Sporting Good News

Sporting goods retailer Hibbett Sports Inc. said Thursday its profit rose 15 percent in the third quarter as sales rose and it took better control of inventory and expenses.

U.S. and Latin American officials gathered in Miami to seek new resources to use against the expansion of drug trafficking and drug abuse.

Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. said Thursday that its third-quarter profit more than tripled, as the prior year's results were burdened by higher expenses.

Venezuela has shown littleA interest in curbing the number of illegal flights haulingA Colombian cocaine from its territory for the United States andA Europe, a U.S. official said yesterday.

US e-commerce service provider GSI Commerce said today it has finalised the acquisition of sector player Retail Convergence for USD180m in cash and stock.

Acushnet Company, which is comprised of the Titleist, FootJoy and Cobra Golf brands, was named the recipient of the first Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources "Beacon for Energy" award.

Almost exactly one year after it was announced, Oakville Grocery Co. opens Dec. 1 in the Scottsdale Quarter.

ENGLEWOOD ,A Colo. The Sports Authority has appointed Jeffrey Schumacher to oversee all marketing, advertising, private brand strategy, digital/e-commerce, corporate and business development strategy.

Smith & Wesson, the famed American gunmaker once owned by Tomkins, the British conglomerate, expects to nearly double its annual sales in the next three to five years as demand for its firearms soars in the recession.

Callaway Golf Company's new Odyssey White Ice line of putters will be available beginning Nov.

The basic allegations were that Tagged sent emails to people which falsely implied that the people were depicted in photos in order to get people to sign up for the service.

A troubled economy has not made its way to one hunting supplier. A spokesperson for Gander Mountain in Charleston says the economy has had no impact on their sales.

Gander Mountain Co. is recalling about 13,000 hang-on fixed position treestands.

The following recalls have been announced: ___ GMP Herbal Products Inc. is recalling Pai You Guo, a weight loss dietary supplement, because it contains drug ingredients not declared on the label.

The new Jaws wedges from Callaway Golf will go on sale Nov. 15. Callaway Golf Co.

OLD TOWN – Governor John E. Baldacci congratulated local officials, the employees of Old Town Canoe and officials from the parent company Johnson Outdoors Inc.

Fitness company Nautilus Inc. reported lower third-quarter losses despite a 34 percent drop in sales in the difficult economy.

Parishioners got the chance to remember some of the good old days of mass at Holy Redeemer as they approached one of the tables set up for the church's 125th anniversary celebration Sunday.

A golf development consultant from Europe has requested Batswana to join the sport, which is growing in the country.

Friday night, November 6, 2009, the Fort Myers Police Department conducted a search warrant at 6304 Demery Circle.