According to media reports, more than 6,000 workers at the Kaoway Sports factory, which makes footwear for the Big Cat, were tossing rocks at the building to protest unfair working conditions there. Subsequently, three female Kaoway employees were shot by a drive-by gunman.

Angela Owen is elevated to SVP of Marketing and Lee Fromson becomes SVP of Merchandising for the national co-operative.

Golfology in Hanover, MA, North Cover Outfitters in Old Saybrook, CT, and Vaughn’s Sporting Goods in Burney, CA, are closing their doors.

Under Armour is preparing to rollout creative, a commercial called “Cam’s Night Out,” during the NFL Combine telecast to highlight its Heisman Trophy-winning endorser, Carolina quarterback Cam Newton.

The company has signed multi-year licensing agreements with partners in 10 countries to broaden the reach of several of its brands in Mexico, Indonesia, Japan, the Czech Republic and five South American countries.

Shimano is recalling approximately 300 mountain bicycle handlebar stems in North America that were made by Taiwan-based Post Moderne Corp. due to faulty bolts on the front plate of the stems.