Author: SGB Media

Sugoi has hired Gina Gotch aas their new Product Manager. Gina brings an extensive skill set to Sugoi with a solid background in the active clothing market including deep experience in the outdoor and base layer markets…

Canari Cycle Wear is pleased to announce the appointment of two new sales reps. Mike Skiles out of Chattanooga takes over the Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia territory for Canari. Bill Potter, based in Orlando and formerly a sub-rep in Florida fo

Jeffrey DeSantis and Bill Hearn recently purchased Walden Kayaks from Hardigg Industries. DeSantis and Hearn are devoted to the mission of Walden Kayaks: helping people discover the pleasures of kayaking while preserving the outdoors for future generatio

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…