Continuing the successful rollout of its new store format and expansion in New England, Eastern Mountain Sports, one of the nation’s largest outdoor retailers, will host a grand opening of its new location Oct. 3, at Patriot Place, adjacent to Gillette

Olympic snowboarding gold medalist Ross Rebagliati has won a financial settlement from CTV for "defaming" him by creating a blonde, blue-eyed snowboarding party animal as a key character in its Whistler TV series.

Gap Inc. is investing in the activewear market with its $150 million cash purchase of Athleta Inc., a Petaluma company that makes women's sports apparel, the San Francisco retailer said Monday. The deal will give Gap, which has made previous forays into

The Alpine skiers are back on the Austrian glacier, where winter begins before Halloween. The figure skaters are in a Seattle suburb to begin the jet-lag pilgrimage that is the three-continent Grand Prix tour. And the short-track speedskaters already are

Dermatone Laboratories, Inc., one of the leading sunscreen companies in the sport retail market, has become the official sunscreen and frostbite protection licensee for the U.S. Ski Team & U.S. Snowboarding. Dermatone will be the exclusive sunscreen of th