Respect Your Universe, Inc., a global performance training and fitness brand with origins in the movements and philosophy of martial artistry, retained Questrade, Inc. to provide market-making services for its stock, which is traded on the TSX Venture Exc
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Telluride Venture Accelerator Opens Application Process for 2015 Awards
The Telluride Venture Accelerator (TVA), which targets targets entrepreneurs with innovative high growth businesses in the outdoor recreation, tourism, natural products, health, energy, water, and education sector, has begun accepting applications for its
POC Snags Eurobike Award for New Road Bike Helmet
POC, which launched its first helmets for road biking this spring, said its Cerebel aero road helmet won a coveted Eurobike Award at the Eurobike tradeshow held in Friedrichshafen, Germany…
PrimaLoft Launches Consumer Marketing Campaign for Performance Down Blends
PrimaLoft Inc. launched its consumer marketing campaign for its new line of proprietary Performance Down Blends, which become available at outdoor specialty shops for the first time this fall…
Adidas, REI Execs Join Brandlive Advisory Board
Adidas Senior Sales Manager Mike Gugat and Doug Schmidt, divisional vice president of REI, have joined a new customer advisory board at Brandlive, a cloud-based service used by both companies to conduct interactive online product training, marketing and e
Colorado High School Cycling Kicks Off
Colorado High School Cycling expects 600 riders to participate in its first mountain biking race of the season this Sunday at Snow Mountain Ranch, up from 507 in 2013. The National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) sanctioned league said 57 teams
Saucony Run for Good Foundation Names Grant Winners
The Saucony Run for Good Foundation announced winners of its latest round of grants, which continue to encourage and support community-based programs that give kids more opportunities to run and be active…
MomsTeam Institute to Hold First Summit Monday
MomsTEAM Institute will hold its inaugural youth sports health and safety summit on Monday, Sept. 15 at Harvard Medical School’s Joseph B. Martin Conference Center…

Zumiez Credits Omni-Channel Prowess for Exceeding Q2 Guidance
Zumiez Inc. CEO Rick Brooks credited the teen retailer's better-than-expected second quarter results to its increasing ability to use omni-channel marketing to drive price conscious teens to its stores and pay full price.
ZUMZ also reported a very st
Quiksilver Fiscal Q3 Wholesale Revenues Plunge As Pivotal Spring 2015 Launch Looms
Quiksilver Inc. saw its wholesale business decline 30 percent in North American and 32 percent in Europe in the fiscal third quarter ended July 31, 2014 as senior management focused on cleaning up distribution of Quiksilver, DC and Roxy branded products a
Marin Mountain Bike Names Holmes Brand Director
Marin Mountain Bikes Inc. has hired Chris Holmes as brand director, a position that makes him responsible for establishing and coordinating all of Marin’s marketing activities…
OIA Releases Consumer Research on Wearable Technology
Outdoor Industry Association’s (OIA) has released a report on consumers behavior around wearable technology based on trends in their social media dialogue. The “Wearable Technology: Changing Outdoor Behaviors Bring New Opportunities,” ma
TRCP Appoints Baucus Aide as Chief Conservation Officer
Paul Wilkins has joined the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership as the TRCP’s chief conservation officer. A native Montanan, Wilkins spent a decade working with Max Baucus, former U.S. senator and current U.S. ambassador to China, where he m
Tecnica Group CEO Weaver Returning to U.S.
Peter Weaver resumed his position as CEO of the Tecnica Group USA Aug. 31 after spending two years working as CEO at Tecnica Group SpA of Giavera del Montello, Italy. Weaver will remain on the board of the Italian company…
Rebel Sport Sales Up 8.8 Percent in First Half
Rebel Sport of New Zealand generated sales of NZ$77.9 million in the second half ended July 27, up 8.8 percent from the same period in 2013, according to parent company Briscoes Group Limited…