The National Retail Federation expects a surge in consumer spending during the next five months to compensate for a weak start to the year…
Category: Outdoor
Sportsman’s Warehouse to Open 5th California Store
Sportsman's Warehouse is expanding its operations to include a new retail location in Fresno, CA planned to open in the spring of 2015…
Academy Sports To Open Third Baton Rouge Area Store
Academy Sports + Outdoors will open a store in Denham Springs, LA, just outside of Baton Rouge. Academy also announced the renewal of its multi-year partnerships with the New Orleans Saints and LSU Tigers…
West Marine Cuts Guidance After Q2 Shortfall
West Marine Inc. lowered its guidance for the year after a disappointing second quarter. Second-quarter earnings were down 17.7 percent to $$18.3 million, or 75 cents a share, short of Wall Street's consensus estimate of 86 cents a share. Comparable-
Jarden Outdoor Profits Grow Six Times Faster Than Sales in Q2
Jarden Corp. reported earnings at its Outdoor Solutions segment grew 12.8 percent in the second quarter or more than six times faster than sales, which were up 1.9 percent from a year earlier…
Implus Acquires DryGuy and MaxxDry Dryers
Implus has acquired DryGuy, a leading supplier of footwear dryers and thermal layering systems. This latest addition to the Implus family of brands will fall under the company’s Outdoor Division, which also includes Yaktrax, ICEtrekkers and Little H
Mavic Promotes Walker, Adds Sales Reps
Mavic Inc. has promoted longtime factory sales representative Aaron Walker to the new position of product merchandising manager and hired new sales reps in the upper Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions…
Sierra Design Hires Conradt to Drive International Sales
Sierra Designs, which has recently reinvented its line of backpacking gear, rebuilt its U.S. sales team, has hired outdoor industry veteran Bill Conradt to drive international sales…
TRCP’s Joel Webster Testifies at Senate Hearing
The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership's Western Lands Director Joel Webster testified to the value hunting, fishing and related activities bring to the nation’s fiscal health at a Senate hearing Tuesday…
Beretta to Relocate Manufacturing Facility
Beretta U.S.A. Corp., located in Accokeek, Maryland, announced that it is moving its manufacturing capabilities to a new production facility in Gallatin, Tennessee…
Timberland Appoints New Brand President
Timberland promoted Stewart Whitney to brand president effective Oct. 5, 2014. Whitney led Timberland’s growth in the Asia Pacific region since 2008. He will report to Patrik Frisk, who has held the position since the brand’s 2011 acquisition
Wenonah Canoe Names C4 Waterman Sales Team
Wenonah Canoe Inc. named the North American sales team for C4 Waterman, the SUP brand it merged with in January…
Club Ride Adds Two Reps, Hires Social Media Agency
Club Ride, which aims to become the leading casual-performance cycling apparel brand in North America, added two members to its sales team and has hired Verde PR to manage its social media efforts…
HanesBrands Q2 Earnings Climb
HanesBrands, the parent of Champion, Hanes and Gear for Sports, reported net sales increased 12 percent to $1.34 billion, adjusted operating profit excluding actions increased 27 percent to $231 million, and adjusted diluted EPS excluding actions increase
Macy’s, Inc. Reports New Steps to Enhance Sustainability
Macy’s, Inc. reported a series of new initiatives in its multi-year strategic program to enhance environmental sustainability. They are consistent with the company’s sustainability principles first adopted in 2008 and implemented with increasi
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