Eureka!'s Freedom Tent has been awarded the prestigious da Vinci Award® by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society – Michigan Chapter, for its design, which provides increased access and independence for people with disabilities. The da Vinci Awards®
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NSGA: Athletic Footwear Sales Climb
Retail sales of athletic footwear rose 9.8% during the six-month period, October 2005 through March 2006, according to newly released data from the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA). Sales for the six-month reporting period were $6.08 billion ver
Kellwood Creates New Corporate Marketing Team
Kellwood Company has created a new corporate marketing function. Pat Burns, currently vice president of strategic planning and new business development, will assume responsibility for corporate marketing in addition to his current responsibilities. In sup
Execute Sports Taps Body Glove Vet as VP of Sales
Execute Sports, Inc. has hired Celeste Berouty as the Vice President of Sales. Ms. Berouty formerly served as Director of Sales, Wetsuit Division at Body Glove Wetsuit Co…
Igloo Appoints Clark as Sr. HR Director
Igloo Products Corporation appointed G. Michael Clark as its Senior Director of Human Resources, with full responsibility for all of the company's Human Resource functions. He will be reporting to CEO, Jim Morley…
Interbike’s OutDoor Demo Begins
Interbike’s OutDoor Demo starts today in Boulder City Nevada’s Boot Leg Canyon with 61,200 square feet of outdoor exhibit space filled with more than 130 bicycle and accessory manufacturers, the largest ever in Interbike’s 25-year history…
Veltec Inks Development Partnership with Cole
Veltec Sports entereed into a Joint Development Partnership (JDP) with wheel manufacturer Cole USA.
The project will bring Cole's patented DSA (Dynamic Spoke Alignment) technology for road and MTB wheels to market in North America for the first time.
Gramicci Sees Successful OR Summer Market
Gramicci launched a complete branding effort at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market last August that seems to be paying off. After the introduction of its expanded Spring ’07 product line developed by its new team of designers and a full schedule of appoin
Timberland Begins 9th Annual Serve-a-Palooza
Timberland employees and community partners will join forces to improve more than 150 local communities from Istanbul, Turkey to Steamboat Springs, Colorado as part of the company's 9th annual “Serv-a-palooza,” a worldwide community service initiativ
L.L.Bean’s First Mass. Store Surpasses Expectations
L.L.Bean held the grand opening of its first Massachusetts store in Burlington. Over 1,000 customers were lined up outside when the doors opened, some arriving in the middle of the night with sleeping bags and tents, hoping to be among the first to enter.
Collegiate Pacific Fiscal 2006 Sales Double; Income Cut in Half
Collegiate Pacific Inc. fiscal 2006 sales increased 111% to $224 million compared to $106 million last year. Net income for the year was nearly cut in half to $1.9 million compared to $3.6 million last year. Diluted EPS was 18 cents compared to 35 cents r
Nature Conservancy Finalizes Largest Land Protection Deal in NC History
The Nature Conservancy closed a deal on one of the largest land protection transactions in North Carolina’s history. The Conservancy purchased approximately 76,500 acres in 11 counties in the state’s Coastal Plain from International Paper, completing the
PROBAR Appoints Ebersole as Director of Sales
PROBAR appointed Kent Ebersole as National Sales Director for their rapidly expanding outdoor division. Ebersole is best known for his many years serving as Advertising Director for Backpacker magazine…
Black Diamond Raises $33K for UAC
Black Diamond’s 13th Annual fundraising party for the Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) hosted nearly 700 backcountry enthusiasts raised more than $33,000 for the UAC, which provides daily avalanche advisories and warnings, mountain weather forecasts and avalan
Attitash Finds New Managing Director
John Lowell has been named Managing Director of its Attitash resort in New Hampshire. Mr. Lowell brings 30 years of leisure and hospitality industry experience to the Managing Director position. Mr. Lowell served as General Manager of the Attitash Grand S
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