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DC Shoes to Sponsor Monster Energy AMA Supercross

DC Shoes inked a three-year to deal as the official and exclusive footwear sponsor of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, which begins January 8, 2011 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA…

New Balance to Sponsor Cherry Blossom 10 Mile

New Balance has signed on as the official sponsor of the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile. The company will serve as a supporting sponsor of the race and presenting sponsor of the virtual training program…

Sports Inc. Names Todd Adams its CEO

Todd Adams will become the CEO of Sports, Inc. on January 1, 2011. Adams replaces Dave Salvi who will stay on as an advisor to the CEO for one year. Salvi has been at Sports, Inc. since 1990, and has been CEO since 1999…

Helly Hansen to Exclusively Feature PrimaLoft

Helly Hansen said it will exclusively feature PrimaLoft Insulation Technology in its entire FW-11 product line, including outdoor, wintersport, sportswear and kids collections…

High Sierra Sport Appoints E-commerce Coordinator

High Sierra Sport Company, a manufacturer of bags and luggage, appointed Ronda Wagner as e-commerce sales coordinator. Wagner will be responsible for maintaining and managing all High Sierra ecommerce accounts and will provide logistics support for salesm

Wilson Appoints VP of Global Marketing

Wilson Sporting Goods Co. announced that Tom Gruger has been promoted to vice president of global marketing, a newly created position designed to accelerate growth across all sport categories. Gruger was promoted to this position after serving six years a

Coremetrics: Cyber Monday Sales Up 19.4%

Online sales on Cyber Monday were up 19.4% compared to 2009, with consumers spending an average of about $195 compared to $180 last year, according to data from Coremetrics…

West Marine Extends Deadline for Green Product Contest

West Marine extended the deadline for its second annual “Green Product of the Year” contest. The national boating supplies retailer continues to search for innovative, green products, and will award a grand prize of $10,000 to a winner at the

Cyber Monday to Set Records

The consumer is certainly not done for the start of the season, especially when it comes to online shopping. A report from Shop.org, a division of the National Retail Federation, indicated that 106.9 million U.S. consumers plan to shop on Cyber Monday th

Adio Cuts Skate Team; Moves Offices To NYC

Adio Footwear has relocated its global headquarters from Southern California to its parent company AL&S' New York City offices, according to a statement. It has also confirmed that it eliminated its skate team in order to reallocate marketing resourc

RECALL: Katadyn Camping Stoves

About 7,700 camping stoves and related equipment made by Katadyn North America are being recalled. Damaged fuel lines and/or O-rings may cause fuel leakage, posing a fire hazard to consumers…

Obermeyer Adds to Sales, Customer Service Teams

Aspen-based Sport Obermeyer (Obermeyer) three new internal team members to further enhance its sales and customer support. The lineup of newly added positions includes Taylor Randall as strategic account manager aloing with and Account Executives Brad Mil

FansEdge Parent Online Sales Drive Q3 Top Line

Dreams, Inc., which owns Fansedge.com, reported net sales for the fiscal third quarter ended Sept. 30 were up 30.0% to $19.8 million from $15.2 million a year ago…