Hi-Tec Sports has appointed Brian Cyr as its first U.S.-based product and design director. He will be responsible for the development and design of U.S.-specific footwear…
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REI to Open Third Store to Serve Metropolitan Dallas
REI will open its third store in the Dallas metropolitan area in the fall of 2014. The 22,050 square-foot store will be located at Park Village in Southlake, TX and employ approximately 50 people…
Snowshoes.com Consumer Workshops to Start in December
Atlas Snow-Shoe Co. and Tubbs Snowshoes have teamed up with REI, L.L.Bean and other industry partners to kick off the third annual Snowshoes.com Get Going! Workshops next month…
NRF Comments On New Government Report On The Online Sales Tax
The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from Senior Vice President David French agreeing on the findings of a new government report that analyzed the impact of the small seller exemption in current online sales tax legislation…
Fitness Participation Rates Continue to Rank High
Fitness continues to top the list of 126 physical activities monitored by the SFIA, according to the 2013 SFIA Tracking the Fitness Movement Report. Fitness staples Walking for Fitness, Running/Jogging, and Treadmill participation topped the rankings in t
Fila Launches Inaugural Soul4souls Holiday Giving Program
Fila Online, which operates the U.S. e-commerce site for the 102 year old sportstyle brand Fila., announced an exclusive partnership this holiday season with Soles4Souls, the global not-for-profit institution…
New Owner of Outdoor Retailer, Interbike Reports Third Quarter Revenue
Revenues at Emerald Expositions reached $61 million during the third quarter, when it produces three of its biggest trade shows for the sporting goods industry, according to an earnings report filed by Onex Corporation, which acquired the business from Ni
Nixon Appoints Creative Director
Nixon, the Southern California based watch and accessories brand, announced Tom Jones as the brand’s newly appointed creative director. Jones spent over five years as global creative director at DC Shoes…
SIA Snowlink.com Updated for 2013-14 Season
SnowSports Industries America (SIA) updated its consumer-facing website, Snowlink.com with content from supplier, media and non-profit partners across the industry for the 2013-14 season. Snowlink.com is designed to help beginner and mid-level skiers and
Coalition Asks Attorney General for Lead Bullet Consideration
Twenty five outdoor organizations have endorsed a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder seeking policy action regarding the threat to the use of traditional lead ammunition…
Jack Wolfskin Terminates Asian Factories for Non-Compliance
Jack Wolfskin stopped working with four factories in China and one in India in 2012 because they failed to meet various quality criteria or social standards stipulated in the company’s code of conduct, according to the company's Supplier Social
Robust Organic Growth Help Safoli Offset Lost Armani Sales in Third Quarter
Safilo Group S.p.A. reported it was able to offset adverse exchange rates and the loss of its Armani license in the third quarter by boosting organic sales of its core prescription and sunglasses brands, including Smith Optics, 17 percent…
Parker Names Perry Welp Regional Sales Manager
Parker Bows, a leading manufacturer of high quality compound bows, crossbows and crossbow accessories has named Perry Welp as its new Regional Sales Manager for Illinois, Indiana, Iowa & Missouri…
Gander Mountain Launches Coat Drive
Clothes4Souls, a division of the international anti-poverty nonprofit Soles4Souls Inc., today announced a fall coat and boot drive in partnership with Gander Mountain…
Callaway Golf Redeems Preferred Stock
On Nov. 13, Callaway Golf Company completed the previously announced redemption of its 7.50 percent Series B cumulative perpetual convertible preferred stock…
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