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Snow Sports Sales Grow 4% in ’09/’10 Season

Snowsport Sales for the 2009/2010 season were up 4% over last season, according to the SIA Retail Audit. Snow sport retailers sold $2.94 billion this season compared to $2.82 billion a year ago. Although sales were up in dollars, fewer units were sold thi

Ski Visits Approached Record Levels this Winter

The U.S. ski industry recorded 59.7 million visits, the second best season ever, according to the preliminary 2009/10 Kottke National End of Season Survey. In spite of continued pressures from a weak economy and without the catalyst of an exceptional snow

Hat World Acquires Brand Athletics

Hat World, Inc., a subsidiary of Genesco Inc., has acquired Brand Athletics, Inc., a team dealer, custom screen printer and embroidery operator based in Tigard, OR in the metropolitan Portland area…

RECALL: Buoyancy Compensators

Ocean Management Systems Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, is voluntarily recalling approximately 20,000 Buoyancy Compensators used for scuba diving…

China Remains on Special 301 Watch List

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) is removing Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland from its Special 301 Watch List of countries that don't do enough to protect intellectual property, but remains concerned about China’s implementation

American Hiking Society Releases $10 Map App for iPhone

American Hiking Society launched an iPhone app called HIKE GPS that contains more than 300 free recreational maps – encompassing more than five million square miles of the United States. The $9.99 app performs many popular tasks of a handheld GPS unit fo