Yakima Doubles Size of Sales Management Team

Yakima Products Inc. has doubled the size of its sales management team with the addition of four key positions focused on strategic accounts, specialty retailers, and the international sales and automotive channels…

OIWC Names Director of People and Culture

OIWC, which landed a multi-year $1.5 million grant from REI last year to foment female leadership in the outdoor industry, has hired a director for its new People and Culture Department, which seeks to…

Schwan-Stabilo to Acquire Maier Sports Group

The Schwan-Stabilo group, which already owns Deuter and Ortovox, has agreed to acquire the Maier Sports group, which includes the ski and outdoor apparel brand Maier Sports and the bikewear brand Gonso…

Confluence Outdoor Pivots Toward SUP and Fishing Markets

Confluence Outdoor will wind down its its Bomber Gear apparel brand and stop distributing its Wave Sport whitewater kayaks in North America so it can shift resources toward its rapidly growing SUP and kayak fishing businesses, the company's CEO annou

L.L.Bean Partners with Fast and Female

L.L.Bean has agreed to a three year partnership that calls for supplying the Fast and Female technical t-shirts for the next three years. Fast and Female is a non-profit dedicated to empowerment-through-sport for North American girls age 8-18…