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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…
The North Face Launches Second Annual National Camping Month
To celebrate the Second Annual National Camping Month next month, The North Face retail stores will be offering a series of free clinics on topics such as how to select appropriate camping gear, pack a backpack, pitch a tent, make campfire meals and where
Tieman Replaces Galzer as Sales Manager at Marin Bikes
Marin Bikes promoted Aaron Tieman to national sales manager and hired new staff to bolster its inside sales department. Tieman previously worked for four years as Marin's inside accounts manager, specializing in new business acquisition with IBD̵
DSW’s First-Quarter Earnings Soar
DSW Inc. reported first-quarter earnings increased four-fold to $30.2 million, or 67 cents a share, from 16 cents, a year ago. Sales grew to $449.5 million from $385.8 million. Same store sales increased 16.2% versus a decrease of 4.7% last year…
Alabama Retailer Joins Grassroots Outdoor Alliance
Grassroots Outdoor Alliance said Mountain High Outfiiters, based in Birmingham, AL, has become its 35th member. The company operates four locations in Alabama…
Report: Kevin Garnett Signs with Chinese-brand ANTA
Despite signing a “lifetime endorsement deal” with adidas in 2003, Boston Celtics star Kevin Garnett has reportedly signed an endorsement deal with the Chinese-brand ANTA for the coming season…
Outdoor Foundation 2010 Topline Report Shows Encouraging Growth in Core Activities
In 2009, American participation in outdoor recreation was marked by encouraging growth in important segments of core outdoor activities, according to the Outdoor Recreation Participation Top Line Report for 2010, released by Outdoor Foundation…
Cabela’s Announces Results of 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Cabela's Inc. announced that shareholders re-elected all nine of the nominees to its Board of Directors, each for a one-year term, at the company's annual meeting of shareholders…
Adidas’ to Dedicate Massive DC in Spartanburg
Adidas is scheduled to hold the grand opening ceremony for a new 1.9 million-square-foot distribution center in Spartanburg, S.C. today at 11 am. Adidas could disclose that it plans to hire another 130 employees at the facility, which already employs 1,50
