U.S. Court Reinstates Roadless Rule

U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Laporte reinstated the “Roadless Rule,” a Clinton-era ban on road construction in nearly a third of national forests. In her ruling she stated that the Bush administration failed to conduct necessary environmental studies bef

Caplea Hired as Thule Division President

Thule recruited George Caplea as new Division President for its North American Towing Systems operations. George Caplea is the former Executive President of the Trelleborg Group who recently decided to leave the company after nine years of service…

Forzani Sees Strong Back-to-School Results

The Forzani Group Ltd. reported strong sales and margins for the fiscal 2007 “Back to School” selling season. Overall same store sales for the six-week period increased 4.3%. Corporate same store sales were up 2.3%, with footwear sales outpacing hardgoods

Hrubant Joins Coleman as Sr. Product Manager

Mark Hrubant has joined The Coleman Company, Inc. as senior product manager – Exponent products. In this newly created position, Mark will direct and lead activities to ensure the global business success of Coleman Exponent products by identifying, defini

G3 Taps Mammut Vet to Head EU Sales Effort

Ski industry veteran Sepp Stenger will join G3 Genuine Guide Gear to head the company’s European sales and marketing efforts. Stenger will officially begin working with G3 on November 1, 2006. As a long time member of the European ski and snowboard indus

Monopoint Media Launches TheGearJunkie.com

Monopoint Media, based in Minneapolis, will launch the online counterpart to “The Gear Junkie,” Stephen Regenold's
nationally-syndicated newspaper column, at www.THEGEARJUNKIE.com. THEGEARJUNKIE.com is a site devoted to the outdoors, health, fitness,

Shred Alert Hires Backbone Media

Shred Alert, Inc. has retained Backbone Media of Carbondale, Colo. to manage the company’s public relations and product placement initiatives. Backbone Media will promote Shred Alert’s newest styles carried by many of the most reputable outdoor and snow s

Globe International Fiscal 2006 Sales Fall 3.5%

Globe International Limited total revenues slipped 3.5% to A$197.3 million ($147.6 mm) with EBITDA of A$6.2 million ($4.6 mm)for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. The turnaround experienced in the second half of the year resulted in an EBITDA of A$5 mi