Burlington’s ISIS moving entire operation to Colorado
Burlington’s ISIS sold to St Louis firm | Vermont Business MagazineJan 11, 2010 … Isis. Kellwood Company, a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of premier fashion brands, today announced that it has acquired ISIS, … by Timothy McQuiston ISIS, the Burlington women’s clothier that specializes in apparel for what it calls the ‘outdoor goddess,’ announced yesterday it will move its entire operation to Boulder, CO, the home of its parent company American Recreational Products. ISIS is a national, medium-end designer and marketer of women’s apparel from underwear to outerwear. It employs 14 in Burlington, where it was founded in 1998.Its public relations representative, Scott Kaier of Pale Morning Media in Waitsfield, said that ‘the door is open’ for existing employees to apply for positions in Boulder. He added that in any case CEO Carolyn Cooke will remain with the company through the transition phase and then depart. He said the transition will not be completed until around October of this year, so as not to disrupt the winter apparel season, which is ISIS’ most important.Cooke founded the company with Poppy Gall and named it after the Egyptian goddess of life and magic. Cooke bought out Gall in 2009, but, citing capital needs, Cooke went to an outside investor. According to Cooke in a Vermont Business Magazine article last spring, that situation was not sustainable and the entire company was then sold to Sun Capital Partners Inc in January 2010 for an undisclosed amount, but which essentially covered the debt. Sun rolled ISSI into its Kellwood apparel business out of St Louis, which in turn folded it into American Recreational Products in Boulder. Cooke remained as an employee president and the operations continued in Burlington as essentially an independent entity.A press release issued Thursday afternoon said American Rec anticipates that the ISIS brand will continue to grow and flourish ‘taking full advantage of resources already in place in Boulder, including American Rec’s product development, marketing department, and management team.’‘Here at American Rec, we’re very impressed with ISIS and the work founder Carolyn Cooke and her team have done to envision and create a fantastic line of women’s apparel,’ said Dale Philippi, CEO of American Rec. ‘To ensure the continued success and growth of the brand, we’ve decided to move ISIS to Boulder where we have assembled a dedicated team and created a base of operations worthy of the finest outdoor brands anywhere.Under the newly developed apparel group of American Rec, made up of Royal Robbins, Sierra Designs Apparel, ISIS, and led by Bob Orlando, we hope to create apparel synergies and functional excellence while maintaining specific brand identities. Along with Kellwood and American Rec, Sun Capital owns many high-profile brands in its diversified portfolio, from Friendly’s restaurants to American Standard bath and kitchen fittings to Boston Market restaurants to Hickory Farms and The Limited, another women’s clothier.About American RecAmerican Rec is a collection of eight of the best-known and best-loved brands in the outdoor industry, offering a wide variety of gear to compliment any outdoor pursuit. American Rec’s brand family includes Kelty, Kelty KIDS, Sierra Designs, Royal Robbins, Slumberjack, Wenzel, Ultimate Direction and ISIS. By headquartering these brands in Boulder, American Rec is able to pool both physical and intellectual assets, ensuring the continued growth and success of each individual brand in a highly competitive outdoor marketplace. By drawing upon decades of experience and a love of the outdoors, American Rec develops, tests, and produces some of the finest camping, backpacking, outdoor equipment, and apparel available. Photo of Carolyn Cooke by Faye MurphyRELATED VBM ARTICLES Women as outdoor goddesses: Carolyn Cooke and Isis | Vermont …Apr 16, 2010 … Isis – named after the ancient Egyptian goddess of motherhood, fertility and magic – blends feminine design with cutting-edge technology. …
GVC absorbs retail shocks as business recalibrates for critical H2 trading August 13, 2020 StumbleUpon SportCaller teams up with Coral for Racing Super Series launch August 12, 2020 Related Articles Share Share Submit Digital Sports Ltd Executive Director Ari Lewski spoke to SBC News about Quick Pick Accumulators (QPAs), a request a bet style accumulator product launched by Digital Sports Tech ahead of the new football season.SBC: Are you expecting QPAs to be popular with a particular demographic?AL: Our new Quick Pick Accumulators (QPAs) takes request a bet markets to the next level. These types of markets have rapidly grown in popularity with punters recently, particularly with a number of tier one operators offering the service via their own social media channels. However, no one has been able to automate these kinds of requests yet.Not only does our automated service ensure punters never miss out on an opportunity to place a bet, it also means operators can greatly enhance the markets they offer for these in-game accumulators.With the new football season kicking off shortly, we predict these markets will become a key battleground in the months ahead as sportsbook operators look for a competitive advantage.QPAs also provides a solution to overcoming the challenge of personalisation. Operators understand the need to offer their customers what they want, and QPAs does exactly this by allowing sportsbook users to create their own accumulators based on a wide range of game markets.SBC: How easy will it be for operators to integrate the new solution into their platforms?AL: Our proprietary technology stack was specifically designed to facilitate fast, seamless and painless integrations with operators. We’re also extremely flexible with our integration options, which is something that has definitely been appreciated by our clients.SBC: How carefully are you having to monitor these markets to ensure the pricing is correct?AL: We monitor all of our betting activity very closely as part of the risk management service we provide operators in connection with our product, so that doesn’t change for an offering such as QPAs.The major challenge operators face right now when pricing up request a bet markets is that they are still done manually by the trading teams. Not only does this significantly restrict the volume of markets operators can offer their players instantly, but more importantly these traders simply can’t compete with the computing power of platforms such as ours that have the ability to analyse big data sets and apply sophisticated calculations all in a matter of milliseconds.The use of data and algorithms plays a crucial role in what sets our offering apart from what is currently available in the industry. The algorithms analyse each customised bet or accumulator to generate odds, as well as automatically resulting it.This is a real game-changer as it will open up new opportunities for operators and provide players with unique customised accumulators never seen before. For instance, fans can now create accumulators based on a mix of outcomes such as the team result, anytime goal scorer and total match goals over/under, as well as DST’s proprietary player prop betting markets.SBC: Do you expect this product to give bookmakers an edge, as users chase bigger profits with more expansive accumulator bets?AL: It will most definitely lead to incremental turnover and profits for sportsbooks as accumulators by their very nature are very operator-friendly given the higher margins embedded in the pricing. At the end of the day, I would say it’s a real win-win situation for the operator and customer given many recreational punters love the jackpot-style betting accumulators provide, where for a small wager they have the opportunity of winning big.Anything that can be done to improve the accumulator offering for the customer is going to benefit the operator, and that’s precisely what we’ve set out to do with QPAs.Interest in QPAs has been very high from operators, especially as they recognise the appeal of request a bet markets to a large section of their audience. There’s only so much operators can offer when taking these requested bets via social media channels, and our new solution gives them the perfect platform to build on what is an increasingly popular type of bet.SBC: The rollout of QPA follows last year’s launch of Player Props; can you provide a hint as to any new solutions on the horizon for Digital Sports Tech?AL: The launch of Player Props last year was hugely successful with many operators, including Coral, integrating the product into their sportsbooks. Handing control over to the player to create and customise their own bets based on player performance had never been seen before in the industry.There’s still a lot more to come from us, with plenty of new and exciting products in the pipeline. The sports betting industry has been crying out for innovation and we’re in a very strong position with our experience and technology to meet this demand, while also helping operators acquire and retain the next generation of punters coming through via new and exciting betting products.We’ve only scratched the surface with how technology can greatly enhance the personalised sports betting experience, and you can expect Digital Sports Tech to be at the forefront of driving innovation into the industry. Workforce wellbeing leads GVC Holdings retail reopening June 9, 2020
CALMAR — Top-ranked Newman scored six runs in the third on their way to an 8-1 win at South Winneshiek on Tuesday evening in non-conference baseball. Newman is now 7-0 on the season and travel to 9th-ranked St. Ansgar in an early-season showdown of ranked Class 1A teams. MARSHALLTOWN — Clear Lake’s Ashley DeLong and Tate Storbeck won the Class 1A state co-ed golf tournament on Tuesday at the American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown. DeLong and Storbeck won the tiebreaker over Maddy and Ethan Streicher of Edgewood-Colesburg after both pairings finished regulation with a 73. Clear Lake’s other entry of Mattie Krause and Easton DeVries finished 27th with a 90. In the 2A state co-ed tournament at Cedar Pointe in Boone, Mason City’s Thea Lunning and JJ Wickman finished fifth with a 77, two shots behind the champions Taylor Sedivec and Nathan Petrak of Johnston. The Mohawks’ other entry of Sophie Lunning and Jackson Wickman finished with a score of 102. MASON CITY – NIACC softball players Hannah Faktor and Kaci Sherwood both were selected to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association junior college Division II all-Midwest Region first team.Faktor, a freshman who was also a first-team all-NJCAA Region XI selection, was selected to the all-region team as a catcher. She hit .416 with 12 doubles, five home runs and 33 RBIs.Sherwood, a sophomore who was also a first-team all-NJCAA Region XI selection, was selected to the all-region team as an infielder. Sherwood hit .453 with 15 home runs and 50 RBIs.DMACC placed five players on the all-Midwest first team. Kirkwood had three on the first team and one on the second team, Iowa Central landed two on the first team and three on the second team, and Iowa Lakes had two on the first team. — other baseball last nightCharles City 5, Decorah 3Humboldt 21, Forest City 4 (5 Innings)West Fork 13, Rockford 0 (5 innings) — other softballHampton-Dumont 6, Osage 3Nashua-Plainfield 16, West Hancock 5
ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS — Minnesota Vikings chief operating officer Kevin Warren will take over as the commissioner of the Big Ten Conference after Jim Delaney’s retirement at the beginning of 2020. Warren will begin duties in September and work alongside Delaney for a few months. Warren has been with the Vikings since 2005 and was with the St. Louis Rams and Detroit Lions prior to that. He has also served as a sports agent and an attorney. Warren says he’s thrilled to become the new Big Ten commissioner.Warren says he is grateful for the opportunity to take over the Big Ten.Warren is a former college basketball player at both Penn and Grand Canyon State, and has a Master’s degree from Arizona State and a law degree from Notre Dame. CLEVELAND (AP) — Francisco Lindor hit two of Cleveland’s four home runs and the Indians defeated the Minnesota Twins 5-2. Lindor hit a solo home run in the third and broke a 1-all tie with a two-run homer in the fifth. Roberto Perez and Jake Bauers added back-to-back homers in the seventh. Shane Bieber (5-2) gave up solo homers to Marwin Gonzalez in the second and Eddie Rosario in the sixth. He allowed two runs and struck out seven in seven-plus innings. MANLY — Central Springs scored all three of their runs in the bottom of the first and held off Clear Lake for a 3-2, six-inning lightning-shortened win in high school softball last night, as you heard on AM-1490 & 96.7-FM KRIB. Abby Pate had two hits and two runs batted in for the Panthers. Central Springs is 7-4 overall and will host Garner-Hayfield-Ventura tonight. Clear Lake drops to 2-2 on the season and will travel to Algona tonight in North Central Conference play. The baseball matchup between the two schools was halted in the top of the 5th with Clear Lake leading 14-2, but it is not an official game under IHSAA rules since five innings must have been completed.