Author: SGB Media

Osprey Packs has formed Osprey Europe, Ltd., a subsidiary company soon to be located in the south of the UK. Osprey Europe will be entirely focused on developing the Osprey retail distribution, sales volume and image for the whole of Europe and contiguous

Outdoor Industry Association filed a formal protest late last week with the Bureau of Land Management objecting to the oil and gas lease sales proposed for the BLM quarterly auction on November 24…

Access to the British mountains, moors and countryside will be a central theme at Finding Customers and Profit in the Great Outdoors, a major new conference to be staged by the OIA in Buxton next March…

Chaco's Z/1 and Z/2 Performance sandals were recently awarded the Seal of Acceptance by the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA)…

Brad McDonald, publisher of Ride and Transworld BMX magazines, earned a promotion to general manager of Transworld Magazines, the action sports division of Time. The move follows the departure of several key Transworld employees who quit after butting hea

Sport Brands International has signed a definitive agreement to sell Enyce, its young men's and women's urban sportswear brand, to Liz Claiborne, Inc. for a purchase price of approximately $114 million on a debt-free basis. The sale is subject t

Boston-based New Balance Athletic Shoe has added John Morgan to its Marketing Department. In the role of Marketing Manager, Morgan will be responsible for managing product management, design, and development efforts for the Cross-Training, Basketball, Ten

Brooks Sports, Inc. announced sports marketing and communications specialist Dave Larson joins Brooks as vice president of marketing…

ARC'TERYX introduced a new element in evolution this fall as the company hosted its first ever Evening of Innovation…

Outdoor Industry Association has commended Governor Leavitt and the State of Utah for using its influence to protect the recreational and wilderness qualities of Utah's wild lands and for signing an executive order that creates an Outdoor Recreation

Grivel North America has hired Mark Wilford as the sales representative for the Midwest territory. As a climbing and outdoor industry veteran, Wilford has a proven sales record in the Midwest, with a territory encompassing 14 states outside of his native

The Timberland Company today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to an additional four million shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock. This additional program supplements the Company's current four mil

WL Ross & Co. has completed the purchase of Burlington Industries previously approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Newsome, and the simultaneous sale of Lees Carpets to Mohawk Industries, Inc. CIT Business Credit, Inc. has provided the new company with an $85