Dick’s Sporting Goods has selected the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) for its $75,000 matching grant program through its Sports Matter crowd funding platform. After receiving a $20,000 contribution from Shimano/Pearl Izumi, NICA
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Fam Brands Licenses Marika Brand to Glance Eyewear
Marika, the largest division of Fam Brands, has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Glance Eyewear for women’s sunglasses and reading glasses, as well as related eyewear accessories…
Trade Associations Call on Bangladesh to Lower Tariffs on Building Safety Imports
Trade associations representing the U.S. and Canadian apparel and retail industry sent a letter April 7 to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh urging the Bangladesh government to immediately eliminate duties on imports of building and fire safety equipment..
REI Foundation Grants Target Youth, Minority Engagement
The REI Foundation awarded a total of $410,000 to nonprofit programs dedicated to engaging younger and more diverse populations in the outdoors. Grant recipients include the Children & Nature Network (C&NN), Futuro Media Group, Outdoor Foundation and YMCA
Head Wintersports Adds Sales Rep to Serve Tahoe Region
Head Wintersports welcomes Rob Furtney to its sales force. Effective Monday, April 21, Furtney will be Head’s new sales representative for the Northern California and Northern Nevada territory…
Ibex Launches Earth Day Promotion Online
Ibex Outdoor Clothing will donate 10-percent of all online sales made on Earth Day (Tuesday, April 22) to The Conservation Alliance…
Rockies Snowpack Bodes Well for Rafting Season
Western River Expeditions reports that spring runoff from the Rocky Mountains into the Colorado and Green Rivers bodes well for the upcoming rafting season…
Innate Sees Big Opportunity Catering to Craft Brew Tribe
Innate, the Vancouver, BC designer of stainless steel food and drink containers, discovered tremendous opportunities for outdoor retailers while attending last week’s craft beer industry conference and trade show in Denver, CO…
Sportsman’s Warehouse IPO Prices Below Target Range
Shares of Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings, Inc. began trading at $9.50 a share Thursday on the NASDAQ, or below the $11 to $13 range the company was shooting for with the initial public offering…
Scandinavia’s Largest Ski Resort Operator Enters E-Commerce
The largest operator of ski resorts in Scandinavia is launching an online store for mountain sports products as part of a full blown multi-channel retailing strategy. SkiStar AB said the new online store will have much lowering marketing costs because it
Minus Easton, BRG Sports Turns Focus to Helmet Brands
Easton-Bell Sports Inc. closed the sale of its Easton baseball and softball business, refinanced its debt, officially changed its name and announced an agreement to sell Easton Cycling in a flurry of activity it says position it to invest more in its rem
Mountain Biking Gets Boost From State Parks’ Seeking Self Sufficiency
National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) agreements to establish high school mountain biking leagues in Alabama and Virginia marked several milestones for the non-profit and mountain biking at large…
Icebreaker’s New Global PR Chief Based in Portland
Icebreaker announced that Shana Frahm will join the brand as global head of public relations in its U.S. headquarters in Portland, OR office. She will be responsible for developing and executing the New Zealand company’s global public relations stra
EBike Vendors On Board for Interbike/OR Media Event
EBike vendors BionX, Prodeco, Pete’s Electric Bike’s, Currie Technologies as well as LED Lenser, Ascent Solar Technologies/EnerPlex, GoalZero, D.Light Designs and Celliant are among the companies that will participate in the first ever Charged
Blue Point Capital Recapitalizes Ortholite
Blue Point Capital Partners announced April 17 the recapitalization of OrthoLite, a leading supplier of comfort insoles and related shoe components to more than 130 of the world’s leading branded footwear companies…
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