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Backcountry.com has been recognized by BizRate.com as a “Circle of Excellence” Platinum Award winner for customer satisfaction. The Circle of Excellence Platinum Award recognizes the very best merchants in customer satisfaction, as judged by previous buye

Unifying and strengthening the profile and voice of the adventure travel industry while adding marketing, research, networking, and education services for members marks the revitalized direction for the 14-year-old Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA

Life-Link Backcountry Travel has been appointed the North American distributor for ARVA avalanche transceivers. “We are very pleased to be representing ARVA both in the United States and Canada. ARVA has continued to innovate in the transceiver marketplac

Two weeks ago, BOSS presented the first part of this three part series on emerging trends in the Fall SnowSports Market. Part I covered the ski apparel market, the influence of urban fashion on SnowSports and the increasingly productive Women’s market.

The Forzani Group Ltd. said heavy competitor discounting in the August/September BTS selling period impacted sales for the period, forcing Canada’s largest sporting goods retailer to revise its Q3 earnings forecast downward.
FGL reported that total retail

Rocky Shoes & Boots, which now also owns the Gates Gloves business, said they expect third quarter earnings to increase approximately 22% to $50 million, while EPS are expected to meet analysts consensus estimate of 95 cents per diluted share, or a 23% in

The attitude at adidas-Salomon management over the last year has gone from aggressive prognostications and bluster to a sense of a quiet confidence that they are indeed finally headed in the right direction to once again bring the adidas brand back into g

At first look, September retail sales took a hit from multiple hurricanes in the Southeast and unseasonably warm weather in the Midwest. However, on closer review, it appears that the sluggish – and mostly negative — results reported by most retailers i

Consumer spending for athletic footwear during the first six months of 2004 rose 5% over spending during the same period in 2003, according to research by The NPD Group. Spending during the first half was $7.73 billion in 2004, compared to $7.36 billion i

The revelation in August that Saucony was exploring opportunities for a sale of the company forced a number of other companies to reveal their plans as well. Industry speculation has had Brook Sports, which is owned by private equity firm JH Whitney, for

SnowSports Industries America has announced a long-term marketing partnership with SportsNewsSource, LLC, publishers of The B.O.S.S. Report and Sports Executive Weekly newsletters, to co-produce a monthly SnowSports industry newsletter…