OIWC Pitchfest Applications Due June 1

The OIWC is soliciting candidates for a new program that gives women a chance to pitch their innovations or product ideas to outdoor industry executives in Salt Lake City on the eve of Outdoor Retailer Summer Market…

Timbuk2 Sponsors Red Hook Crit

Timbuk2 is sponsoring the 2015 Red Hook Criterium Championship Cycling Series, which will take place at a track in Brooklyn on Saturday, April 25…

Nike Launches Largest Women’s Campaign

Declaring it the brand’s “largest initiative to support and motivate a women’s athletic journey,” Nike launched a new campaign, #betterforit, headlined by a series of short films debuting on April 12. The campaign is designed to &#

KT Tape Names Greg Venner its New CEO

KT Health, LLC, parent company to KT Tape and a leading producer of kinesiology tape and related sports medicine products, announced that Greg Venner has joined the company as president and chief executive officer…

Smith and Wesson Hikes Q4 Guidance

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation said it is updating expectations for its fourth quarter and full 2015 fiscal year, which will end Apr. 30. The company indicated that orders throughout its fiscal fourth quarter have been stronger than originally anticip

Versa Capital Finalizes Acquisition of Wet Seal

Versa Capital Management, LLC, the parent of Bob’s Stores, Eastern Mountain Sports and Sport Chalet, said one of its affiliates has completed the previously announced acquisition of the business of The Wet Seal, Inc., young women’s fashion ch