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Amazon.com, Inc. launched a new Sports Collectibles Store (www.amazon.com/sportscollectibles) offering more than two million unique collectibles from major sports leagues and sporting events. Serious collectors and sports fans alike will discover...(2/3/2012)
* * * Brooks Sports, Inc. said it will open its first Asian subsidiary, Brooks Sports K. K., in the world’s second largest running market, Japan. Partnering with Custom Produce INC. (CPI), Brooks will bring...(2/3/2012)
* * * At the winter meeting of the NOCSAE Board of Directors, held Jan. 20 and 21, several sporting goods equipment issues were addressed by the NOCSAE Board. In its most immediate decision, the NOCSAE board voted to move the proposed Youth Football Helmet Standard to draft status. The Board also voted to move the proposed standard for a fielder’s helmet for baseball and softball to final status...(2/3/2012)
* * * Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. appointed Kris Hamper as chief financial officer for global operations. Hamper will be located in the Portland, OR headquarters and provide financial direction for both LED Lenser (Yang Jiang, China and Solingen, Germany) and Leatherman (Portland, OR)...(2/3/2012)
* * * Rocky Brands added new distributors in Germany, Finland, United Arab Emirates (UAE), United Kingdom and Russia...(2/3/2012)
* * * Polartec generated 31,000 video views and gathered 27,000 votes in its second annual Polartec Made Possible College Challenge, a contest that this year awarded $10,000 to the outdoor club at Princeton University...(2/3/2012)
* * * Puma has entered into a new multi-year partnership with BMW Motorsport. The global sportlifestyle brand has become the official supplier of team and racewear for all BMW Motorsport racing operations, including DTM, ALMS and various high-profile long-distance races such as 24h Nürburgring...(2/3/2012)
* * * Johnson Outdoors Inc. announced revenue grew 2 percent to more than $80 million during the first fiscal period ended Dec. 30, 2011, despite a 66 percent drop in year-over-year military sales. The maker of Eureka tents, Necky kayaks and Minn Kota trolling motors said non-recurring costs and charges related to its European operations and higher legal, bad debt and sales expenses contributed to higher losses than usual in the quarter...(2/2/2012)
* * * The U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee narrowly rejected an amendment Thursday that would have restored funding of programs that have built thousands of bike lanes, sidewalks and trails over the past decade...(2/2/2012)
* * * LaCrosse Footwear reported fourth-quarter sales slid 15.9 percent to $43.8 million, compared to $52.1 million in the same period of 2010. Sales to the outdoor market were down 20 percent, reflecting a cautious retail environment and unfavorable weather conditions during the second half of 2011, partially offset by stronger demand for the company’s new hiking boots...(2/2/2012)
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