Midway through the 2010 NBA season, the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant retained his spot atop the league’s Most Popular Jerseys list, based on sales figures at the NBA Store in New York City and NBAStore.com…
Month: January 2010
“Pretty Straight” Design Wins Project OR Contest
Faith Anderson, a design student from Philadelphia University, was named the winner of the 2010 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market Project OR…
Smith Optics Awarded REI 2009 Vendor Partner of the Year
Smith Optics was awards the REI 2009 vendor Partner of the Year award at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2010. The annual awards program, established in 1993, recognizes three key vendors and one overall vendor for efforts that have built a strategic and s
Advance Bookings Stall at Western Ski Resorts
Overall occupancy at mountain resort destinations still lags behind last year, according to the most recent report released by the Mountain Travel Research Program (MTRiP) and based on reservation activity as of Dec. 31, 2009. Lodging reservations taken i
OR Winter Market: Fall 2010 Outdoor Footwear Shines in Surging Categories
With continued strength in trail running as well as a pickup in the hiking category as consumers adopted a “back to basics” mentality during the recession, footwear has been more than holding its own during the recession…
NFL Limits Distribution of Authentic Gear
Citing an influx of counterfeiting and excessive discounting, the National Football League has decided to scale back the distribution of authentic game jerseys and official on-field apparel…
NSSF Research Looks Deeper at Shooting Sports Trends
At 2010 SHOT Show University, NSSF Research Director Jim Curcuruto and Rob Southwick of Southwick Associates presented the 2009 Firearms Retailers Survey, which was conducted in March/April 2009 and includes responses from 1,283 firearms retailers ranging
SHOT Show University Kicks Off Shooting Sports Industry Fest
The historic strength of the shooting sports industry was cited by several of the speakers during Monday’s SHOT Show University, an annual classroom-style presentation that features informative and interactive speeches by a select group of esteemed
Feds Bust Arms Execs Gathered for SHOT
The FBI has charged 22 people, including a former U.S. Secret Service agent, as part of a 2 1/2-year undercover investigation into a bribery scheme in which federal agents posed as arms-buying representatives of an African defense minister…
Outdoor Show Season Kicks In With Solid Traffic
Last week was the week for the outdoor retail industry to shine, both on the sportsman’s outdoor side of the business and the specialty outdoor side as SHOT Show and Outdoor Retailer competed for retailers and vendors during a very hectic and weathe
Risk of Youth Soccer Injuries Greater Than for Other Sports
Youth soccer carries a higher risk of injury than many other contact sports, with injuries such as concussion and musculoskeletal trauma occurring fairly commonly, according to a report published online Jan. 25 in Pediatrics…
McDavid to Unveil First Snow Sports Line at SIA
McDavid, Inc., the sports medicine and protective apparel maker, will introduce their first ski and snowboarding line at the SnowSports Industries America's (SIA) Snow Show in Denver, Colo. next week…
Organizations Team Up to Create First-Ever High School Nat’l Championships
IMG Academies and the National High School Coaches Association have signed a deal that the organizations say will help dispel the debate over which state produces the nation's best athletic teams and players by creating official High School National
Truesport Alliances, Ltd. Names Eddie Wenrick as Interim CEO
Truesport Alliances, Ltd. has named entertainment business executive to lead Truesport Alliances, Ltd., a mixed martial arts (MMA) company, as it continues its growth of the company's exclusive international TapouT Training Center licenses and manufa
Pyramyd Air Handling European Beeman Airguns
Pyramyd Air is now the exclusive distributor for European airguns and ammunition previously imported and distributed by Beeman Precision Airguns…
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