Vail Resorts Sees Encouraging Ski Season Metrics

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.

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 […]

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 […]