Chaco’s Outdoor Retailer Sales Raise Money for OIWC
Chaco raised more than $7,000 for the Outdoor Industry Women’s Coalition (OIWC) by selling hundreds of its classic flips in the first day of the Outdoor Retailer show…
Columbia Appoints GM for Canadian Subsidiary
Columbia Sportswear Company promoted David M. Brulé to serve as general manager of the company’s wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, based in London, Ontario, Canada…
Mountainsmith and Itochu Reviving Cyclesmith Brand in Japan
Mountainsmith is reviving Cyclesmith, the brand’s 1990’s bike touring pack line, exclusively in Japan in response to a growing demand for Mountainsmith products and a steady increase in sales over the past three years…
Adventure Team Challenge Heads for U.S. National Whitewater Center
World T.E.A.M. Sports’ inaugural Adventure Team Challenge North Carolina will be held October 2-4 at the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte…
Backyard Collective to Wrap up Year in Bend, OR
The Conservation Alliance will hold its final Backyard Collective event of 2015 on Friday, Oct. 2, in Bend, OR when its Central Oregon member companies team up with Central Oregon Trail Alliance for a day of trail work…
Winterstick to Resume Manufacturing With Help from New Investor
Winterstick Snowboards will begin making its custom boards in house for the first time since the mid-1980s thanks to an investment by Scott Wescott, a former pro snowboarder who began designing boards for the company last fall…
Poler Inc. Raises $4.5 Million from Strategic Investor
Poler Inc. continued to turn heads last week by raising $4.5 million in equity capital from “a large international strategic investor” with the help from Seattle-based Cascadia Capital LLC…
Kathmandu Shareholders Reject Hostile Bid
Kathmandu Holdings Limited repelled a hostile takeover Sept. 17 after the New Zealand retailer's shareholders tendered just 3.6 percent of their shares to a retail group that owns the country's Rebel Sports franchise…
More IBDs Send Fewer People to Interbike
Interbike said the number of retail stores that sent representatives to the show Sept 16-18 increased 4 percent over last year — although overall retailer attendance declined slightly as each store sent fewer people on average…
Columbia Appoints SVP and Chief Human Resource Officer
Columbia Sportswear Company appointed Richelle T. Luther to serve as senior vice president and chief human resource officer. Luther has served as the company’s deputy general counsel since 2008…
Canadian Tire Supports Jumpstart Games
Canadian Tire, the parent of Sports Chek, celebrated helping one million children across Canada participate in organized sport and physical activity…
Vail Resorts Retail/Rental Sales Up 3.2 Percent in Fiscal 2015
Vail Resorts Inc. reported retail/rental revenue increased 3.2 percent in the fiscal year ended July 31, or well below the pace of overall Mountain segment revenue growth during the period…
Sport Climbing, Action Sports, Baseball Make Short List for 2020 Olympics
The Tokyo organizing committee recommended five additional sports – baseball/softball, surfing, skateboarding, karate and sports climbing – for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Bowling, squash and wushu failed to make the cut from among eight finalists…
Former PSG Chairman to Not Seek Board Seat
In a press release, W. Graeme Roustan, the former chairman of Performance Sports Group who had been seeking a seat on the company's board, indicated he will “forgo standing as a director nominee for the time being.” He also accused PSG's Chairma
Meijer Expands Skechers Concept Shop
Only six months after Meijer announced the opening of its first Skechers concept shop inside its Knapp's Corner store, the Grand Rapids, MI-based retailer announced that it's duplicating the shoe shopping experience in four more stores this fall
