OIWC, or Outdoor Industries Women's Coalition, announced that Jessica Klodnicki, executive vice president and general manager of Bell Helmets & Blackburn Accessories, will be the featured speaker at the Interbike Keynote and Awards Presentation on We
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Reynolds Cycling Promotes Erwin to New GM-Europe Position
Reynolds Cycling, manufacturer of high-performance race wheels for mountain and road bikes and pioneer in carbon fiber and aero technology, has promoted Travis Erwin to the newly created position of European general manager…
Thriving TJX to Open Sierra Trading Post Store in Denver Next Week
Thriving off-price retailer The TJX Companies Inc. will open the first of two new Sierra Trading Post (STP) stores in Denver next week in its first expansion of the business since acquiring it at the end of 2012…
Legacy Paddlesports Pulling Plug on Dealer Sales of Whitewater Boats
Legacy Paddlesports has informed its dealer base that it will shift its Liquidlogic whitewater boat brand to a direct-to-consumer model starting Oct. 1, 2014…
Western Mountain Resorts on Track for Record Summer Business
DestiMetrics projects that Western mountain resorts, which have been investing in mountain biking trails, zip lines and other warm weather infrastructure to build summer business, will post record occupancy and revenue figures for the third consecutive su
RYU Board Grants 6.35 Million in Options to New Management, Others
Respect Your Universe Inc.'s board of directors granted options to acquire up to 6.35 million shares of RYU's common stock at an exercise price of 30 cents share to RYU's new management team, consultants and employees…
K2 Sports Names U.S. Snowshoe Sales Manager
K2 Sports promoted Jason DeJong to the newly created position of U.S. snowshoe sales manager…
Allied Feather and Down Joins Sustainable Apparel Coalition
Allied Feather & Down became the first down supplier to join the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, which is working to reduce the environmental and social impacts of apparel and footwear products around the world…
Timberland Again Sponsors OIA Rendezvous Service Project
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), Timberland and the entire outdoor industry will celebrate 16 years of community service during the first day of Rendezvous 2014, the outdoor industry’s annual leadership forum scheduled to take place October 7-9 i
Port of Long Beach Container Traffic up 3.7 Percent in July
The Port of Long Beach reported total cargo container numbers rose 3.7 percent in July compared to the same month last year, making for the Southern California seaport’s busiest July since 2010…
Goal Zero Acquired by Electric Utility NRG
NRG Energy, Inc. acquired Goal Zero for an undisclosed sum Aug. 14, marking the utility company’s first acquisition of a consumer products company…
Easton, Double-Digit Organic Growth Boost PSG’s Fiscal Q4 Sales
Performance Sports Group Ltd (PSG) reported strong organic growth in both its hockey and lacrosse businesses in the quarter ended May 31 in addition to growth attributed to the Easton and Combat diamond sports brands acquired this spring…
Employee Benefits Costs Nearly Wipe Out Yue Yuen’s 1H Profits
Yue Yuen Industrial Limited reported that its decision to increase contributions for employee benefits by $90 million in the second quarter to compete in China’s increasingly competitive labor market wiped out much of its profits for the period. The
ASICS Reports Lower Exports Cause Japanese Fiscal Q1 Revenues to Dip
Asics reported its sales in Japan decreased 1.5 percent to ¥27.2 billion ($267 mm), mainly because of a decline in footwear sales to overseas sales subsidiaries…
Biometric Apparel Startup Athos Raises $12.2 Million for Fall Launch
Athos, which has announced plans to launch a line of biometric fitness apparel this fall, closed $12.2 million in Series B funding, which the company plans to use to scale a new manufacturing process for embedding sensors in garments in advance of its fal
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