Marketplace Roundup

Zetterberg's Jersey Selling Well  During Wings' Playoff Run

In Detroit, Nick Meyer reported Red Wings jerseys "have sold well" during the postseason. Fred Farhat, the co-owner of a Playball retail location in Westland, Michigan, said that RW Johan Franzen's No. 93 jersey and LW Henrik Zetterberg's No. 40 jersey "have sold the most during the playoffs." Meanwhile, Zetterberg and D Nicklas Lidstrom's No. 5 jerseys "have been the most popular" at the Dick's Sporting Goods location in Northville, Michigan. Jeremy Bidinger, the sales manager at the Dick's location, said, "Lidstrom has been our best seller over the last two years. In the last few months, Zetterberg has sold the most, probably because of that long-term contract he signed earlier in the year" (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 5/30). Also in Detroit, Donnelly & Flynn report "money may be tight these days but merchandise was selling briskly, both in and out" of Joe Louis Arena, prior to last night's Stanley Cup Finals Game Two against the Penguins (DETROIT NEWS, 6/1).

COME SEE TENNESSEE: In Memphis, Craig Wack reports the Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau will title sponsor the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Memphis Motorsports Park on June 27. The MemphisTravel.com 200 presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts is an "extension of a longtime partnership between the track and the bureau." O'Reilly had been the title sponsor of the race since '02, but "reduced its race sponsorships across the board after signing on as the official auto parts store of NASCAR" (Memphis COMMERCIAL APPEAL, 5/31).

NOT "G" RATED: In Chicago, Dave van Dyck reports the Gatorade dispenser in the Cubs' dugout will be replaced by an "old water dispenser" after the Gatorade machine "had been battered and broken," most recently during a tirade by P Carlos Zambrano last week. The sides of the machine "already were cracked, just waiting to fly off with another attack." Cubs P Ryan Dempster, who also damaged the Gatorade machine earlier this season, said, "It would have been more entertaining (to keep it), that's for sure" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 6/1).