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VF Corp. Announces Retirement of General Counsel
VF Corporation announced that Candace S. Cummings, vice president – administration, general counsel & secretary, and a member of VF’s Operating Committee, will retire on April 30, after more than 17 years of service to the company. Laura C. Meagher
Edwin Watts Golf Opens First Retail Shop in Iowa
Edwin Watts Golf Shops, LLC announced the acquisition of a Golf Headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, establishing the first-ever Edwin Watts Golf Shop in the state of Iowa. This acquisition supports the company’s strategic growth strategy, further e
Wolverine Appoints Northern Europe Sales Director
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed a new Northern European sales director for its lifestyle and heritage brands division. Elliot Brown, most recently U.K. sales manager at heritage brand, has over 20 years’ experience in the fashion industry in both
Late Snowfall Tempers Declines at Mountain Resorts
Overdue snowfall in many regions of the United States helped boost February bookings enough to limit the decline in overall actual occupancy during the month to 2 percent at mountain resorts tracked by MTRiP…
Dakine Names Welsh as Snow Team Manager
Dakine has hired Mark Welsh as its new snow team manager, where he will manage all functions related to Dakine’s snow team including representing the brand at various contests and events, organizing team photo shoots and promoting the company throug
Athleta To Sponsor U.S. Women’s Water Polo Team
Athleta, the women's sports and active lifestyle apparel brand owned by Gap Inc., announced its official 2012 sponsorship of the USA Women's Water Polo Team. Starting now through the rest of the year, the brand will provide the team with dry-lan
NASGW Adds Board Members
Laurie Aronson, president and CEO of Lipseys LLC., Baton Rouge, LA and Michael Halleron, vice president of Business Development at Chattanooga Shooting Supplies Inc. Chattanooga, TN have joined the board of directors of the National Association of Sportin
L.A. Bike Shop and Car Deal Partner to Draw Gas Weary Motorists
A Los Angeles bike dealer has launched a promotion with a neighboring car dealer to encourage motorist to trade in their cars for a new bicycle…
Injinji Adds Ultra Runner Dave Mackey to its Athlete Roster
Injinji, innovator of the Performance Toesock, announced ultra runner Dave Mackey as the newest member of its Team Injinji family of athletes…
European Fashion Brands Adopt Life Cycle Assessment Tool to Assess Eco Labeling
Six leading European fashion retailers have begun monitoring their eco-labeling and eco-design procedures with a life cycle assessment tool developed by Intertek in anticipation of a possible regulation that would make eco-labeling mandatory for consumer
CSG to Distribute Cannondale, GT Direct in China
Cycling Sports Group (CSG) is establishing an operation in China to sell Cannondale and GT brands directly in the market beginning in July 2012…
REI Says Expansion, Warm Winter Stunted 2011 Profits
REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) reported flat net income of $30.2 million in 2011 on net sales to $1.8 billion, up 8.4 percent from 2010 as investments in the business and warm weather in the winter ate into profit margins during the critical holiday s
Outdoor Retailer Introduces New Marketing Team
Outdoor Retailer officially announced members of its new marketing team, which it hired just before its winter show in January. Member of the team, seen here posing with Man vs. Wild star Bear Grllys, are…
Bicycles Drive Profits at Dorel Industries in 2011
The success of Cannondale’s latest innovations helped propel Cycling Sports Group (CSG) to 25 percent sales growth in 2011, despite a decline in fourth quarter sales caused largely by the decision to ship new models a quarter earlier than last year,
Kokatat Hires Horsnell as Midwest Rep
Kokatat hired John Horsnell to join its sales team serving the Midwest territory including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin…
