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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is among the Obama Administration officials expected to host an America's Great Outdoors listening session at the Outdoor Retailer show Tuesday, according to Outdoor Industry Association. OIA urges OR attendees to swing by and speak and has prepared talking points on its website...(7/30/2010)
* * * The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved $80 million in funding for the Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) in 2011. The U.S. House of Representatives will complete work on its 2011 education funding bill later this fall. In recent years, the House and Senate have proposed similar funding for PEP...(7/30/2010)
* * * Escalade, Inc. reported net income for the quarter reached $1.9 million, or 15 cents a share, against earnings of $366,000, or 3 cents, a year ago. Revenues increased slightly to $35.7 million from $35.6 million a year ago...(7/30/2010)
* * * JJB Sports announced that Sir David Jones has retired from the board of the U.K.-based sports retailer with immediate effect due to ill health...(7/30/2010)
* * * With manufacturers looking for new ways to leverage and distribute their brand content, Backcountry.com, in partnership with The North Face, launched their first Vendor Social Hub, a next generation merchandising program that gives manufacturers one hyper SEO-friendly content hub and community publishing platform that can be directly linked to product sales...
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* * * Columbia Sportswear Company will host a presentation for analysts and investors at the 2010 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market tradeshow next week in which members of senior management will discuss the company’s innovation and brand strategies...(7/30/2010)
* * * The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) launches the Hockey Dealers Association (HDA), which will operate as an NSGA division...
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* * * The co-owner of D&R Sports Center, a hunt & fish store in Nanticoke, PA, was sentenced Thursday in federal court for conspiring to illegally ship military equipment from the U.S. to Russia...
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* * * Cabela’s Incorporated reported record second quarter fiscal 2010 earnings on a 240 basis point improvement in operating margins. The company said operating income rose 62% due to the strong performance of World’s Foremost Bank, higher merchandise gross margins and lower impairment and restructuring charges...(7/29/2010)
* * * K-Swiss said it has acquired Laguna Beach-based FORM Athletics. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. FORM Athletics will operate as a division of K-Swiss led by Mark Miller, FORM's incumbent founder and CEO...(7/29/2010)
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