SGB Update Sports & Fitness
Umbro Extends Sponsorship of English Football Association
Umbro, owned by Nike Inc., has extended its sponsorship deal with the English Football Association until 2018…
Montana Mining Acquires Mountain Biking Project in D.R.
Montana Mining Corp., a Salt Lake City-based penny stock company, has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire JBP SA from Park Capital Management, Inc. JBP is a private company headquartered in the Dominican Republic that owns approximately 700 acre
Genesco’s Comps Increase 3% in Second Quarter
Genesco Inc. said that excluding nonrecurring items in both periods, it showed a loss from continuing operations of $500,000, or 2 cents per diluted share, for the second quarter versus a loss of $400,000, or 2 cents, a year ago. Sales increased 9% to $36
Bon-Ton To Close Retail Store in Ohio
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. will be closing its 191,000 square foot Elder-Beerman store in the Centerville Place in Centerville, Ohio. The closing will impact approximately 65 associates. The location is scheduled to close by late January 2011…
Big Agnes Wins Grant for Solar Project
Big Agnes Inc. received a $12,064 grant from the State of Colorado to help build a five-kilowatt solar array on its headquarters in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The “new energy economic grant” is funded with money from the American Recovery and Reinvestme
Adidas, MLS Extend Exclusive Partnership
Adidas and Major League Soccer (MLS) announced an extension to their partnership agreement aimed at “further elevating soccer in the United States and developing opportunities for young players.” The partnership extends Adidas' position as the offic
Kellwood Company Finalizes Acquisition of ADAM
Kellwood Company, parent company to fashion brands such as Vince, Baby Phat, Jolt and Sag Harbor, among others, recently announced its acquisition of ADAM, according to Michael Kramer, CEO and President of Kellwood. Kellwood said the acquisition is the fi
Title Nine to Open Two Stores in Chicago
Title Nine is opening two stores in the Chicago market, its first stores in the Midwest. According to the Chicago Tribune, the first will open by the close of August in downtown Evanston and the second in the Lincoln Park neighborhood in October. The open
Update: NRA’s Challenge to Semi-Auto Ban Referendum in Illinois a “Success”
The Electoral Board in Cook County, IL has agreed to dismiss what the NRA called a “bogus petition” to create a referendum on the November ballot asking if the sale of semi-automatic firearms should be banned in Illinois…
MEC Hires Manager for New Barrie, Ont. Store
Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) has appointed Simcoe County-local Melanie Sander as the manager of its new Barrie store in Ontario, Canada…
Nike Secures Automatic-Lacing Patent
Nike Inc. has secured a patent with the World Intellectual Property Organization for an “automatic lacing system.” Many stories circling around the Internet linked the product to the footwear worn by Michael J. Fox's character Marty McFly in the 1989
Sears.com Launches Footwear Microsite
Sears has upgraded its shoe microsite at Sears.com/shoes to provide expert advice, trend insight and other interactive features…
GoFit Reaches Endorsement Deal with Biggest Loser’s Bob Harper
GoFit, the hand-held fitness equipment maker, signed Bob Harper, Co-host of NBC's show The Biggest Loser, to an endorsement contract…
RECALL: Garmin Nüvi Personal Navigation Devices
Garmin Ltd. is voluntarily recalling approximately 1.25 million Nüvi personal navigation devices, 796,000 of which were sold were sold in the United States, due to batteries manufactured by a third-party supplier experiencing overheating issues…
Smith and Wesson Holds Meeting in Collaboration with Homeland Security
Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation recently hosted a meeting of the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC) at its Springfield, MA headquarters to…
