Traditions Performance Firearms has added Bill Scaplen to the sales team…
Year: 2014
Liberty Interactive Spins Off Backcountry, Other non-QVC Assets
Liberty Interactive Corporation sold its digital commerce companies, including Backcountry.com and Bodybuilding.com, and renamed itself QVC Group Friday as part of its previously announced plan to focus investors on its rapidly growing QVC television shop
Nike Re-Ups with Pendleton on Exclusive Line
Nike has partnered again with Pendleton Woolen Mills for a limited run of NIKEiD customization choices…
Citi Underwrites Major Expansion of Miami Beach Bike Share Program
Citi will become the title sponsor of the Miami Beach bike share program – Decobike – for at least the next five years, enabling a major expansion of the system to Downtown Miami and Coconut Grove. The global banking giant said it has learned through its
Chrome Industries Names Silverman as New President
Chrome Industries, a San Francisco-based company that designs and manufactures useful and durable gear for urban mobility, named Chris Silverman as its new president…
Deer Valley Agrees to Acquire Solitude Mountain Resort
Deer Valley Resort, a favorite location for outdoor and bicycle industry demo events, has entered into an agreement to purchase Solitude Mountain Resort and will begin operating the resort on May 1, 2015…
Digital Operative Partner to Launch Get You(th) Outdoors Challenge
Digital Operative has developed an interactive platform for The Outdoor Foundation in a pro bono effort to engage members of the outdoor industry online and encourage them to share their experiences with others through the Get You(th) Outdoors Challenge..
SoftScience Announces Official Brand Launch
Two footwear veterans, Scott Seamans, a Crocs founder and chief designer, and John Duerden, former president and COO of Reebok and a former CEO at Crocs, have launched a new brand, SoftScience, that promises to take “comfortable, casual footwear to an en
Flylow Hires Reps for BC and Great Lakes
Flylow, a Colorado manufacturer of technical backcountry and resort ski clothing and accessories, has hired Kirby Laughlin and Matt Henry as its newest sales reps…
CustomWeather Issues Long Range Snow Forecast
CustomWeather released its U.S. Ski Outlook for Winter 2014-2015, highlighting the best regions for optimal skiing conditions this winter during the months of December 2014 –February 2015…
Hillsound Equipment Adds Reps
Hillsound Equipment has added Orno Group LLC as its newest sales agency. Partners Greg Danziger and Luisa Harkins will be representing the brand in the Rocky Mountain region covering Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico…
Patagonia Avalanches Claim Lives of Three Mountaineers in a Single Day
Avalanches swept away three accomplished mountaineers in a single day last week in Patagonia in two separate incidents Sept. 29…
Bergans USA Adds Staff and Space
Two years after entering the U.S. market, Bergans of Norway's has added staff and space at the Colorado headquarter of its U.S. subsidiary…
U.K.’s Craghoppers Wins NatGeo Apparel License
Craghoppers has secured an exclusive North American license to manufacture a collection of National Geographic-branded adventure travel apparel that will hit North American stores next spring…
Hugelmeyer Demonstrated the Power of Coalitions
When Frank OIA Hugelmeyer resigned as President and CEO of Outdoor Industry Association Oct. 3, he left behind a staff of 25, annual revenues of more than $7 million, 1,300 members and growing influence both at home and abroad. His biggest accomplishments
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