Squaw Valley Opens Amidst Huge Winter Storm

Squaw Valley USA opened for skiing and riding on Saturday, Nov. 20 in the midst of one of the best pre-Thanksgiving storms in at least six years. Roughly a foot of new snow fell Saturday and Sunday at the 6,200-foot elevation in a storm that could deliver

NRF Survey Signals Higher Black Friday Turnout

Talk of discounted toys, e-readers, appliances and even HDTVs is expected to drive more traffic into America's stores on Black Friday than last year, according to a preliminary Black Friday shopping survey conducted for the National Retail Federation

Moving Outdoors in Nature Act Introduced in House

Congressman Ron Kind (D–WI) introduced Thursday the Moving Outdoors in Nature Act (MONA) in the U.S. House of Representatives to support federal, state and local strategies that connect children with the natural world…

Johnson Outdoors Lowers Borrowing Costs

Johnson Outdoors Inc. has amended its credit agreements and, as a result, expects to reduce Fiscal Year 2011 borrowing costs by more than 15% compared to Fiscal Year 2010. The new agreements relax restrictions regarding what acquisitions the company can m

Matt Brooks Honored by Mountain Guides

Matt Brooks, president and founder of Brooks-Range Mountaineering Equipment was awarded the AMGA Presidential Gold Medal, the highest award of the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA)…

Moving Comfort Names Manager for Bra Line

Moving Comfort hired Heather Cvitkovic as senior product line manager of sports bras and apparel. She joins the company from Columbia Sportswear, where she most recently served as key account sales manager for REI and Amazon. Moving Comfort estimates its

MEC Opens Newest Store in Barrie, Ontario

Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) opened its fourteenth store in Barrie, Ontario. The store will serve about 390,000 residents in Simcoe County near the nearby Niagara Escarpment – an area well known for rock climbing, canoeing, kayaking, biking and hiking..

Lifeboat Events Ups Dealer Subsidies for DealerCamp

Lifeboat Events plans to subsidize 125 retailers' attendance at next year's DealerCamp bicyle demo and expo at the Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, a 25% increase over 2010. Exhibitors will utlimately select which retailers get subsidies,

Apparel and Footwear Hit Hard by New Frugality

More than half (55%) of Americans reduced their spending on apparel and footwear in the last 12 months, while 36% have switched to less expensive brands, according to the latest annual survey of 2,000 consumers by global management consulting firm, Booz &

Dry, Warm October Reduces YOY Outdoor Product Sales 5.5%

Feeling the impact from the driest, warmest October in 18 years, outdoor product sales dipped 5.5% in October as most retailers sat on cold-weather footwear and apparel, according to retail point-of-sale data compiled by SportScanInfo for OIA VantagePoint

Polar Bottle Selling Direct Online

Product Architects, Inc., maker of the Polar Bottle, launched an online store on its website to provide a direct sales outlet for its water bottles. Customers can opt to monogram certain bottle styles, or order custom bottles for their businesses, schools