Occupancy at ski resort properties declined 3.7 percent in January from year earlier levels, while reservations taken during the month for the January through June period plunged nearly 24 percent, according to Denver-based Mountain Travel Research Progra
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Gramicci Hires Western Region Account Manager
Gramicci has hired Moss Bemis to be its western region account manager as part of a company wide sales and service expansion initiative. Bemis will be managing the business in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada..
OIA VantagePoint: Slower January Ends Solid Fiscal 2012
Outdoor Industry Association® and The SportsOneSource Group released the January 2012 OIA VantagePoint™ Outdoor Industry Monthly Trend Report, which caps off the fiscal year with some complex results — mostly due to the unusually late and tame onset of wi
Triathletes Come in Four Flavors, New Research Says
Triathletes can be divided into four segments based on experience and motivation, according to a study released at the Triathlon America conference at the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego, CA. They include…
Haiku by Sharon Eisenhauer Names Reps of the Year
Haiku by Sharon Eisenhauer, creator of poetically functional accessories for women, is proud to announce the Sales Rep of the Season Awards to Jodee Manfred of the Rockies territory and Kate Alexander of Alaska. The awards were presented at Outdoor Retai
Bianchi Buys Signficant Minority Stake in SOLA of Australia
Italian bicycle maker FIV Edoardo Bianchi SpA has acquired a significant minority stake in Sport Outdoor Leisure Australia Pty Ltd ( SOLA ), its exclusive distributor in Australia and one of Australia’s most prominent distributors of outdoor brands
Pon Holdings Acquires Cervélo
Pon Holdings announced Friday that it had acquired Cervélo Cycles of Toronto, after successfully concluding negotiations that began last December. Cervélo co-founders Phil White and Gerard Vroomen will both…
Scott Sports Names Eastern Field Marketing Rep
Scott Sports hired Nathan Sibly for the eastern region field marketing position. Sibly is a 20 year veteran in the Bicycle Business and brings with him an extensive knowledge of the Retail environment and cycling products…
Billabong Sells Minority Stake in Nixon, Spurs Takeover Offer
Billabong has sold a 48.5 percent share of its Nixon brand to the private equity firm Trilantic Capital Partners, will close up to 150, or 20 percent, of its stores and slash its dividend in a bid to strengthen its capital structure. The Australian compan
MEC Hires Direct Marketing Manager
Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) hired Allison Brownlie as its new direct marketing manager. Brownlie joins MEC from MBNA Canada, where she led the card services provider’s direct marketing and customer acquisition strategies…
Black Diamond Stock Offering Could Provide up to $23 Million for Acquisitions
Shares of Black Diamond Inc. closed Friday up nearly 5 percent on more than 2.5 times average trading volume after it offered 7.75 million shares of stock for sale. After using $25 million in proceeds to pay down a line of credit, the company could use pr
MandA Fees Hurt Derby Cycle Earnings in Fourth Quarter
Derby Cycle AG said preliminary figures indicate its sales increased 6.6 percent in the quarter ended Dec. 31 2011, but that costs incurred fighting off an unsolicited offer hurt profits…
Advocates Say New Government Report Shows Endangered Programs May Be Reducing Cycling Fatalities
As bicycle advocates closed ranks in Washington D.C. last week to prevent Congress from gutting federal funding for pedestrian and bike trails, an obscure federal report emerged indicating those programs may have helped reduce cycling fatalities in 2009.
Longworth Industries Names 2011 Reps of the Year
Longworth Industries, parent company of Polarmax, XGO, and AYG 365’s branded technical base layers, named Spence Bocks and Bill Kendall as its reps of the year for 2011 for the Polarmax and AYG Underwear brands, respectively.
Cybex International Profits Resume In Absence of Legal Settlement
Cybex International, Inc. returned to profitability in the fourth quarter after adjusting its earnings to reflect the final costs of settling a multi-million product liability case. But the company also reported an 8 percent gain in net sales fueled large
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