Confluence Watersports has hired Verde P R & Consulting as its public relations agency of record effective July 1. The news comes as Confluence prepares to relaunch its brands at Summer OR under new CEO Sue Rechner.

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SkirtSports named Maria Hennessey as director of sales and marketing. Hennessey joins SkirtSports after a successful tenure at Sherpani, designers of functional lifestyle bags for active women, adding welcomed industry expertise to SkirtSports bus...(read all)

At midnight on July 5, adidas opens its largest adidas Brand Center worldwide in Beijing, China, the host city of this year's Olympic Games. For the first time ever, this new adidas Brand Center will offer products from both adidas divisions - Sp...(read all)

Brunswick Corporation issued a statement in response to Standard & Poor's lowering it's corporate credit rating on Brunswick from BBB- to BB+.

Brunswick issued the following statement:

"We do not believe today's announc...(read all)

Eastern Mountain Sports is relocating its North Conway store from its original location at Eastern Slope Inn three miles away to Settlers' Crossing, a new retail development located at the gateway to the busy summer and winter resort destination....(read all)

Under Armour, Inc. announced the appointment of David McCreight to the position of president. McCreight, most recently president of Lands' End, will report directly to Kevin Plank and will be responsible for developing and executing the long-term...(read all)

Adrenalina, the action sports store, has retained investment bank Financo, Inc, a New York investment firm, to assist to explore and pursue strategic alliances to enhance the company's growth initiatives. Earlier this year, Adrenalina announced a...(read all)

Sport Chalet, Inc. opening its new 50,500 sq. ft. store located at 11801 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90025. The company now has 52 Sport Chalet locations.

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Brunswick Corporation said it is taking steps to cut $300 million in fixed costs in an effort to resize the company in the face of a prolonged and worsening downturn in the U.S. marine market."Retail unit sales of power boats in the United St...(read all)

The domestic leading sports brand Hongxing Erke held 2008 Winter New Collection Releasing in Xi'an in recent, all of its agents and branches all over the country attended and gave counsel suggest for its development. 

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Nike, Inc. has filed suit against Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) over the retailers use of the DRI-FIT mark in e-commerce operations. Specifically, Nike took offense at EMS' use of DRI-FIT in paid search-term-based advertisements on Internet searc...(read all)

Following nearly four months of discussions with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, adidas has decided to boycott all wool from mulesed lambs-including those mulesed using clips, according to PETA and an Australian media report.

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European bicycle maker Accell Group N.V. said that several institutional investors had purchased a 8.62% stake in the company being liquidated by the estate of late Trek Bicycle Corp. Founder and Chairman Richard "Dick" Burke. SNS Securi...(read all)

Recently, a famous leisure brand Roxy specially develop a series of all-new functional apparel for Roxy girls who practice Yoga. The new collection will be promoted in Quiksilver stores in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong this summer.

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Sport Chalet, Inc. reported sales decreased 1.1 % in its fourth quarter ended March 30, to $96.8 million from $97.8 million a year ago. The net loss for the fourth quarter was $2.8 million, or 20 cents a share, compared to a net income of $881,000...(read all)