Sports Authority announced its 2014 Black Friday deals, including BOGO sales across footwear. Most Sports Authority stores will open from 6 pm until midnight on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 27 and will reopen from 6 am to 10 pm on Black Friday..
Category: Outdoor
Intrawest Reports Higher Season Ticket Sales, Bookings
Intrawest Resorts Holdings reported sales of season pass and frequency products for the upcoming 2014/2015 ski season were up approximately 14 percent in units, while bookings for the Christmas holiday were running 20 percent ahead of their level a year a
Sportsman’s Warehouse to Open First North Dakota Location
Sportsman's Warehouse announced plans to open its first store in North Dakota next summer in Williston. The Utah-based hook-and-bullet retailer has now announced locations of seven stores it plans to open in 2015…
GoPro Files for Secondary Offering
GoPro Inc., which went public in June, filed plans Monday for an offering of $800 million in shares. The company plans to offer $100 million in shares, while current shareholders will sell the remaining $700 million…
Crocs Names McKinney Global Advertising Agency of Record
Crocs Inc. tapped McKinney as its global advertising agency of record, effective immediately. The agency's branding and marketing efforts around Crocs' existing “Find Your Fun” positioning will be led out of New York and will focus on markets in

Italy’s Garmont Hires Bill Dodge to Reboot North American Business
Bill Dodge has resigned as VP of global product design and development for the Merrell, Patagonia and Chaco brands at Wolverine World Wide Inc. to rebuild Italian boot maker Garmont International S.R.L.'s North American business. Dodge started in his
LWRC International Announces Executive Promotion
LWRC International announces the promotion of Jeff Clemmer to Vice President of product development…
Remington Defense Wins Military Contract
The United States Marine Corps Systems Command has awarded Remington Defense a contract to provide up to 2,000 modular stocks, spares, and magazines in support of the Marine's M40 Sniper Rifle Modular Stock program…
Sonic Boom Adds Rep Group
Sonic Boom Exploding Targets announces the appointment of Elite Outdoor Sports Marketing Group in the Western United States…
Puma’s Q3 Profit Slides, Sales Show Some Recovery
Puma SE reported third-quarter earnings slumped 45 percent, largely due to marketing investments to supports its Forever Faster global marketing campaign and currency fluctuations. But earnings came in line with internal expectation and sales were slightl
2015 SFIA Litigation and Risk Management Summit Changes Date
Historically held in April, the 2015 SFIA Litigation & Risk Management Summit is moving to Feb. 2-3, 2015 at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Hotel, prior to the start of the DRI Product Liability Conference. The event, hosted by the Sports & Fitness Industry A
Sports Direct Ups Potential Stake in Debenhams Department Store
Sports Direct International plc, the UK's leading sports retailer, sold its 4.6 per cent stake in Debenhams plc and entered an additional put option contract that nearly doubled its potential stake in the British department store to 12.7 percent…
Trade Groups Want Obama to Intervene Should ILWU Action Spread to SoCal Ports
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) is among more than 100 federal, state and local associations that signed on to a letter sent to President Obama expressing deep concern over the deteriorating state of negotiations between the International Longshore and

Columbia Sportswear Opens First PFG Store
Columbia Sportswear Co. opened its first Performance Fishing Gear (PFG) store at the Avalon Mall in Alpharetta, GA…
Big Rock Sports Opens Distribution Center in Surrey, BC
Big Rock Sports has opened its newest distribution center in Surrey, British Columbia. More than double the size of the company’s site in nearby Langley, the warehouse…