Zietz, in a published interview, said that Puma had decided to drop the $13 million sponsorship of Serena Williams in favor of becoming the official supplier of the Formula One BMW Williams team, its sixth F1 team.
“We would have certainly been ab
Dillards Increases Credit Facility to $1 billion
Dillard's has amended and extended its senior secured revolving credit facility. The amendments include an increase to the amount of the facility to $1 billion from the previous amount of $400 million…
Cold Sports Distribution Inc. Fouded
Bruce Caslowitz and Blaise Rosenthal have formed Cold Sports Distribution Inc. Bruce has an experienced role in snowboarding as sales coordinator and Blaise is the founder of Millennium Three and a professional snowboarder…
Congress Financial Permitted to Continue With Airwalk Foreclosure
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Denver, Colorado, ruled that Airwalk International, LLC’s senior secured lender, Congress Financial Corporation, may continue with its filed action against the company to cause the foreclosure and sale of the company’s assets
Athlete’s Foot Targets Greece
The Athlete's Foot has formalized an agreement with Veto S.A. of Athens, Greece to become The Athlete's Foot's master franchisee for Greece. The company projects multiple store openings over the length of the 10-year agreement in an effort
Primaloft Sponsors Adirondack Backcountry Ski Festival
PrimaLoft is continuing its involvement as a primary sponsor of the second annual Adirondack Backcountry
Ski Festival to be held on Friday, February 27th – Sunday, February 29th in Keene Valley, NY…
Specialty Store Gains Outpace Chain Store Declines in SIA Preseason Retail Audit
Overall sales for the entire winter sports market increased by 3.9% in dollars to $314.5 million compared to $302.7 million in 2002 for preseason (August through October) according to the SnowSports Industries America (SIA) Retail Audit. Unit sales were
K-Swiss Will Execute 2 for 1 Stock Split
K-Swiss Inc. stockholders have approved an increase of authorized shares of the Company's Class A and Class B Common Stock from 36 and 10 million shares to 90 and 18 million shares, respectively. The Company also announced that its Board of Director
The Athletes Foot Converts Houston Stores to Franchises
The Athlete's Foot has formalized an area development agreement with The Odom Group, Inc. The agreement became effective on December 11, 2OO3 when The Odom Group, Inc. purchased nine existing corporate-owned Houston-area stores from The Athlete'
Deckers Completes Thatcher Share Repurchase
Deckers Outdoor Corporation has completed the repurchase of the entire $5.5 million of preferred stock previously issued to Mark Thatcher in connection with the acquisition of the Teva worldwide assets. The transaction is expected to eliminate approximat
adidas Inks Deals with Wizards’ Arenas
adidas announces that it has reached a multi-year partnership agreement with Gilbert Arenas, the 2002-03 NBA Most Improved Player Award winner and Washington Wizard point guard. Terms of the deal were not disclosed…
NRF: November Retail Sales Rise 4.8% Versus Last Year
According to U.S. Commerce Department data, November retail sales in the GAFS category, which includes most general merchandise categories, increased 4.8% from the same period last year and rose 0.6% from October. Sales in the sporting goods, hobby, book
Dragon Brings In New Reps
Dragon Optical Is proud to announce the addition of new territorial reps to our team. All the new reps bring exceptional experience and relationships with their retailers to Dragon…
Lass Joins Dragon Optics
Dragon Optical has announced the addition of Christian Lass to our sales staff. Lass, a long time veteran of the action sports world, will manage all domestic Bike and Motocross accounts and the respective regional reps…
Liz Wilson Wins Seattle 1/2 Marathon
SportHill's National and International Sales Manager, Liz Wilson, placed first in the Women's Division of the Seattle Half Marathon…
