Athletic and Sportswear

Ash City Worldwide announced the appointment of Craig Ryan as vice president of Canadian Sales. Ryan will be responsible for Canadian sales and sales support, and will oversee both Ash City's Canadian sales representatives and key account managers.

Ash City Worldwide announced the appointment of Nadia Santoli as communications manager. This role is responsible for public relations, media management, copywriting and internal communications.

Gildan Activewear hopes to become an outsourcing supplier of choice to major clothing branded companies worried about poor working conditions in Asia.

The apparel company said Thursday that its growing facilities in Honduras can lure companies that are looking to repatriate their production to the Western Hemisphere following a building collapse in Bangladesh last month that killed more than 900.

"The last thing in the world they want is for their brands to be compromised or tainted by sourcing from suppliers that don't have proper working conditions," chief administrative and financial officer Laurence Sellyn said in an interview.

Lessons in cause marketing from the road races after the Boston Marathon bombing.

AHEAD announced that its parent company, New Wave Group AB, has taken over sales management of the innovative headwear, accessories and apparel company's brand in Canada.

Gildan Activewear has reported second quarter earnings of $72.3 million, more than double the earnings in the same period of 2012. A Reuters report suggests that the company may shift its focus from private label and toward its branded apparel retail division.

Performance clothing has changed over the past 10 years: silkier, stretchier, more mesh, even less stinky in some cases. So how did that change happen? How did this performance craze evolve?

Innovative Sports has withdrawn the lawsuit it filed against Columbia Sportswear in March 2012, when it accused the Portland-based outerwear company of using Innovative Sports' technology in a line of electronically heated jackets.

Many gyms now offer members apparel, food and gear for everyday life. Here's how to get in on this logo-heavy market.

LifeApps Digital Media Inc., a new media company focused on the sports, health, fitness and entertainment markets, has acquired apparel supplier Sports One Group. Terms of the deal, which was effective as of April 1, were not disclosed.