Yamaha Marine Group announced the appointment of two new management team members…
Category: Outdoor
Gregory Gets New Marketing Director
Gregory Mountain Products has hired Colleen Nipkow as marketing director. Nipkow will collaborate with the global product and sales teams to lead campaigns that support the brand’s continued market growth…
Vans Appoints Director of Apparel, National Accounts,
Sandy Schwarzenbach, formerly VP sales, teen and sporting good chains for North America for Quiksilver and DC at Quiksilver Inc., has joined Vans as director of apparel, national accounts, according to Shop-eat-surf.com…
RG Barry Explores Possible Sale
R.G. Barry Corporation reported that it has entered into a non-disclosure and standstill agreement with Mill Road Capital Management LLC in regards to the PE firm's potential bid to acquire the company. R.G. Barry owns Dearfoams slippers as well as B
SIA Snow Show to Again Feature BlueBird Social Zone
Transworld Business is sponsoring the BlueBird Social Zone at the 2014 SIA Snow Show in Denver next month. The Zone will host seminars covering brand building through social media, digital story telling, Facebook tactics and more as well as provide a Wi-F
Virus Action Sport to Clothe Canadian Ski Patrol
Virus Action Sport Performance has been selected to provide compression apparel to the Canadian Ski Patrol to aid in performance and recovery for their members…
Sunday Afternoons Appoints International Sales Chief
Sunday Afternoons, the technical and lifestyle headwear brand, appointed Robert Carroll as vice president of international sales and Greg Anderson as director of web marketing…
SIA Publishes Resource to Help Retailers Prep for Snow Show
SnowSports Industries America (SIA) has published ski-specific resources to prepare buyers for the decisions they’ll have to make at the SIA Snow Show, Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 2014 and the On-Snow Demo/Ski-Ride Fest at Copper Mountain Resort (Feb. 3-4)…
Gander Mountain Coming to Middle Tennesse
Gander Mountain is expanding their network of outdoor specialty stores with a new location in Mt. Juliet, TN set to open in the spring of 2014…
Acquisitions, Summer Traffic Boost Vail Resort’s Q1 Retail Sales
Vail Resorts Inc. reported that its retail/rental revenues rose 8.1 percent to $28.9 million in the fiscal first quarter ended Oct. 31, reflecting its acquisition of Minneapolis-based specialty retailer Hoigaard’s and three new mountain resorts earl
Budget Deal Could Reverse Cuts at National Park Service
A proposed budget deal approved by a more than 3-to-1 margin in the House Thursday and headed to the U.S. Senate this week could reverse cuts that has forced the National Park Service to lay off park rangers and close visitor centers and roads, the Nation
Canada Goose Scion Agrees to Sell Control to Bain Capital
Canada Goose, which has been family owned since its founding more than 55 years ago, completed a definitive agreement to sell a majority stake in the company to the private investment bank Bain Capital…
DTLR Withdraws IPO Filing
DTLR Holding, Inc., formerly known as Downtown Locker Room, announced that due to an unspecified “business development,” it will not proceed with its planned initial public offering. The company declined to comment beyond its one-sentence statement…
Próis Renews Partnership With Full-throttle
Full-Throttle Communications, Inc., a full-service marketing, advertising and public relations agency in Moorpark, CA, announces its continued partnership with women's hunting apparel brand Próis Hunting & Field Apparel…
Heizer Defense Adds to Management Team
Heizer Defense, Designers and Engineers of the PS1 Pocket Shotgun Pistol has added Eric Polkis to the management team…
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