Wilson Sporting Goods Co. named Nick Gonzales global marketing director and Tim Buwick as promotions director for its Raquet Sports division. In his new role at Wilson Sporting Goods Co., Gonzales will be responsible for shaping the ...
Academy Sports + Outdoors will open four stores in the Orlando, FL area in 2015. The four stores will be located in Kissimmee, Lake Mary, Waterford Lakes and Melbourne. In addition, Academy has formed a multi-year partnership with the Univ. ...
Keen, Inc. hired its first in-house VP of creative, Michael Minter. It also announced the launch of its new Innovation Lab based in Portland, OR. He was most recently global creative director/global director of marketing at Sanuk. Keen said ...
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Authentic Brands Group, LLC (ABG), the parent of Prince, Spyder and TapOut, has agreed to acquire certain assets of Collective Licensing International, LLC, including Airwalk, Hind, Vision Street Wear, and Above The Rim. Terms were not ...
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Princeton Tec has named Brian McKinney as its outdoor division manager. McKinney is stepping in for longtime employee Justin Kline who will be shifting his focus to leading International sales for the brand. ADVERTISEMENT McKinney will ...
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Zamst announced a nationwide sponsorship with Area Code Baseball to be the official bracing/supports brand. As part of the sponsorship,Zamst will provide sport-specific products at Area Code events, in addition to injury prevention and ...
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Cramer Products, a leader in sports medicine and physical education products, announced the retirement of Thomas K. Rogge, president and chief executive officer, effective Sept. 30, 2014, and the appointment of Robert Mogolov to the ...
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Lululemon Athletica inc. Founder Dennis J. (Chip) Wilson has agreed to sell half his shares in the apparel maker equal to a 13.85 percent stake of the company to Advent International for approximately $845 million. The transaction has ...
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Hibbett Sports Inc. lowered its earnings forecast for fiscal 2015 by roughly 5 percent Thursday based on preliminary estimates of results for the 13-week period ended Aug. 2. The retaile said it expects net sales for the period to ...
Tabar, Inc., a private label technical sport glove design and production firm which has built handwear for the outdoor and sports markets for more than 32 years, is merging with Fownes Brothers & Co., Inc., a 236-year-old company in the ...
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Scott Sports hired industry veteran Zack Vestal as its bike marketing manager in the USA. Vestal joins the staff at Scott Sports after recently departing Mavic, Inc, where he spent almost four years as the communications mnager. ...
The Finish Line Youth Foundation named recipients of $148,805 in grants for the second quarter of 2014. The 19 grants went to organizations that focus on healthy lifestyles, youth development and special needs in 14 states. ADVERTISEMENT ...
Athos, which has announced plans to launch a line of biometric fitness apparel this fall, has closed $12.2 million in Series B financing. The Redwood City, CA company said it will use the funds to further commercialize its product and ...
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Flip Flop Shops, which sells a wide array of actions sports and outdoor brands, said a franchise partner opened the first of 50 shops planned for the Middle East in Kuwait City Aug. 10. The store at The Avenues Mall in Kuwait City, ...
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Performance Sports Group Ltd, (PSG) which recently acquired the Easton diamond sport business, reported revenues in the fiscal fourth quarter ended May 31 increased 30 percent to $112.9 million compared to $86.7 million in the same year-ago ...
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