Mountainsmith is reviving Cyclesmith, the brand’s 1990’s bike touring pack line, exclusively in Japan in response to a growing demand for Mountainsmith products and a steady increase in sales over the past three years…
Author: Charlie Lunan
Adventure Team Challenge Heads for U.S. National Whitewater Center
World T.E.A.M. Sports’ inaugural Adventure Team Challenge North Carolina will be held October 2-4 at the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte…
Backyard Collective to Wrap up Year in Bend, OR
The Conservation Alliance will hold its final Backyard Collective event of 2015 on Friday, Oct. 2, in Bend, OR when its Central Oregon member companies team up with Central Oregon Trail Alliance for a day of trail work…
Cabela’s Trims 70 From Corporate Staff
Cabela’s Inc. followed through on its pledge to cut costs Wednesday by laying off 70 employees at locations in Nebraska and Denver, CO, according to local media reports…
Vista Outdoor Aims Big
Vista Outdoor Inc. will continue to acquire both firearms accessory brands and human-powered outdoor recreation brands to grow its Outdoor Products segment, the company's VP of Investor Relations, Michael Pici, told The B.O.S.S. Report last week…
Winterstick to Resume Manufacturing With Help from New Investor
Winterstick Snowboards will begin making its custom boards in house for the first time since the mid-1980s thanks to an investment by Scott Wescott, a former pro snowboarder who began designing boards for the company last fall…
REI Puts Retail Operations Under Ligtenberg
REI affirmed Rachel Ligtenberg’s leadership of its $2 billion retail operations last week by promoting her to VP of Retail and expanding her duties to include retail operations…
Poler Inc. Raises $4.5 Million from Strategic Investor
Poler Inc. continued to turn heads last week by raising $4.5 million in equity capital from “a large international strategic investor” with the help from Seattle-based Cascadia Capital LLC…
Kathmandu Shareholders Reject Hostile Bid
Kathmandu Holdings Limited repelled a hostile takeover Sept. 17 after the New Zealand retailer's shareholders tendered just 3.6 percent of their shares to a retail group that owns the country's Rebel Sports franchise…
More IBDs Send Fewer People to Interbike
Interbike said the number of retail stores that sent representatives to the show Sept 16-18 increased 4 percent over last year — although overall retailer attendance declined slightly as each store sent fewer people on average…
Spyder Enters South Korean Market
Spyder plans to open 25 stores in South Korea by the end of the year as part of its assault on the market that kicked off last week with the launch of a new line at freestanding stores and shop-in-shops in the country's fashion hot spots…
Wren Sports Designates Second Authorized Service Center
Wren Sports has authorized MTB Tandems of Woodstock, GA, as its second regional warranty and service center in the U.S. MTB Tandems is authorized to work on all Wren suspension products…
Grassroots Connect to Shape New Blueprint for Specialty Retail
Grassroots Outdoor Alliance, an organization of innovative specialty outdoor retailers across the U.S., will host a landmark event this November in the first annual Grassroots Connect show…
ShopperTrak Data Shows Less Traffic in August, Higher Sales
ShopperTrak reported sales, conversion and transaction size grew in August even as store visits dropped as consumers arrived at stores more prepared to purchase. The company said results of the back-to-school season indicate holiday sales at U.S.stores wi
USTR Releases Summary of TPP Objectives
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released a summary of U.S. objectives of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that could have wide ranging and potentially profound impact on the sporting goods industry…
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