SGB Update Sportsmans
Tifosi Optics To Sponsor Kelly Benefit Strategies
Tifosi Optics, Inc. will sponsor the Kelly Benefit Strategies Pro Cycling team for the 2010 season…
R.G. Barry Names Jay Smith to Top China Sourcing Post
R.G. Barry Corporation, the parent of Terrasoles, has named veteran product development, sourcing and marketing professional Jay Smith its China-based vice president of sourcing…
Street Surfing Partners with Marvel
Street Surfing, LLC is transporting Spider-Man from comic books to skate parks and streets this spring with the introduction of the Spider-Man 3-D Wave Board, the first licensed casterboard in the market. As part of its agreement with Marvel Entertainment
SRAM Underwrites High School Mountain Biking League
SRAM has joined Specialized Bicycle Components and Easton Foundations as a founding sponsor for The National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA), which is the national governing body for grades 9-12 interscholastic mountain biking…
Rab Hires Mid-Atlantic Reps
Rab, the U.K.-based manufacturer of outdoor apparel, this week hired Ferrand Associates to represent the brand in the mid-Atlantic territory. Industry veterans Ray Ferrand and Bill Lockwood each bring…
TSA to Open in Former Joe’s Location in Issaquah
The Sports Authority plans to open a 43,000 square foot store in a former Joe's Sports & Outdoors location in Issaquah, WA, at the Town and Country Shopping Center by late spring. TSA's website shows that stores were recently opened in former Jo
Hincapie Sportswear Hires Northeast Reps
Hincapie Sportswear, manufacturer of clothing for cyclists, has hired Will Mahler as retail sales representatives for the brand in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia…
Fila Golf Licensee Hires PR Firm
Fersten Worldwide (FW), the official licensee of Fila branded Golf apparel and headwear in North America, has appointed Buffalo Communications to provide publicity and media-relations services for its Fila Golf Collection…
National Wildlife Federation Backs National Child Obesity Effort
The National Wildlife Federation endorsed First Lady Michelle Obama's launch of its “Get Moving” campaign to address childhood obesity…
Gildan’s Q1 Earnings, Sales Spike on Activewear Strength
Gildan Activewear Inc. reported net earnings of $28.0 million and diluted EPS of 23 cents for its first fiscal quarter ended Jan. 3, 2010, after reflecting a restructuring charge of 1 penny per share related to the consolidation of its distribution activi
Michelle Obama Launches Childhood Obesity Campaign
Michelle Obama unveiled her national public awareness campaign against childhood obesity. White House officials noted that one in three American children is overweight or obese, and such children face higher risks of developing diabetes, high blood pressu
Sport Supply Group Fiscal Q2 Sales Increase, but Earnings Down on Debt Retirement
Sport Supply Group reported that sales increased 4.4% for its second fiscal quarter ended December 31 to $55.5 million from $53.1 million in the year-ago period. Earnings fell by 12.4% for the quarter, from $1.1 million to $0.9 million in the latest quart
NRA: Housing Authority Lifts Gun Ban, Restores 2nd Amendment Rights
Delaware gun owners and Second Amendment advocates earned a victory this week as the Newark Housing Authority (NHA) withdrew a gun ban that had prohibited its residents from legally possessing firearms in their homes, according to a release issued by the
New Balance Opens Shanghai Store
New Balance has opened its first Experience Store in Shanghai. It is New Balance's second Experience Store in China, following the opening of its first on Beijing's Qianmen Avenue last year…
Salazar, Vilsack Establish New Advisory Council on Wildlife Conservation and Hunting Issues
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack have created the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage ConservationCouncil, an official advisory group under the Federal Advisory Committee Act…
