After more than three years and hundreds of projects executed, Factory Design Labs and SnowSports Industries America have parted ways and SIA has hired Siquis Limited and Big Rig Creative as the association's agencies to help implement new marketing
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Deckers Welcomes Worley as New Teva President…
Deckers Outdoor Corporation hired Peter Worley as Teva brand president, responsible for all aspects of the Teva brand, reporting directly to President and CEO Angel Martinez. Mr. Worley will replace Carlo Lingiardi, who was injured in a cycling accident i
The Updated Look from Investor Conferences…
Following the flurry of year-end financial reports in the public sector of the Bicycle, Outdoor, and SnowSports industries, many companies headed for New York to attend several different investor conferences. These events give analysts, individual investo
Keen Helps Conservation Alliance Recruit 24 New Members
The Conservation Alliance has recruited 24 new member companies in the last 12 months, meeting a challenge from Keen Footwear to raise $120,000 in new member dues in one year. Keen offered to match the first year's dues of any company that joined the
Great Colorado Snow Boosts Vail’s Second Quarter…
Vail Resorts reported a record breaking fiscal second quarter for both top and bottom line performance. Skier visits were up at all four of Vail’s Colorado resorts, more than offsetting a decline at Heavenly due to some challenging weather over the Christ
WESC Partners with Nokia
Nokia Scandinavia and WESC have joined forces to launch a special edition of the new music-mobile Nokia 3250. The Nokia 3250 WESC Limited Edition will be manufactured in 500 copies and is designed by WESC…
NAU is Ready to Make Waves in the Outdoor Industry…
Last year several senior Nike and Patagonia employees resigned their positions and decided to join an unknown start-up company, which was incorporated as “Under The Wire.” Since that time, rumors have been floating around, primarily based on speculation.
Eastern Rain Brings American Skiing Co. Into the Red…
American Skiing Company reported strong results in its Christmas/New Years and Presidents' Day holiday periods, and slightly lower skier visits than in the prior fiscal year in the East in January. However, at Steamboat and The Canyons in the West, t
Golf Galaxy Completes GolfWorks Acquisition
Golf Galaxy, Inc. has completed its acquisition of The GolfWorks, one of the golf industry's most complete sources for golf club components, clubmaking tools and supplies, and technical information. The purchase price, excluding direct costs of the a
Break the Cycle’ Sues adidas for $10 million
According to news reports, Break The Cycle, a charity dedicated to stopping domestic violence through youth activism, filed a $10 million lawsuit accusing adidas of using its name and logo on a line of apparel, without permission…
McRoberts is Icebreaker’s New national Sales manager
Greg McRoberts has been appointed as National Sales Manager for Icebreaker's US market. McRoberts, an outdoor industry veteran with over fifteen years of experience
in the specialty outdoor and alpine industry, represented Icebreaker in the Northwest
Golfsmith Loses Director
Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. received notice of the resignation of Carl Paul as a director of the company effective immediately. Mr. Paul’s resignation was for personal reasons and was not a result of any disagreement with the company…
Dunham hires Berge as Sr. Outdoor Product Manager
Dunham hired Bobby Berge as Senior Outdoor Product Manager. Berge comes to the company with 22 years of experience in the outdoor business and will be responsible for all aspects of the Dunham product development team
including product marketing, design a
Sears Holdings Gets Majority Share of Sears Canada
Sears Holdings Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary SHLD Acquisition Corp. has taken up 10,161,968 common shares of Sears Canada pursuant to its take-over bid, representing approximately 9.5% of Sears Canada's outstanding shares. As a result, S
Shoe Carnival Doubles Earnings on 11.7% Comp-Sales Increase
Shoe Carnival, Inc. net earnings for the fourth quarter increased 154% to $3.0 million from net earnings of $1.2 million in the fourth quarter last year. Diluted earnings per share increased to 22 cents per share from 9 cents per share last year. Net sale
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