Light & Motion has dispatched two Light & Motion demo vans to provide product clinics and night-ride/run demos to select dealers across the United States over the next year…
Author: Charlie Lunan
Mavic to Relocate U.S. Office to Utah
Mavic Inc. will relocate from Haverhill, MA to Ogden, UT next summer to fully integrate with parent company Amer Sports's hub there…
Outdoor Foundation Names Winners of First Campus Challenge
After eight weeks, Outdoor Nation is pleased to announce almost 44,000 outdoor activities were logged by 8,390 participants in its first Campus Challenge, with many universities reporting a major surge in the campus-wide interest in outdoor recreation…
Skullcandy Signs Winter X Games Champ Norendal
Skullcandy Inc. announced that Norwegian Olympic snowboarder and multiple Winter X Games gold medalist, Silje Norendal, has joined its family of elite athletes…
Oboz Adds Customer Service Rep for Central U.S.
Oboz Footwear has added Steve Lowry as the newest member of its customer service team. With Lowry's hire, Oboz is assigning customer service reps to specific territories. Lowry will assist Oboz retailers located in the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes and
Sportsman’s Warehouse Says Manufacturers’ Price Cuts Helped Maintain Firearms Margins in Q3
Mid-teens growth at its Camping and Fishing departments, sales from new stores and price cuts by gun manufacturers helped Utah-based Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings Inc. increase its gross margins and beat its earnings guidance in the third quarter en
Tilly’s Sees Glimpses of Improving Teen Spending in Third Quarter Results
Tilly’s Inc. reported glimpses of improvement in the teen market in the third quarter ended Nov. 1, when its same-store sales fell 1.2 percent, or half the rate of a year earlier…
Men’s Drives 11th Consecutive Quarter of Comps Growth at PacSun
Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. reported sales grew 4.7 percent in the third quarter ended Nov. 2 as a 4.0 percent increase in same-store sales and higher merchandise margins more than offset having 15 fewer stores compared with the same period in 2013
Unlike Competitors, Zumiez Grows Transactions, Loses Margin in Q3
Zumiez Inc reported higher transaction volume at stores in its comp base and lower margins in the fiscal third quarter ended Nov. 1, distinguishing itself from its two major competitors at the mall…
Johnson Outdoors Reports Finishes FY 2014 Strong
Johnson Outdoors Inc. reported sales increased 10 percent to $84.9 million in the fiscal fourth quarter ended Oct. 3 due to double-digit growth in both Marine Electronics and Outdoor Gear units. Operating loss declined sharply year-over-year due largely t
Feds Clears Way for ATK to Spin Off Vista Outdoor
Alliant Techsystems Inc.'s (ATK) plan to spin-off Bushnell optics and a dozen firearms brands took a step closer to reality Friday morning when the U.S. Department of Justice unconditionally cleared the proposed merger of ATK's Aerospace and Def
Sportsman’s Warehouse Refinances $235M in Senior Secured Debt
Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings, Inc. completed the refinancing of its existing $235 million senior secured term loans at a lower interest rate and has increased the borrowing capacity under the terms of its revolving credit facility. These moves refl
New TV Show to Examines Business Issues Surrounding Rio Olympics
Universal Sports Network and Lagardère Unlimited announced plans for Beyond the Medals – The Business of Sport, a new, original sports program that provides viewers with an inside look at the world of Olympic sports. In each episode, host Rick Horrow will
Johnson Outdoors Reports Operating Profits at All Four Segments in Fiscal Q4
Sales of Minn Kota trolling motors, Eureka! tents, Jetboil camping stoves and Old Town fishing kayaks propelled sales growth of nearly 10 percent at Johnson Outdoors Inc. in the quarter ended Oct. 3…
Europe’s Bike Lobby Targets Euro 2 billion in Potential Subsidies
The European Cycling Federation has identified €2 billion of government funds that could be used to subsidize bicycling infrastructure and use through 2020, or three times the amount available during the previous six years…
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