Vail Resorts said it expects resort fiscal 2022 reported EBITDA to be at or around the top of its guidance range issued on March 14, 2022 given the ski season trends from the beginning of the ski season through April 17, 2022.
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NPD Report: Baseball, Lacrosse, Soccer, And Pickleball Drive Sports Equipment Sales In Q1
According to The NPD Group, baseball, lacrosse, soccer, and racquet sports equipment sales increased 19 percent in the first quarter year-over-year and grew 35 percent higher than in 2019.
Centric Brands Names President Of Asia Division
Centric Brands, LLC. announced that Marc Compagnon had joined the company as president of Centric Brands Asia. He was at Li & Fung for more than 20 years in executive and advisory roles.
Reid Bikes Hires Senior Marketing Manager
Reid Bikes, based in Australia, appointed Caroline Coote as senior marketing manager.
Altar’d State Announces Chief Marketing Officer And Two Key Promotions
Altar’d State, the women’s fashion retailer with 156 locations in the U.S., hired Cristina Ceresoli as chief marketing officer of Altar’d State, AS Revival and Tullabee. It also promoted Dana Seguin to brand president of Arula and Nicole Sewall to senior vice president of Vow’d.

Helen of Troy Acquires Curlsmith Hair Products
Helen of Troy Limited announced that one of its subsidiaries has acquired Recipe Products Ltd., parent of the Curlsmith prestige haircare product range for curly and wavy hair.
Blue Goji Acquires Interactive Fitness Holdings
Based in Austin, TX, Blue Goji announced that it had acquired the assets and intellectual property of health and wellness technology company Interactive Fitness Holdings (IFH). Through this acquisition, Blue Goji will manage Expresso and CyberCycle exercise bikes.
OrthoLite Hires Chief Brand Officer
OrthoLite, which just launched Cirql recyclable and compostable midsole foam, hired Kristin Kohler Burrows as chief brand officer. Burrows previously worked for Converse, Keds, Adidas, Fila and G.H. Bass and was most recently a management consultant in the Consumer and Retail Group at Alvarez & Marsal.
Timberland Releases Circular Shoe, Expands Take Back program
Timberland released its first fully circular shoe and has expanded its take-back program. The brand’s Trekker City Hiker is a circular shoe with an outsole that can be removed and disassembled for recycling at its take-back facility. It also features a removable inner bootie made of 100 percent recycled plastic fabric integrated into the shoe […]

Bass Pro Plans Family Health Center In Springfield
Bass Pro Shops plans to open a Family Health Center this fall, offering health care services for Bass Pro Shop employees and their families in the Springfield region.
Golf Rounds Played Decline 14 Percent In March
Golf Datatech’s National Rounds Played Report for March shows that U.S. rounds were down 14.3 percent in the month and down 7.5 percent year-to-date year-over-year.
Google Bundles Fitbit And Pixel For First Time
For the first time, Google is offering bundles with its Pixel products where a Fitbit wearable can be purchased with the latest-gen phone at the same time, according to 9to5Google.
LifeLabs Secures $6M Series Seed 3 Funding
Materials science company LifeLabs announced a $6 million Series Seed 3 financing round led by Asia Green Fund, bringing total funding to $13.8 million.

Mother’s Day Spending To Reach Record High
Mother’s Day spending is expected to total $31.7 billion this year, up $3.6 billion from 2021’s record spending, according to the annual consumer survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Approximately 84 percent of U.S. adults are expected to celebrate Mother’s Day.

Geartrade Announces Re-Commerce Gear Retention Stats
Geartrade, the online marketplace for used outdoor gear and apparel, announced annual recommerce gear retention statistics, including the resale/reuse of 45,590 outdoor products in 2021 and the resale/reuse of nearly 17,000 outdoor products in the first quarter of 2022. “At Geartrade, we’ve always considered the outdoor industry’s climate impact as our most important challenge to […]