Advance estimates of October retail sales signal a good holiday season for retailers, officials at the National Retail Federation opined…
Category: Outdoor
Dick’s SG Q3 Exceeds Expectations
Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. reported earnings of $50 million, or 40 cents a share, even with year-ago results but ahead of company guidance provided in August calling for EPS between 37 to 39 cents a share. Consolidated same store sales increased 3.3
Accell Group Forecast Flat Profits on Higher Sales in 2013
Accell Group disclosed that it expects sales in the second half of 2013 to grow across all its product groups and major countries although many of its dealers are postponing orders for new model year bikes until next spring. Europe's largest bicycle
Hi-Tec Sports Hires Cyr to Design Footwear for U.S. Market
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…
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…
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…
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
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…
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