Hydro Flask signed a non-exclusive agreement with coffee roaster Dillanos to distribute Hydro Flask’s line of stainless steel beverage containers and other products to more than 1,800 specialty coffee brands and cafés throughout the country…
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Feedback Sports Adds Marketing Support
Feedback Sports has hired Katie Macarelli as their first marketing coordinator, where she will help the marketing team become more proactive…
Columbia’s Indian Distributor to Accelerate Store Openings
Columbia Sportswear's distributor in India has dramatically accelerated its plans to open Columbia-branded retail stores after a better than expected response…
Mountain Hardwear Brings Ueli Steck to States
Mountain Hardwear is sponsoring a speaking tour featuring legendary speed climber and Mountain Hardwear athlete, Ueli Steck. Steck will share stunning photos and accounts from his record-setting climbs of some of the world’s highest peaks with audi
Gaiam Doubles Spri Sales, Recruits Athleta Designer in Q2
Gaiam Inc. reported revenue increased 14.2 percent in the third quarter, fueled by big gains in sales of its Restore and Spri exercise accessories. The Boulder, CO. yoga, fitness and wellness company also disclosed that it hired one of Athleta's seni
Compass Diversified Commences Share Offering
Compass Diversified Holdings, which is the majority owner of Camelbak Products, Ergobaby and Liberty Safe, has commenced a public offering of 6,000,000 trust shares that could raise as much as $125 million to help it pay down debt…
Intrawest Reports Higher Season Ticket Sales, Bookings
Intrawest Resorts Holdings reported sales of season pass and frequency products for the upcoming 2014/2015 ski season were up approximately 14 percent in units, while bookings for the Christmas holiday were running 20 percent ahead of their level a year a
Sportsman’s Warehouse to Open First North Dakota Location
Sportsman's Warehouse announced plans to open its first store in North Dakota next summer in Williston. The Utah-based hook-and-bullet retailer has now announced locations of seven stores it plans to open in 2015…

Liberty Safe Weighs on Q3 Results at Compass Diversified Holdings
Plummeting sales of gun safes again dragged down results at Compass Diversified Holdings Inc.'s Branded Consumer businesses in the third quarter, despite double-digit growth at Ergobaby. At CamelBak, declining military sales continued to overshadow s

Italy’s Garmont Hires Bill Dodge to Reboot North American Business
Bill Dodge has resigned as VP of global product design and development for the Merrell, Patagonia and Chaco brands at Wolverine World Wide Inc. to rebuild Italian boot maker Garmont International S.R.L.'s North American business. Dodge started in his

Ill-Fated Racing Venture Offsets Organic Growth at Cannondale
Dorel Industries Inc. reported organic revenue from its bicycle segment grew 6 percent in the third quarter, but profits were stunted by write offs of an ill-fated pro cycling venture at Cannondale…
Sports Direct Ups Potential Stake in Debenhams Department Store
Sports Direct International plc, the UK's leading sports retailer, sold its 4.6 per cent stake in Debenhams plc and entered an additional put option contract that nearly doubled its potential stake in the British department store to 12.7 percent…

Adams USA to Liquidate After Selling Brands to Schutt Sports
Adams USA is liquidating after selling its Adams, Trace, Bolco, Neumann and Bucks brands and certain inventory from its current catalog to Schutt Sports. On Monday, Nov. 10, Adams USA was to begin liquidating the balance of its inventory as well as machi
Trade Groups Want Obama to Intervene Should ILWU Action Spread to SoCal Ports
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) is among more than 100 federal, state and local associations that signed on to a letter sent to President Obama expressing deep concern over the deteriorating state of negotiations between the International Longshore and
OIA Reports Candidates Backed by PAC Fared Well
Outdoor Industry Association reported that 14 of the 17 U.S. Congressional candidates supported by the OIA Political Action Committee won in Tuesday's mid-term Congressional elections, while two lost, and one race…