Utah State University will become the home of the nation’s first undergraduate degree in designing and constructing outdoor apparel and products…
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Accell Establishes Haibike USA to Promote German ePerformance Brand
Accell North America has established a standalone business unit to handle sales and marketing for its Haibike ePerformance bicycles in the United States…
Vista Outdoor Closes CamelBak Deal, Plans $300 MM Debt Sale
Vista Outdoor Inc. completed its $412.5 million acquisition of CamelBak Products Inc. Monday and said it plans to sell $300 million in unsecured debt to qualified investors to repay a portion of its existing indebtedness and for general corporate purpose
Uber Group Names Mountain Khakis Rep of the Year
Mountain Khakis awarded Uber Group as its 2015 Rep of the Year and Ron Mosher, who reps the mountain lifestyle apparel brand in the other corner of the country, as winner of its Life Untucked Award…
Intertek Reports Apparel and Footwear Brands Drove Growth in First Half
Intertek reported supply chain diversification and chemicals testing by apparel and footwear companies drove growth at its fasting growing segment in the first half of the year…
Field and Stream to Open Second Alabama Location
Field & Stream will open its second store in Alabama and thirteenth location nationwide on Thursday, Aug. 6th at Patton Creek in Hoover, AL…
Shimano Corp. Exceeds 1H Guidance on Weak Yen
Shimano Corp. beat internal revenue forecasts in the first half ended June 30 as the weak yen fueled better than expected sales at its Bicycle Components. Sales at the company's Fishing Tackle segment also grew despite sluggish spending in Japan…
CamelBak Margins Earn Rich Offer from from Vista Outdoor
Vista Outdoor Inc.'s agreement to pay 11.5 times Camelbak Product Inc.'s expected 2015 EBITDA does not seem so rich when one compares the companies' margins. Despite a three-year decline, CamelBak's gross margins are much fatter, which
Pure Barre to Open First Canadian Studio
Pure Barre, the largest and most established barre concept in North America, plans to open it international location in Canada. The Canadian studio is slated to open in…
Sturm, Ruger’s New Incentive Program Helps it Beat Q2 Expectations
Sturm, Ruger & Company Inc. said distributor response to its first summer incentive program for dealers helped it beat Wall Street estimates in the second quarter…
Sturm, Ruger’s New Incentive Program Helps it Beat Q2 Expectations
Sturm, Ruger and Company Inc. said distributor response to its first summer incentive program for dealers and happy workers at its new factory in North Carolina helped it beat Wall Street estimates in the second quarter…
Columbia Ups Guidance to Reflect Record Q2, Sorel Orders
Record second quarter results, strong demand for Sorel footwear and earlier orders from major retailers eager to land their fall and winter merchandize sooner prompted Columbia Sportswear Company to up its guidance for fiscal 2015 sales Thursday…
West Marine Credits Q2 Growth to Gas Prices, Weather and Strategy
West Marine Inc. reported lower gas prices, better weather, a change in the retail calendar and execution of its strategic plan fueled comparable store sales growth of 7 percent in the second quarter ended July 4…
Escalade Sports Acquires Pickelball Company
Escalade Sports acquired Onix Sports Inc., the preeminent brand of paddles, balls, sportswear and accessories for the sport of pickleball. Terms of the deal were not disclosed…
GO Sport Group Comps up 5.3 Percent in First Half
GO Sport Group, a French sporting goods retailer with more than 300 outlets, saw comparable-store sales grow 5.3 percent in currency-neutral terms in the six months ended June 30…
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