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Columbia Opens First PFG Store in Texas

Columbia Sportswear Company opened its first Columbia Performance Fishing Gear (PFG) concept store in Texas at Southlake Town Square near Dallas in time for Black Friday…

Reebok Acquires Luta Sportswear

Reebok International, which is owned by Adidas, has acquired has the U.K.-based, boxing and martial arts brand, Luta. Reebok also established a long-term alliance with Fight for Peace, a non-profit organization which combines boxing and martial arts with

White Mountain Adds Sales Director

The White Mountain Footwear Group named Maxwell (Max) Harrell director of sales at its newly launched Summit White Mountain division, which…

Ugg Enhances Counterfeit Measures

Ugg Australia re-launched its online consumer counterfeit education section with a specially created “Ensure Authenticity” link to emphasize the importance of buying genuine Ugg Australia products from authorized retailers this holiday season…

Clif Bar Drops Climbers for Film Appearance

Clif Bar announced it will no longer sponsor climbers known primarily for free-soloing, BASE jumping and highlining after news broke that it fired five climbers from its team who appeared participating in those activities in a new documentary film the com

Foot Locker Q3 Earnings Rise 15 Percent

Foot Locker, Inc. reported third-quarter earnings rose 15.4 percent to $102 million, or 82 cents a share. Excluding a non-recurring charge, earnings rose to 83 cents from 68 cents, exceeding consensus estimates of 79 cents a share.
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SIA’s On-Snow Demo to Host Race Benefit for Adaptive Sports

Retailers and others attending the 6th annual On-Snow Demo/Ski-Ride Fest & Nordic Demo after the 2015 SIA Snow Show next February are encouraged to register teams to compete in the Rhythm Rally, a banked slalom race to benefit Adaptive Action Sports (AAS)

Nike Raises Quarterly Dividend 17 Percent

Nike, Inc.'s board of directors on Wednesday declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.28 per share on the company’s outstanding Class A and Class B Common Stock, a whopping 17 percent increase over the previous quarterly rate of $0.24…

Slow Down at West Coast Ports Extends to Bargaining Table

Bargaining talks between top negotiators representing the ocean container lines and terminal operators serving West Coast ports and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union representing dock workers have stopped until Dec. 1, although talks continu

Intrawest CEO Resigns, Replaced by Investment Banker

Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc., which went public in February, announced its CEO had resigned for personal reasons and been replaced by investment banker Thomas F. Marano effective immediately…