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Sideout Gains Girls Licensee

Cherokee Inc. has entered into an exclusive agreement in the U.S. with Evy of California for Girl's 0-16 sportswear for its Sideout brand…

Adidas America Announces Restructuring

Adidas America Inc. on Wednesday said it laid off a small number of employees as part of a U.S. restructuring at its Portland headquarters but indicated that it still expects to see job growth in the U.S. this year…

Footbalance Gains Euro 7M Equity Investment

Scope Growth II L.P, a Swedish private equity firm, has invested €7 million ($9.8M) to become a large shareholder in the Finnish company Footbalance System Ltd. The investment enables Footbalance to build on its custom insole concept already availab

McDavid Sponsors U.S. Snowboarder

McDavid, Inc. inked an endorsement deal with Nick Baumgartner, who will represent the US in Vancouver for the winter games later this month. Baumgartner will wear McDavid’s newest line of HexPad protective apparel during the games, which kick off o

Stein Mart Names Chief Merchant

Brian R. Morrow has been appointed executive vice president and chief merchandising officer of Stein Mart, Inc.. Morrow has more than 25 years of merchandise leadership, most recently as senior vice president and general merchandising manager at Macy&#039

Snow Sports Coalition Addresses Congress on Climate Change

Jeremy Jones, eight-time Big Mountain Snowboarder of the Year, along with a coalition of winter sport filmmakers and industry representatives, appeared before lawmakers on Capitol Hill to discuss the economic, social and intangible values of winter sports

Selle Royal Buys Stake in China’s Largest Saddle Maker

Selle Royal S.p.A. of Italy has signed a deal to purchase a majority interest in the largest bicycle saddle manufacturer in China, putting it in a position to become an important OEM supplier the Asia's massive bicycle industry, the Italian company s

Acushnet Golf Sees Q4 Growth

The Acushnet Co., the division of Fortune Brands that includes the Cobra, Titleist and FootJoy brands, reported fourth quarter revenue was up 6.9% to $226.9 million from $212.2 million a year ago…

Colorado Resorts Report 1% Rise in Early Season Traffic

The 22 member resorts of Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) reported a slight bump in skier visitation for the first portion of the 2009-10 winter season over the same period of the year prior. CSCUSA resorts collectively posted an increase of 1% for the f

The SIA 2010 Snow Show Attracts Denver Crowds

Sometimes change is needed, regardless of the amount of pressure to maintain the status quo. In the case of the annual SIA Snow Show, the move to Denver and away from Las Vegas was clearly a change that was needed…