Outdoor companies committed to domestic manufacturing have until Friday Oct. 30, to submit their “made in America” story for the 2016 American Made Outdoor Gear Award, which will be announced at Outdoor Retailer in January…
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United Sports Brands Acquires Nathan Sports
United Sports Brands, the parent of McDavid and Shock Doctor, has acquired Nathan Sports, the maker of hydration, visibility and performance gear for runners and other athletes…
G-Form Hires Michael DeLeon as VP Global Marketing
G-Form, a maker of impact protection gear for action and team sports, named Michael DeLeon as VP of Global Marketing. He will lead the company's strategic marketing approach…
Columbia Launches ReThreads Program
Columbia Sportswear launched its ReThreads apparel and footwear recycling program Oct. 21 by offering coupons to customers who drop off their used clothing and shoes at its stores for recycling…
Eddie Bauer Launches Mass Customization Platform
Eddie Bauer launched EB Custom – a mass customization platform – Monday to offer consumers the ability to design up to 1 million configurations of its MicroTherm jacket online and via kiosks at eight of its stores…
Victorinox Wins $9.8M Verdict in Trademark Suit
Victorinox Swiss Army Inc. has been awarded approximately $9.8 Million and injunctive relief in its suit against Dallas-based The B & F System, Inc., and a trademark infringement case it filed against…
Research Shows Bike Shops Hemorrhaging Customers
The number of American consumers visiting a bike shop declined by 17 percent from 2012 to 2014, according to the latest edition of the American Bicyclist Study Retail Landscape Report…
AMI to Build Munition Factory and Headquarters in Tennessee
Advanced Munitions International LLC (AMI) is investing $553.6 million to build a global headquarters and state-of-the-art munitions manufacturing facility in Alcoa, TN…
Sunglass Hut’s North American Comps Accelerate in Q3
Luxottica Group S.p.A. reported accelerating comps at Sunglass Hut helped drive growth in its North America division in the third quarter…
Costa Sunglasses Q3 Sales Fuel Record Growth At Essilor Segment
Higher sales of Costa Sunglasses’ prescription and online channels helped fuel record sales growth at Essilor International's Sunglasses & Readers segment in the third quarter ended September 30…
QBP’s Reno Distribution Center to Open in December
Quality Bicycle Products (QBP) announced that it will begin operations at its fourth U.S. distribution center in December…
Amer Sports Gets 78 Percent of Q3 Growth in Americas
Amer Sports Corp. reported earlier shipments of footwear and apparel and strong growth in the Americas and Asia Pacific easily offset flat sales in its native Europe for stronger third-quarter 2015 earnings…
Mountain High Outfitters to Break Ground on 10th Location
Mountain High Outfitters expects to open its tenth retail location by year end to cap off a busy four months of opening, relocating, expanding and remodeling stores in Alabama and Georgia…
Unifi Reports Asian Expansion Helps Offset Price Cuts, Brazil Woes in Q3
Unifi Inc. (NYSE:UFI), which supplies recycled polyester yarns to many outdoor and athletic apparel brands, reported higher profits on lower sales for the fiscal first quarter ended September 27 as it passed along lower raw material costs and combatted a
VF Corp Outdoor and Action Sports Escape Q3 Slowdown
VF Corp. (NYSE:VFC) reported that growth at its Outdoor & Action Sports and Jeanswear coalitions kept chugging along in the third quarter and is expected to continue doing so even as slowing sales at its other three coalitions prompted it to lower its ful
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