Garmin International unveiled Connect IQ, the first-ever open platform for third-party developers to create apps for Garmin products…
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SIA/POW Premier Jeremy Jones’ Film Higher
SnowSports Industries America along with Protect Our Winters (POW) on Sept. 19 gathered Portland, OR-based media and snow sports industry leaders to mix, mingle and learn about snow-related topics from both organizations before the Portland premier of Jer
FundSource OR to Repeat at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market
SD Sport Innovators (SDSI), Outdoor Retailer and sponsor Grow Utah are planning to stage the second FundSource OR in January after the event drew six emerging companies and 25 professional investors to Salt Lake City last month. During the event, which wa
Burton Partners with Ski-Doo to Enter Snowmobile Apparel Market
Burton Snowboards will co-develop products with Ski-Doo for snowboarders and snowmobilers under a new agreement with BRP, the Canadian company that owns Ski-Doo, Sea-Doo, Can-Am and other power sports brands…
Mammoth Mountain to Acquire Big Bear and Snow Summit
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, owner of Mammoth Mountain and June Mountain, agreed Wednesday to acquire Big Bear Mountain Resorts in Big Bear Lake, CA. Big Bear Mountain Resorts includes both Bear Mountain and Snow Summit, the largest and most popular of sout
Woolrich Opens First Standalone Store in North America in SoHo
Woolrich, Inc. opened its first standalone retail space in North America at 125 Wooster Street in New York’s SoHo neighborhood. The two-level flagship will carry men’s and women’s clothing and accessories from the brand’s contempor
Fox Head Inc. Reportedly Being Shopped
Fox Head Inc., a family owned maker of apparel for motocross and action sports enthusiasts, has hired R.W. Baird & Co. to shop the company, according to a report by TheStreet.com…
Valencell Opens Lab to Help Licensees Test Biometric Apparel
Valencell has opened a state-of-the art sports performance lab where licensees can develop and validate biometric wearable products using its patented sensor technology…
Exceed Says CEO Raised $15M to Consumate Merger
Exceed Company Ltd., owner of China's Xidelong athletic brand, is negotiating with its Chairman and CE0 Shuipan Lin to extend the deadline for him to close on his proposed acquisition of the company following news that he had secured new financing Se
Diamond Brand to Kick off Store Expansion Thursday
Diamond Brand will kick off a busy fall Thursday, Sept. 25 with a celebration at the location of one of three new retail locations it expects to open in the Asheville, NC area in November…
Vail Resorts Says Season Pass Sales up 14 Percent
Vail Resorts Inc. reported that its season pass sales through Sept. 21 were up 14 percent in units and 18 percent in sales dollars, compared to the period ended Sept. 22, 2013…
POW Inc. Raises $2.5M to Develop Outdoor Apparel Brands
POW Inc. of Seattle has secured $2.5 million from Seattle-based investment firm Columbia Pacific Advisors. POW will use the money to continue developing innovative brands in the active outdoor apparel market. POW now owns POW Gloves, Holden Outerwear and
Patagonia Catalog Inadvertently Depicted Illegal First Ascent
Patagonia pledged to review how it vets photos used in its catalogs after the National Park Service reported an image in the company's September, 2011 catalog of a first ascent in Utah's Capitol Reef National Park violated regulations meant to p
Liv Fundraising Ride Draws Coverage from Today Show
Liv helped raised more than $550,000 for young women diagnosed with breast cancer – and its profile – over the weekend when NBC Today Show News Anchor Natalie Morales rode along during the last day of a fundraising ride for a segment that aired Monday mor
Backyard Collective Draws 160 in Boulder, Heads for Bend
The Conservation Alliance said that after drawing more than 160 volunteers to for a day of flood debris removal and trail work in Boulder, CO last week, it expects up to 50 volunteers to turn out for its last Backyard Collective of the year in Bend, OR…
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