Amazon’s merchandise sales appear to have grown as much as two times faster on a year-over-year basis as online retail sales as a whole in the fourth quarter, according to financial results released by the company Thursday…
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Alpine Club of Canada Urges Backcountry Skiers to Review Their Insurance Coverage
The Alpine Club of Canada has partnered with Travel Underwriters to market insurance to backcountry skiers, who are grossly underinsured for costs they could incur during an avalanche rescue, according to a study released last month by a British insurer..
ABS Avalanche Rescue to Supply Tellurde Ski Patrol
ABS Avalanche Rescue Devices has secured a partnership with Telluride Mountain Resort as the exclusive airbag solution for their Ski Patrol program…
RockyMounts Hires Intern as Full-time Engineer
RockyMounts of Boulder, CO said intern Simon Hall will join its staff as a full-time engineer, effective Feb. 1.
ION America Partners with Snow Sport Canada
ION America has signed on as the official camera of Snow Sport Canada, a innovative partnership of seven of Canada’s premier winter sport organizations that have joined forces to support the overall development of winter sport in Canada…
Nike Inks Kit Deal with South African Football Association
Nike Inc. reached an agreement with the South African Football Association (SAFA) to develop and supply football kits for the men’s and women’s South African national football teams…
Pacific Vector Unveils Plan to Slash Debt
Pacific Vector Holdings Inc, which has been rolling up action sports brands, announced plans to to significantly deleverage the balance sheet, improve working capital and cash flow, strengthen its core brands, and improve its shareholder communications…
Jeremy Jones Rakes in Avalaunch Awards Again
Jones Snowboards Founder Jeremy Jones and his foundation – Protect Our Winters (POW) were honored as the 2014 Avalaunch Winter Market “Ambassador of the Year” and “Company of the Year” for the third year in a row at Outdoor Retailer Winter Mar
Primal Quadrupled Charitable Giving in 2013
Primal, the Denver, CO-based cycling apparel company, quadrupled its donations to cycling charities to more than $1 million in 2013, in part by setting aside…
Amer Sports Q4 Sales up Double-Digits
Amer Sports reported sales increased 12 percent in currency-neutral (c-n) terms in the fourth quarter driven by double-digit growth in Footwear, Apparel, Sports Instruments and Fitness. Sales of Winter Sports Equipment rose 8 percent. Ball Sports, where s
Founders Buyback North Carolina’s Headwaters Outfitters
Headwaters Outfitters of Rosman, NC has been sold to its founders Debi and David Whitmire…
Diamondback to Ship Bikes Directly to Online Dealer’s Customers
Diamondback Bicycles has begun shipping 26 of its models partially assembled directly to customers who order online through select retailer’s websites.
GE Capital Confirms $100M Billabong Loan
GE Capital confirmed it is administering a $100 million multi-currency revolving credit facility for Billabong International that closed in December…
Three OIA Members Honored for Sustainability Work
The Outdoor Industry Association Sustainability Working Group (SWG) honored employees from Columbia Sportswear, Patagonia and Adidas for their dedication to the outdoor industry’s social responsibility efforts at Outdoor Retailer Winer Market last w
ILO Pushes Cambodia to Investigate Deaths of Striking Garment Workers
The International Labor Organization The ILO urged the Cambodian government launch an independent inquiry into the the deaths, assaults and arrests of workers during a garment worker's strike earlier this month…
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