Alliant Techsystems Inc. stockholders approved Tuesday the company's proposed merger with Orbital Sciences Corp., clearing the way for the spin-off next week of its firearms and Bushnell businesses as a publicly traded company called Vista Outdoor…
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Proxy Fight Brewing at Big 5 Sporting Goods
Big 5 Sporting Goods largest outside shareholder has gone public with its three-year campaign to reform the California retailer's corporate governance after its lone director on the board was essentially excommunicated from the board…
SIA’s Ingemie to Depart in 2016
The SnowSports Industries America (SIA) Board of Directors announced that David Ingemie, SIA’s president for the past 34 years, would be stepping down as president following the 2016 SIA Snow Show. Ingemie joined SIA in 1976 as marketing director an
Outdoor Tech Engages Investment Bank
Closely-held Outdoor Tech has engaged Wunderlich Securities of Newport Beach, CA for financial and strategic advisory services to help support the company’s growth…
Running Specialty Group Acquires Raleigh Running Outfitters
The Running Specialty Group (RSG) has acquired Raleigh Running Outfitters, marking its second acquisition of a retailer in the Triangle area since last fall…
Hydro Flask Donation Will Help Oregon’s Homeless
Hydro Flask has donated approximately 6,000 products that social workers and volunteers will use Thursday (Jan. 29) to provide homeless individuals with drinking water, hot coffee and warm food during a census aimed at gauging the size and needs of Oregon
POC Taps Barnes to Head North American Sales
POC, a leading manufacturer of skiing and cycling helmets, apparel and accessories, has tapped Ryan Barnes, previously a senior buyer at The Clymb, to head its North American snow sports sales force…
Vista Outdoors Fiscal Q3 Sales Off 3 Percent
Vista Outdoor Inc., which will be spun off next month in an IPO, generated sales of $507 million in the third quarter ended Dec. 28, 2014, down 3 percent from the prior-year quarter. The decline was attributed to…
REI to Build Flagship Store in Washington D.C.
REI will open a 51,000-square-foot flagship store in the NoMa neighborhood of Washington D.C. in late 2016. The store will mark REI's fifth location in the metro area, where the retailing cooperative already service more than 281,000 REI members…
EB Sport Group To Distribute P90X Products at Retail
EB Sport Group has partnered with Beachbody, LLC to launch a full range of its P90X branded products at retail to help fitness enthusiasts realize their goals. The products range from strength-building body weight exercise equipment to warm-up and recover
Skins Launches Satire-Laced Campaign Ridiculing FIFA
Skins, the maker of compression wear that has tied its brand to reforming professional sports, launched a satire-laced campaign for reforming FIFA this week by declaring its ''official'' non-sponsorship of football’s governing bo
NICA Recognizes QBP Founder Steve Flagg
Quality Bicycle Products Founder Steve Flag was honored as the recipient of the Legacy Award at the 2014 National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) Awards for his work supporting high school mountain bike racing…”
Diamondback Renews Sponsorship of Pro UCI Team
Diamondback Bicycles has renewed its sponsorship of the Pro UCI cycling team Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies for a second year…
Progress Reported in ILWU Contract Talks
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union(ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) have reached a tentative agreement on the maintenance and repair of truck chassis at West Coast ports, according to media reports…
Clif Bar Clinches Multi-Year Sponsorship of Boston Marathon
Clif Bar & Company has clinched a long-term sponsorship agreement with the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) to become the Official Sports Nutrition Food of all B.A.A. events, including the Boston Marathon…
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