Adidas Group Names Chief Officers for Sales and Retail

Adidas Group has named two new chief officers for sales and retail, responsible for both adidas and Reebok. Michael Stanier joined the adidas Group as chief retail officer on May 15, and Roland Auschel will assume the role of chief sales officer on July

RECALL: Norco, Trek, Cannondale Bikes

Around 20,000 mountain bikes and bike frames are being recalled last week by three companies in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Both Trek and Cannondale are recalling bikes with faulty suspension forks manufactured by Taiwane

Survey: Business Getting Done at OR Trade Show

In its first comprehensive survey around the iconic outdoor industry trade show event since 2004, the organizers of Outdoor Retailer found – not so surprisingly – that new products and networking were the primary reasons retailers went to their trade show

Zumiez Q1 Comps Drops 15.3% with 2.4% Slide in Net Sales

Zumiez Inc. said total net sales for the first quarter ended May 2, 2009 decreased 2.4% to $76.8 million from $78.7 million reported in the first quarter ended May 3, 2008. The company posted a net loss for the quarter of $1.7 million or 6 cents per dilut

Backcountry.com Launches Two Cycling Websites

Backcountry.com officially launched their two new bike stores:
HuckNRoll.com, dedicated to mountain bikers, and RealCyclist.com, the world's first exclusive road cycling shop online. These new stores join Backcountry.com's other cycling focused

Cabela’s Store Opens in Billings

Cabela’s Incorporated reported that a crowd estimated at 3,500 was on hand for the ribbon-cutting and grand opening of the Cabela’s store in Billings on May 14. The ceremony kicked off 18 days of Grand Opening events at the new 80,000-square-foot supersto

VF Corp.’s CEO Talks Up Possible Acquisitions

Eric Wiseman, VF Corp's CEO, said in published reports the company is in “active discussions” on possible acquisitions to expand its outdoor and action sports coalitions. Wiseman said, “There are lots of really interesting discussions about brands th

Bike Industry Wins Two-Year Stay on Lead Law

The Consumer Product Safety Commission last week denied the bike industry’s petition to exclude children’s bikes from a strict new lead law but granted a two-year stay of enforcement, giving manufactures a bit of breathing room to figure out how to best c

Forzani Responds to Dissident Proxy Announcement

The Forzani Group Ltd. is recommending that shareholders oppose plans announced last week by Crescendo Partners, a New York-based hedge fund, to nominate its own slate of directors for election to FGL's board of directors after the firm accumulated o

Nordica USA President Knittle Retires

Nordica USA President Andy Knittle has retired. Knittle has worked for Nordica for 30 years, the last 10 of which were in the leadership position for Nordica in the USA. Willy Booker has been named to the position of General Manager in conjunction with Kn

WTU Support of 4-H Shooting Sports Exceeds $100,000

For nearly two decades Whitetails Unlimited has been financially supporting the 4-H Shooting Sports, and this year they are once again providing a donation to support their 2009 National/Regional Instructor Training Workshop. This year's workshop was