Burton Snowboards announced the opening of two new East Coast partner stores. The first is in the DC metro area and the second is a pop-up Burton partner store in northern New Jersey. Both new stores were opened in partnership with local retailers…
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Body Glove Signs On as Multi-Year Title Sponsor of Epic Big Wave Surfing Contest
Body Glove International has signed a multi-year title sponsorship in support of Mavericks Invitational, the world's premier, high adrenaline, big wave surfing event…
National Shooting Sports Foundation Announces Staff Changes
The NSSF has added a new VP/CFO and made changes in its multimedia and meeting planning departments.
Performance Bicycle Launches Learning Center
Performance Bicycle has launched its Learning Center with hundreds of cycling articles, videos, reviews and guides. The Learning Center is available at http://learn.performancebike.com…
Woolrich Restructures Sales Team
Woolrich recently restructured the framework of its sales team with the appointment of two key internal sales positions and the hiring of four independent sales agents…
Fivestar Soccer Training Program Launches with Wayne Rooney and Alex Morgan
Fivestar Training, together with its legendary affiliate Fivestar Basketball brand, launched its first mobile training platform with internationally renowned soccer superstars Wayne Rooney and Alex Morgan. The Fivestar Soccer Training Program will be avai
Callaway Golf Apparel E-Commerce Site Launched
Perry Ellis International, Inc. has launched a new website for Callaway Golf Apparel. The callawayapparel.com site offers customers…
Western Mountain Resorts See Double-Digit Bookings Growth Through Sept. 30
On-the-books occupancy at mountain resorts in the western United States for the October through March 2014 period was tracking 11.3 percent ahead of the same period a year ago, according to data collected through Sept. 30 by Denver-based DestiMetrics…
The NPD Group To Acquire Leisure Trends
The NPD Group, Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire the retail sales tracking and consumer research businesses of Leisure Trends, the Boulder, CO-based provider of market research for the sports and recreation industries. Charlie Cooper, formerly presi
Outdoor Sales Marketing Names Apparel and Accessory Team
Outdoor Sports Marketing (OSM) named the three people who will staff its Apparel and Accessory team, which is being created as part of a new business model the rep agency has created to provide more sales, retail, merchandising, inventory management, desi
Nike Launches Nike+ Fuel Lab
Nike, Inc. announced the creation of Nike+ Fuel Lab, an evolution of its popular Nike+ Accelerator program. Based in San Francisco, the 2014 Nike+ Fuel Lab is designed for tech companies with an existing product offering and a desire to help people live
Outdoor Industry Urges Congress Not to Let Budget Impasse Carry Into Holidays
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and 41 outdoor companies have submitted a letter to Congress, urging a resolution to the government shutdown and expressing concern about the detrimental short- and long-term ramifications of the shutdown to businesses a
Asia Bike Proves it Can Stand on its Own
The first stand-alone edition of the Asia Bike Trade Show, which concluded in Nanjing, China last week, drew more than 11,000 people and 394 exhibitors, indicating it can succeed separate from the Asia Outdoor show held in July…
Wolverinie Worldwide Eyes $4 Billion by 2018
Driven by Merrell and Sperry Top-Sider, Wolverine Worldwide projected last week that its revenues would reach $4.1 billion by 2018, up from $2.7 billion projected for the current year. The goal, offered at its annual investor meeting, represents a compoun
FBI Continued to Process Gun Dealers NCIS Checks Throughout Government Shutdown
The core of the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) was doing business as usual through the government shutdown…
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