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Performance Bicycle to Open Three Locations in June
Performance Bicycle, already the nation’s largest specialty bicycle retailer, will open three more stores in June. The additions will expand the chain to 90 stores…
Everlast Launches Faceback Campaign
Everlast has launched its philanthropic social movement campaign “What Do You Fight For?”. For each contest entry received, Everlast is donating $1 to the Dr. Theodore A. Atlas Foundation…
Collective Brands’ Earnings Jump 43% in Q1
Collective Brands, Inc. reported earnings climbed 42.6% in the first quarter, to $54.2 million, or 83 cents per diluted share, compared to $38.0 million, or 59 cents, in the first quarter of 2009. Sales increased 1.8% to $878.8 million. This was driven by
Beretta Hires Senior Military Advisor
Beretta U.S.A. has hired David L. Grange (BG USA Ret.) to serve as its Senior Military Advisor. Grange served 30 years in the U.S. Army, with his final position being Commanding General of the 1st Infantry Division…
Sportfishing Industry Seeks Disaster Relief
The American Sportfishing Association (ASA), the trade association representing the sportfishing industry, has urged Congress to ensure that recreational fishing-dependent businesses are specifically included in disaster relief allocations…
DU: Oil Spill Threatening Waterfowl, Shorebird Habitat
In a statement released this week, Ducks Unlimited CEO Dale Hall emphasized that the organization has reached out to both federal and state agencies and offered its assistance and technical expertise in the damage assessment and habitat restoration phases
Dorel to Shareholders: Momentum Continuing into Second Quarter
Dorel Industries executives told their shareholders Thursday that improving consumer confidence and new products from Cannondale will help it maintain the momentum it reported in the first quarter, when sales at its Recreation/Leisure segment revenues gre
Rocky Brands Receives Military Order Worth $3.2M
Rocky Brands, Inc. has received an additional order to produce approximately 45,000 pairs of insulated boots with an approximate value of $3.2 million under the $29 million blanket purchase agreement with the…
Fila Golf Appoints Veteran Sales Reps
Fersten Worldwide, the exclusive licensee of Fila Golf in North America, has appointed golf industry veterans Ron Birrell and Steve Sakovitz as sales representatives to service Fila Golf men's and women's apparel…
Big Rock Sports Supports Future Fisherman Foundation
Big Rock Sports has joined forces with the Future Fisherman Foundation (F3) to help support the sport of fishing for generations to come….
Brown Shoe Returns to Profitability in Q1; Famous Footwear’s Comps Climb 15.5%
Brown Shoe reported sales for the first quarter increased 10.9% to $597.7 million. Comps jumped 15.5% at Famous Footwear and 16.2% at its Specialty Retail segment. Earnings reached $10.0 million, or 23 cents per diluted share, compared with a net loss of
New Online Tool Helps Employers Calculate Cost of Healthcare Reform
The National Retail Federation has created a new online tool to help retailers and other businesses determine what penalties they might face under the recently enacted federal health care reform law…
GSI Commerce Extends Agreement with Timberland
GSI Commerce Inc. has extended and expanded a multiyear agreement to provide The Timberland Company with e-commerce technology, order processing and customer care services for their U.S. and European Web stores…
RECALL: Pelican Int’l Sled Hitches
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Pelican International, has announced a voluntary recall of a utility sled tow hitch…
Icebreaker to Celebrate First U.S. Outlet Store Friday
Icebreaker will celebrate the grand opening of its first Icebreaker Outlet store in North America in Woodburn, OR on Friday, May 28, 2010…
