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Specialty Outdoor Sales Rise 3% in Dec., But Fall 4% in 2009
Specialty outdoor sales generated positive momentum in Dec., which were bolstered by strength in apparel and footwear, according to the monthly top line audit by Leisure Trends Group. But the outdoor specialty retail segment of the market realized a ...

Ski Market G.O.B. Sales Underway
Evidently, the bankruptcy court and Gordon Brothers reached an agreement as GOB sales commenced Friday at the seven remaining Ski Market locations in MA, CT and RI. As of last Friday, the state attorneys general of all three states filed objections ...

Mother Nature’s Snow Dump is Good, Bad for Business
Outerwear sellers in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region, along with their counterparts in grocery stores and purveyors of windshield washer fluid, won’t offer any complaints about Mother Nature that dumped as much as 40 inches of snow on the region ...

H1 U.S. Cargo Imports Expected to Rise 25%
Despite the healthy growth forecast, the National Retail Federation cautions that “increases in import volumes don’t correspond directly with dollar volumes in sales.” Nonetheless, the expectations represent a dramatic turnaround from U.S. imports ...

The Endorphin Group Will Distribute Rossignol Apparel in N.A.
Look Cycle International, the global licensee for Rossignol apparel since November, forms a long-term distribution deal with the Endorphin Group to distribute Rossignol apparel in the North American market. Endorphin, created by Momentum ...

New Balance Opens Second Experience Store in China
New Balance has opened its second Experience Store in China, 200 sq. meters on the first floor of the Novel Building in Shanghai after the debut of its first Experience store in Beijing last year. The company, which entered the Chinese market in ...

How About ‘Dat? Super Bowl Scores Viewership Record
Reports from The Nielsen Company today say yesterday’s game between the Indianapolis Colts and victorious New Orleans Saints was watched by than 106 million in the U.S., smashing a 27-year record set by the “M*A*S*H” finale in 1983. ...

Manfred Wutzlhofer Honored with Lifetime Award from WFSGI
Wutzlhofer, who retired in Dec. 2009 as Chairman and CEO of Mess München GmbH, has been presented with the “WFSGI Life Time Award” for his contribution and support the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) and the sporting goods ...

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