Descente North America named Fumiatsu Hirai as its president, Yasuhiro Yamanaka as vice president, and Patrick Purcell as marketing and sales admin manager…
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Kent International Acquires Canadian Counterpart
Kent International Inc., a global supplier of bicycles and accessories, has purchased Stoneridge Cycle Ltd., a Canadian-based supplier of bicycles and accessories…
RECALL: All Aqua Lung SureLock II Weight Pocket Handles
Aqua Lung is conducting a voluntary recall of all SureLock II rubber weight pocket handles. SureLock II is the mechanical weight release system found on most Aqua Lung buoyancy compensators (BCs) beginning in 2009…
Confluence CEO Rechner Featured in AOL’s This Built America Series
AOL is featuring Confluence Outdoor CEO Sue Rechner this week in its This Built America editorial series, which is featuring 50 people in 50 states in 50 weeks to celebrate people have helped create or sustain manufacturing jobs in the United States.
America Product Showcase Returning to Outdoor Retailer
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and Outdoor Retailer will partner for a second time to present the Made in America Product Showcase at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2015, held on January 21-24, 2015 in Salt Lake City…
Outdoor Research Names 2014 Sales Rep of the Year
Outdoor Research this month named Mountain Stuff, its sales agency in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas and Louisiana, as 2014 Sales Rep of the Year. Outdoor Research also named…
Travel With Care Campaign Seeks to Humanize Cyclists
PeopleForBikes has launched a national road safety campaign, Travel With Care, aimed at humanizing people on bikes and encouraging better behavior among both bike riders and drivers…
Retailers Aiming to Cut Two Days from Holiday Fulfillment Cycle
Retailers are aiming to reduce their processing and shipping time frames for multi-item orders by almost two days this holiday season, according to a new Kurt Salmon survey of 100 retail brands…
Repreve Kicks off National Recycling Challenge in Charlotte
Unifi Inc. said school kids in Charlotte, NC collected nearly 200,000 plastic bottles during a 10-day recycling challenge to create enough Repreve yarn to make 8,000 Repreve-based Patagonia Jackets, 100,000 t-shirts or 25,000 pairs of pants.
The challenge
Adidas Outdoor Opens Nomination Process for Outdoor Inspiration Awards
Nominations are being accepted for the fifth annual Outdoor Inspiration Awards, presented by Adidas Outdoor, which will be celebrated at the Salt Palace Convention Center on the second night of Outdoor Retailer Winter Market…
Timbuk2 Renews Korean and Japanese Distributors
Timbuk2 extended current contracts with its Korean and Japanese distribution partners; Anvil SNH Co. for Korea and Itochu Fashion System for Japan…
Rock/Creek Installs RootsRated.com Kiosk in Store
Rock/Creek Outfitters in Chattanooga, TN has become the first retailer to install a RootsRated.com iPad Kiosk that lets shoppers review staff picks for nearby outdoor activities and destinations, as well as other store content…
Adidas Snags NYC FC Kit Deal
New York City FC, which will become Major League Soccer's newest team next year, named Adidas as its official partner and kit supplier. Adidas will manufacture the soon-to-be-revealed New York City FC first team uniform, to be worn on the pitch durin
Cascade Designs Names Public Relations Manager
Cascade Designs named Martin Maisonpierre as its new public relations manager. where he will be responsible for managing public relations efforts for Cascade Designs corporate as well as its suite of brands, including Therm-a-Rest, MSR, Platypus, SealLine
Goldwin Sales up 1.6 Percent for First Six Months
Goldwin Inc., which opened a U.S. subsidiary in 2013 to increase sales of its luxury ski apparel and C3fit compression wear, reported net sales of ¥24.9 billion ($241.5 mm) in the six months ended Sept. 30, up 1.6 percent from the same period in 2013…
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