Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) presented its inaugural OIA Advocacy Leadership Awards to Sally Jewell, CEO of REI, and Will Manzer, CEO of Eastern Mountain Sports, during this week’s Capitol Summit in Washington, DC. The CEOs were lauded not onl
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Massive Gear Swap Planned for Grand Junction Saturday
Outdoor and cycling brands, sales reps, regional retailers & gearheads will gather in Grand Junction, CO April 9th for the eighth annual MOG Outdoor Gear Sale & COPMOBA Bike Swap -billed as the largest such event between Denver and Salt Lake City…
2014 Winter Olympics to Feature Halfpipe Skiing and Women’s Ski Jumping
The International Olympic committee announced Wednesday afternoon that halfpipe skiing and women's ski jumping – two events dominated by American athletes – will be included in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. A decision for slopestyle skiing
Active Media Launching Schwaggle in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles
Active.com, a media property of Active Network that connects people with the sports and activities they love to do, is taking its Schwaggle deal-of-the-day program nationwide. Schwaggle was launched in New York Thursday April 7 and will be rolled out in n
Joshua Tree Hires National Sales Manager
Joshua Tree Skin Care (JTree) has named Bryan Pappas its national sales manager. Pappas, who has nearly two decades of sales leadership experience, will focus on selling the company's organic personal care products to national grocery and retail depa
Volcom Sues Roc Nation Over Diamond Logo
Volcom has sued Roc Nation, owned by entertainer Jay Z, for trademark infringement, claiming the inverted diamond logo it began using in 2009 is too similar to that used by the action sport brand…
Amer Sports Issues $75M Nordic Bond
Amer Sports Corporation, which owns the Salomon, Wilson, Atomic, Arc'teryx, Precor, Suunto and Mavic brands, issued a SEK 500 million ($75mm) floating rate bond targeted at Nordic institutional investors with a loan period of five (5) years. Amer Spo
Black Diamond Hires Investor Relations Firm
Black Diamond, Inc. has engaged Liolios Group to lead its investor relations and financial communications program…
OIA Honors Sens. Wyden and Burr as Outdoor Champions
With Congress poised to slash funding for public lands and outdoor recreation, the Outdoor Industry Association prepared Wednesday to honor two of its champions as recipients of its 2011 Friend of the Outdoor Industry Award. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen.
Apparel Sales up 4.4% in March Despite Later Easter
Total Apparel sales recorded their eighth consecutive year-over-year sales gains in March, increasing by 4.4% year-over-year, according to preliminary estimates by MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse. Still, March’s gain was only about half of the ave
OnTheSnow.com Users Rank Nation’s Best Ski Resorts
British Columbia’s Whistler Blackcomb has once again claimed the title of “Favorite Overall Resort” in OnTheSnow.com’s Visitors Choice Awards, an annual list of favorite resorts as ranked by user ratings from the site’s 3.4 m
Cycling Sports Group and SRAM Extend Partnership
Cycling Sports Group (CSG) and SRAM will collaborate more closely on product development, sponsoring teams and product demos worldwide. The extended relationship means CSG's Cannondale, GT, Schwinn and Mongoose bikes will use more SRAM components and
Access Fund Names Grant Recipients
In the first round of the Climbing Preservation Grant Program for 2011, the Access Fund awarded over $18,000 to support local climbing activism and conservation of the climbing environment…
Industry Volunteers to Gather Thursday for Los Padres N.F. Clean Up
The Conservation Alliance, Los Padres Forest Watch and employees from Deckers Outdoors, Horny Toad and Patagonia will tackle a large trash cleanup project in the Los Padres National Forest tomorrow, Thursday, April 7th. The volunteer project will will kic
Etnies Petition Has California Town Reconsidering BMX Peg Ban
The City of Lake Forest, CA. will discuss its proposed ban on BMX pegs at its Etnies Skatepark at a meeting Tuesday night (April 5) after apparel and footwear brand Etnies collected more than 1,000 signatures on a petition opposing the ban…
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