Gear Co-op, the climbing shop located in Costa Mesa, CA that operates gearcoop.com, hired Todd Klasky as its vice president of merchandising. Klasky oversaw the outdoors division at Sport Chalet as senior buyer/divisional merchandising manager…
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K2 Snowboarding Names National Sales Manager
K2 Snowboarding has named Maxx von Marbod as national sales manager. No stranger to the industry, von Marbod brings more than 20 years of experience in snowsports and action sports to K2…
Western Mountain Resort Bookings Continue Upswing
With August now in the books, 19 western mountain resorts have already booked more summer business than they did last year, according to DestiMetrics. The firm also reported that data it had collected through Aug. 31 shows an 8.7 percent increase in occup
Salt Lake City Launches Ski City USA Campaign
Salt Lake City boosters unveiled a campaign Tuesday promoting the state's capital as Ski City USA…
Louisville Slugger Developing Omnichannel Platform
Louisville Slugger has partnered with Onestop, an e-commerce solution provider, to manage its back-end e-commerce system and execute a detailed multichannel marketing campaign. The new platform will launch complete with mobile optimization and omnichannel
Footlocker.com to Offer Deliv Crowdsourced Delivery Option
Foot Locker will begin offering shoppers on its Footlocker.com website the option to have their purchases delivered same-day using Deliv's crowdsourced delivery service, Deliv announced Monday…
Adidas Launches The Standard Shop at Foot Locker
Adidas and Foot Locker introduced 'The a Standard,' the first shop-in-shop retail concept within Foot Locker. The a Standard offers premium product from Adidas’ sport performance and style collections, including footwear and apparel…
SmartWool Launches Second Fan-Powered Van Tour
SmartWool launched its second, 100-percent crowd-sourced van tour on Sept. 13, after seeing a 500-percent lift in engagement and 30-percent increase in overall fan and follower numbers on its social media channels in the wake of last year's tour…
Saucony and Flottrack Launch SauconyFlo50
Saucony announced the launch of SauconyFlo50, the most comprehensive high school and collegiate cross country ranking platform to date. SauconyFlo50, a partnership between Saucony and Flotrack, the leading source for premium track and field and cross coun
Johnny Manziel Tops NFL Jersey Sales
According to the initial rankings of Dick's Sporting Goods' Jersey Report, Johnny Manziel is by far the top-selling jersey. Overall this season (NFL Draft begins season), nearly 10 percent of all jerseys sold have been Manziel’s No. 2. Thi
Intrawest Buys Out Blue Mountain Ski Resorts Partner
Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc. has agreed to acquire the 50 percent interest in Blue Mountain Ski Resort that it does not already own from Blue Mountain Resorts Holdings Inc. for CAD $58.0 million…
EMS Sets Grand Opening for Relocated Stamford Store
Eastern Mountain Sports will celebrate the grand opening of its relocated store in Stamford, CT next week. The 8,144-square-foot store at the Ridgeway Shopping Center will carry kid's products and rent paddle sports gear for the first time…
ATK CEO New Chairman of Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation Board
ATK’s President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mark W. DeYoung was elected chairman of Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) Board of Directors at its annual meeting…
Hyperlite Mountain Gear Secures Financing to Bring Ultralight to the Masses, Jobs to Maine
Hyperlite Mountain Gear achieved an important milestone last week in its quest to bring ultralight gear to the masses and manufacturing jobs to Maine…
Sports Authority Doubles Down on Yoga
Sports Authority announced the launch of an exclusive yoga lifestyle line, called Bloom. In an interview with Sports Executive Weekly, Stephen Binkley, EVP and chief merchandising officer of Sports Authority, said the retailer a couple years ago began rep
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