Garmont Acquires Life-Link

Garmont NA has acquired Life-Link Backcountry Travel, designers and developers of backcountry equipment. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Silver Steep Partners served as financial advisor to Life-Link Backcountry Travel…

Kelty Inks Partnership with SylvanSport

Kelty inked a partnership deal with mobile adventure gear manufacturer SylvanSport to head up the tent segment design and construction efforts for SylvanSport’s ultra-light camping trailer and gear hauler. According to Kelty, This partnership was a natura

Scarpa N.A. Hires Two New Sales Reps

Scarpa North America, hired two new sales representatives in the northeastern and southwestern United States. In the Northeast, Pursuit Sales Group, headed by Jonathan Vinet, will represent the Scarpa brand in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts,

NSGA: Used Equipment Sales Top $1 Billion

Consumers purchased $1.01 billion in used sporting goods equipment in 2006, according to a newly released report by the National Sporting Goods Association. This is the ninth study done by the Association on the used equipment market and the first time us

Liberty Mountain and Equinox Ink Merger Agreement

Liberty Mountain and Equinox signed an agreement to merge their distribution businesses. The transaction between these two long-time outdoor distributors is planned for completion in August 2007 after the Outdoor Retailer Trade Show. Under the terms of th

Kellwood Completes Royal Robbins Acquisition

Kellwood Company has completed the purchase of Royal Robbins, Inc., according to Robert C. Skinner, Jr., Kellwood chairman, president and chief executive officer. Royal Robbins will operate as part of Kellwood's American Recreation Products division.

Hawkins Leaves Nautilus

Nautilus filed a 'Change in Directors or Principal Officers' form with the Securities and Exchange Commission stating that The employment of Timothy E. Hawkins with Nautilus, Inc. was terminated effective June 29, 2007. Mr. Hawkins had been Pres

EORA Shifts Show Dates

After careful consideration the Eastern Outdoor Reps Association will be moving their Hartford, CT show servicing the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast market from August to July in 2008. The EORA is also presently investigating a site for a post Labor Day on-w

Orage Hires Backbone Media

Orage has retained Backbone Media to handle its public relations efforts. Orage will partner with Backbone to oversee media communications and promotion of its current and future product lines.

Polartec Hires New N.A. Sales Director

Polartec hired Steve Cuthbert as the Director of Sales, North America. Cuthbert arrives with particularly unique qualifications having worked as an Account Manager for Malden Mills from 1997 to 2004. Most recently he was the National Sales Manager for Pr

MSR Delays Reactor Stove Deliveries

MSR announced that the MSR Reactor Stove System, previously scheduled for release in spring of 2007 is not ready for release yet. The MSR Reactor stove – which has been hyped as the fastest-boiling, most fuel-efficient windproof stove system available – i

More Companies Sign up for OutDoor Asia

Even more international brands will participate in the second Asia Outdoor than at the 2006 premiere event. Companies such as Mountain Hardware, Mountainsmith (USA), Millet (France), Vaude, Lowa, Meindl, Deuter, Big Pack, Tatonka, Highpeak, Exxtasy (Germa

Jake Jacobs Takes Over as Spyder CEO

Spyder promoted president and COO, Jake Jacobs, to the position of CEO and president. Mr. Jacobs assumes the role of CEO from David Jacobs, the company's founder and his father, who will remain the company's Chairman of the Board…

Moving Comfort Celebrates 30 Years

When Moving Comfort was founded in 1977, Title IX had been law for five years yet women still had only men’s or unisex clothing to choose from when it came to finding comfortable athletic clothing. Moving Comfort came to the rescue when the company’s foun