Rollerblade
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This article is about the company and trademark Rollerblade. For the generic skates, see inline skates.
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| Type | Private, parent company Tecnica Group[1] |
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| Industry | Sporting Goods[2] |
| Founded | Minnesota, incorporated 1982 as Ole's Innovative Sports[3] |
| Founder(s) | Brennan Olson Scott Olson[2] |
| Headquarters | West Lebanon, New Hampshire[2] |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Jeremy Stonier(Co-President) Stephen Charrier(Co-President) Pamela Kidder(CFO)[2] |
| Revenue |  US$ 2.50 million (2008)[2] |
| Employees | 27 (2008)[2] |
| Website | Rollerblade.com |
Rollerblade is a brand of inline skates owned by Nordica, part of the Tecnica Group of Trevignano, Treviso, Italy,[4] since 2005.[5]
The company was started by Scott Olsen (b. 1960) and Brennan Olson (b. 1964) in Minneapolis as Ole's Innovative Sports; when they sold the company, it became Rollerblade, Inc.[6] and has changed hands over time between Nordica, Benetton Group and Tecnica.[7]
Rollerblade is a registered trademark which has been in use since March 1983, though the term "rollerblade" is also used generically for inline skates.
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[edit] References
- ^ "Rollerblade brand skates over to Tecnica - Hardlines - Brief Article". DSN Retailing Today. 2003. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FNP/is_6_42/ai_99289820/.
- ^ a b c d e f http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/42/42850.html
- ^ http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Rollerblade-Inc-Company-History.html
- ^ U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Filed July 15, 1984). "Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval". http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=73491507. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
- ^ "Rollerblade: Good things come to those who skate". Philadelphia Inquirer: p. C11. 18 July 2005. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10B96C953A038830&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ Lemelson-MIT (August 1997). "Inventor of the Week Archive:Jake golden & Scott & Brennan Olson (spelling corrected per rowbike.com)". MIT School of Engineering. http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/Inline.html. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
- ^ Skate Log (February 5, 2003). "Benetton Confirms Selling Rollerblade". http://www.skatelog.com/products/benetton-sells-rollerblade.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-25. and DSN Retailing Today via Find Articles (March 24, 2003). "Rollerblade brand skates over to Tecnica". DSN Retailing Today. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FNP/is_6_42/ai_99289820. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
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