West Marine Inc. reported comparable store sales grew 7 percent in the second quarter ended July 4, or 3 percent excluding the impact from a change in its retail calendar…
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Costa Led Organic Growth at Essilor’s Sunglasses Business in First Half
Costa sunglasses led a 2.6 percent increase in organic sales at Essilor International's Readers and Sunglasses division in the six months ended June 30…
Jarden Outdoor Says Currency Headwinds Trimmed Q2 Results and FY15 Forecast
Jarden Corp. CEO Jim Lillie has lowered his expectations for organic growth at the company's sporting goods segment in the wake of flat second quarter sales and lower margins…
Revo Partners with Bono to Improve Access to Eye Care
Eyewear brand Revo, alongside U2 lead singer and glaucoma patient Bono, have partnered to help prevent vision impairment and blindness in more than 5 million people by 2020…
OR Lists 30 Made-in-America Exhibitors
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and Outdoor Retailer (OR) have announced 30 outdoor brands whose products will be featured in the third Made in America Product Showcase at OR Summer Market, August 5-8, 2015…
Vibram to Launch After-market Sole Venture at OR
Vibram will launch the North American version of an initiative that seeks to sell outsoles as an after-market upgrade to existing shoes at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market…
OIWC’s Pitchfest to Feature 11 Women-led Companies
The Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition (OIWC) identified the 11 female-led companies who will pitch their ideas to a panel of industry executives in its inaugural Pitchfest in Salt Lake City next week…
Garmin to Open Two Stores in Great Miami
Garmin International Inc. will open two retail locations in the greater Miami area to showcase its most popular products and provide in-depth, hands-on product demonstrations…
Columbia Sportswear Sales Set Q2 Record
Columbia Sportswear Company net sales for the quarter ended June 30, grew 17 percent (21 percent currency-neutral), to a second-quarter record $380.2 million, compared with net sales of $324.2 million for the same period in 2014…
SoulCycle Files for Initial Public Offering of Stock
SoulCycle Inc. laid out plans for an initial public offering Thursday in an S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission…
Amer Sports Builds Sales, Trims Losses in Q2
Amer Sports, which owns the Salomon, Wilson, Arc'teryx and Suunto brands, reported net sales excluding recently acquired Louisville Slugger grew 7 percent in currency-neutral (c-n) terms in the second quarter ended June 30…
Luxottica Retools Oakley for Global Growth
Luxottica Group expects to fold Oakley's back-office functions into its North American operations by October 3, as part of a global integration initiative that is already fueling increased R&D spending and an expansion of the brand's U.S. manufa
Amer Sports Cuts Q2 Loss by Nearly Half
Amer Sports reported sales, excluding Louisville Slugger, increased 7 percent in currency-neutral (c-n) terms in the second quarter ended June 30 thanks to strong growth in the Americas and Asia Pacific, Footwear and a surge in Winter Sports Equipment sal
Amer Sports Adds Queenax to Precor Fitness Line
Amer Sports has acquired Queenax and will integrate the maker of “functional fitness training systems” into its Precor line of traditional strength, cardio and networked fitness offerings…
G3 Genuine Guide Gear Names Rep for Pacific Northwest
G3 Genuine Guide Gear Inc. has retained the rep agency Summit Sales NW, to oversee G3’s retail relationships in WA, OR, ID, MT and AK,…
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