The Lifestraw Personal Water Filter emerged as the best selling outdoor product on Amazon.com this holiday season, while Asics, Columbia, Duofold and Timberland earned spots for their apparel and footwear…
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The Bike Cooperative Grows West Coast Membership
The Bike Cooperative added 15 independent bicycle dealers to its membership in the back half of the year, including eight from the West Coast…
Plano Synergy Acquires Bird Hunting Brands
Plano Synergy Outdoors, which manufactures hunting, fishing and other products for outdoor sportsmen, has acquired the bird hunting brands Zink Calls and Avian-X…
Life Time Fitness Expands Commitment Day to Four-Day Festival
Life Time Fitness has expanded its annual Commitment Day to a four-day Commitment Festival that kicks off Friday, Jan. 1, with a 5K Fun Run in 52 cities…
Sports Basement Plans to Add Stores in 2015
Sports Basement of San Francisco plans to open two to three stores in 2015, according to an article appearing in the January edition of Stores, which is published by the National Retail Federation…
Jack Wolfskin Reaches Agreement to Buy Out Chinese Distributor
Jack Wolfskin has reached an agreement to buy out its Chinese distributor and licensee over the next three years to clear the way for a new subsidiary it will establish in the People's Republic of China, or PRC…
Jack Wolfskin to Buy Out Chinese Distributor Amid Flagging Demand
Jack Wolfskin agreed Dec. 24 to buy out its distributor for mainland China, where sales of its products declined 8 percent in the first six months of the year as government austerity policies and a shift away from department stores reduced consumer spendi
Hydro Flask Donates $100K to Local Non-Profits
Hydro Flask is donating $100,000 to three Bend, OR-based nonprofits, including Neighbor Impact Head Start, Oregon Adaptive Sports and Oregon Natural Desert Association…
DSW Charity Campaign Garners 320,000 Votes
DSW Inc. will donate $75,000 to the National Parkinson Foundation after more than 320,000 people voted in the retailer's Shoe Lovers Care Leave Your Mark campaign…
Activators to Help Raleigh and Lapierre Dealers Sell E-bikes
Accell North America's Electric Bike Competence Center (EBCC-NA) has assigned two employees to help Raleigh and Lapierre dealers improve sell through of e-bikes introduced to the U.S. market this fall…
NBDA Supplier Scorecards Due Dec. 31
The National Bicycle Dealers Association reminds dealers they have until the end of the day Dec. 31 to submit their NBDA Supplier Scorecard…
Tubbs Snowshoes Bolsters Partnership with Nonprofit Splore
Tubbs Snowshoes has agreed to supply snowshoes to the non-profit Splore for the next five years in an effort to continue empowering individuals who may otherwise have trouble experiencing winter activities…
BioLite to Debut First Lighting Product at CES
BioLite LLC will debut the its first lighting product at the Consumer Electronics Show next month in Las Vegas…
Winter Trails Events Schedule Released for Anchor Sites
Snowsports Industries America released details surrounding the 2015 Winter Trails events – including educational workshops, animal tracking and a variety of fun activities – at its five anchor site locations…
Sherpa Adventure Gear to Honor Ladies of K2 At OR
Sherpa Adventure Gear will host a reception to congratulate Dawa Yangzum Sherpa and Pasang Lhamu Sherpa on their successful summit of K2 in 2014. The event will take place at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m
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