TEKO, the maker of performance socks, promoted its current director of sales, Rich Weight, to chief executive officer. He replaces Chip Coe. "I am very proud to announce the promotion of Rich to CEO," said Gordon Fraser, TEKO's Chairman of...(read all)

Performance Bicycle will open two new retail locations and relocate and remodel two other locations in Pennsylvania and California. The new and remodeled locations, all of which will open in July, join 90 Performance stores nationwide. All are base...(read all)

Gander Mountain Co. filed a lawsuit against its credit card issuer, Columbus, Ohio-based World Financial Network National Bank over its credit card approval policies. The outdoor retailer claims a proposed new policy will deny customers with good cre...(read all)

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation reported net sales of $406.2 million for the fiscal year ended April 30th, 2010, up $71.2 million, or 21.3%, compared with net sales of $335.0 million for the prior fiscal year. In the Firearm Division, net sal...(read all)

Billabong International Limited has reached an agreement to acquire West 49 Inc., Canada's leading action sport retailer. The Australian-surf apparel giant plans to acquire West 49 for C$1.30 (U.S. $1.24) per share, for an enterprise value of approxi...(read all)

Recently, Prince Frederik of Denmark visits ECCO Store in Shanghai, Prince Frederik participated in the expedition sponsored by ECCO in the past. The ECCO Nanjing Store in Shanghai is rich in the product line, BIOM running shoes, 2010 World Cup shoes...(read all)

Buff, Inc., known for their innovative, versatile and multifunctional headwear, will provide 100 assorted Buff? headwear to the Up 4 Wellness hiking series hosted by Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. The series will benefit the Teton Wellness Institute,...(read all)

Clif Bar & Company, the leading maker of all-natural and organic food and performance nutrition for athletes, is pleased to announce the selling of family-owned common stock to its employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Employ...(read all)

RIBZ USA, a San Diego-based developer of outdoor and active lifestyle accessories, will launch distribution of its patented RIBZ front pack to include a broad range of retailers, including mainstream and specialty sporting goods retailers, beginning...(read all)

Kelty is supporting the Eagle Mount Therapeutic Recreation charitable organization with a donation of 60 Mistral sleeping bags through “Today’s” Al Roker and his “Lend a Hand” project. The Bozeman, Mont.-based Eagle Mou...(read all)

The Taiwan Bicycle Exporters Association (TBEA) has committed $50,000 per year for three years to the Bikes Belong Foundation. The investment will go toward Bikes Belong’s Bicycling Design Best Practices Project, which works to increase bicycle...(read all)

Somnio Running has moved from using independent sales reps in different parts of the country to hiring its own dedicated sales reps that will focus on both the specialty running and comfort shoe markets in all regions across the country. "The n...(read all)

Consumers purchased $952 million in used sporting goods equipment in 2009, according to a report just released by the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA). This was a 2% decline from $969 million in used equipment purchases in 2008. This is the...(read all)

Glove maker Manzella Productions named Mike Fowler, former VP of operations for Uncle Dan's in Chicago, as its new national sales director. At Uncle Dan's, Fowler headed up purchasing and development and was responsbile for sales achievement, opera...(read all)

Confluence Watersports welcomes Kaustubh Deshpande as the new vice president and chief financial operator for the multi-brand paddlesports company. Kaustubh will lead the finance and accounting departments. “We are pleased to have Kaustubh joi...(read all)