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Representatives from the National Wildlife Federation, Colorado Government, The Central Wilderness Coalition and Outdoor Industry Association all gathered in Denver this past week to voice concerns about the changes in the roadless policies in federal for

The Forzani Group Ltd. saw flat operating earnings for the fiscal second quarter ended August 1 on lower sales and improved margins resulting from cleaner inventories, more closeout sales, and sales from private label products…

Tim Boyle, president and CEO of Columbia Sportswear, presented his company’s business plan and future strategies at the 11th Annual Goldman Sachs Global Retail Conference held in New York City. Boyle opened with a bit of a history lesson, explaining the e

Ed Stack, chairman and CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods, also spent some time with investors at the Goldman Sachs conference, again reiterating that the retailer will continue its goal of achieving 15% of total sales coming from private label. Stack sees the

A former Vans executive, Scott Brabson, and a Former Columbia Sportswear executive who was consulting for Vans, Jay Rosendahl, are facing a 13-count federal indictment for bribery, money laundering, and mail & wire fraud. The pair allegedly worked togethe

In November of 2002 Kim Walker and Mike Callas took the final step after years of preparation and opened a new outdoor store on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, CO. Downtown Boulder already sported over a dozen sporting goods and outdoor stores, but just

Cabot Hosiery Mills has created the Darn Tough Vermont brand of All Weather Performance Socks. Cabot Hosiery Mills, with manufacturing facilities and offices located in Northern Vermont, is a family owned business that has over three generations of sock m

Foot Locker has inked a partnership with Everlast as the official retailer for the upcoming NBC series, “The Contender,” a new unscripted drama created by Mark Burnett Productions and DreamWorks…

September 14, 2004

GoLite renewed their agreement to remain one of the major sponsors of Adventure Sports magazine's Mobile Tour next year. RFA Media is expanding the Mobile Tour to stop at over 100 events in 2005.This year's highly successful Tour is traveling to

Ryders Eyewear has appointed Mitch Heiner to the position of US Sales Manager. Heiner will be managing all sales responsibilities for the current 15 Ryders Eyewear US markets as well as leading the charge into new territories. He will be based in Misson

Beginning next month, there will be a new brand of XC mountain and freeride hardtails to choose from as Felt Racing prepares to enter these categories with 3 all-new models in each. Previously available only in Europe, the 2005 Felt mountain & Shot bikes

Ashworth's consolidated net revenue for the third quarter ended July 31, 2004 increased 12.8% to a record $42.8 million as compared to $38.0 million for the third quarter of 2003. Consolidated third quarter net income was $0.5 million or $0.04 per di

For the three-month period ended July 31, 2004, G-III reported net sales of $43.9 million and a net loss of $1.7 million, or 23 cents per share, compared to net sales of $45.3 million and net income of $2.7 million, or 37 cents per diluted share last year

At the beginning of the year, VAUDE started a campaign that called on all men and women who shared their love of mountain sports to try and become the VAUDE representative to the public. Albrecht von Dewitz is convinced that, “Martina Mrak is the ideal p