Diamond Brand Outdoors has closed the company’s flagship on Hendersonville Road in Ashville, NC, but is retaining the company’s full-price location inside the Aloft Hotel on Biltmore Avenue. The retailer’s discounted gear shop, Frugal Backpacker, is opening a second store, according to Citizen Times.
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Vineyard Vines Opens Pop-Up Location At Patriot Place
Vineyard Vines, the lifestyle apparel brand best known for the company’s smiling pink whale logo, announced the opening of their new pop-up store location in Patriot Place, a regional shopping, dining and entertainment destination located adjacent to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA.
18th Annual Spalding Hoophall Classic Presented Draws Elite Talent
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced the field of teams and game schedule for the 2019 Spalding Hoophall Classic presented by Eastbay, an annual basketball showcase now in its eighteenth year at Springfield College.
STX Extends Partnership With USA Hockey
STX and USA Hockey, the national governing body for the sport of ice hockey in the United States, announced an extension to their partnership.
Eastbay Partners With Snap! Raise
Group fundraising solution Snap! Raise announced a new partnership with Eastbay, owned by Foot Locker Inc.
PGA Of America Appoints Board Member
Andrea B. Smith, chief administrative officer (CAO) at Bank of America, has been elected to the PGA Board of Directors as an independent director.
AllTrails Finds Funding
AllTrails helps people explore the outdoors with the largest collection of detailed, hand-curated trail maps as well as trail reviews and photos crowdsourced from the company’s community of over 9 million hikers, mountain bikers and trail runners. AllTrails has the #1 Outdoors app for iOS & Android with more than 12 million mobile downloads and reaches 44 million people each year through alltrails.com, the App Store and Google Play.
Velocity Outdoor Appoints National Account Manager
Velocity Outdoor, formerly Crosman Corp., announced that Mike Lindahl has joined the company as national account manager. Lindahl is a seasoned sales and marketing professional with experience in servicing customers and driving organizational revenue growth.
Wilderness Society Statement On Karen Budd-Falen
The Wilderness Society expressed disappointment over reports that Karen Budd-Falen will assume the position of deputy solicitor for Wildlife and Parks at the Department of the Interior.
Aisle Talk Week Of October 8
Top headlines from the active lifestyle industry you may have missed this week, including Asics announcing the opening of an urban, large-scale, low oxygen training center in Tokyo in September 2019.
Yue Yuen’s Revenues Expand 9.4 Percent
Yue Yuen reported sales in September rose 9.4 percent to $839.5 million from $767.5 million.
Asics To Operate New Low-Oxygen Training Center
Asics announced the opening of an urban large-scale low oxygen training center in September 2019. The training center will be housed within a multi-purpose facility in Tokyo’s futuristic Toyosu district and will be approximately 5,000 square meters and occupy the second and third floors of the facility.
Anta’s Takeover Talks With Amer Sports Advancing
Anta’s negotiations regarding with Amer Sports about a possible takeover are advancing, according to a report from Bloomberg. Sources indicated that Anta has talked to banks about financing for the transaction and is progressing with due diligence on Amer.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks And Fanatics Announce Innovative New Partnership
The new long-term strategic partnership, which will run for 10 years from March 2019, is the first for Fanatics in Asia.
Merrell Launches Documentary Featuring Ambassadors Jason Antin And Mike Chambers
Merrell launched a video documentary titled “In Due Time” featuring ambassadors Jason Antin and Mike Chambers setting out to complete Greenland’s Arctic Circle Trail by foot in the fastest known time.
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