Anything Possible Brands has named Terry Pederson as vice president of sales. Pederson has more than 35 years of fishing tackle manufacturing industry experience.
Category: Outdoor
NSAA Study: Ski Season Sees Strong Recovery
The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) announced that skier visit numbers to U.S. areas totaled 59 million for the 2020/21 ski season, the fifth-best season on record and a strong recovery from the pandemic-shortened 2019/20 season.
Helen of Troy Announces Divestiture Of Mass Market Personal Care Business
Helen of Troy Limited announced it has sold its mass-market Personal Care business, not including the Latin America and Caribbean regions, to HRB Brands LLC.
Selk’bag Adds Member To Advisory Board
Selk’bag added outdoor industry veteran Paul Fish to its Advisory Board. Fish’s four decades of leadership experience aligns with the brand’s corporate responsibility efforts, sustainable growth plans and general business operations.
Seirus Brings New Sales Representation To The Northwest And Tahoe
Seirus announced it had added new sales representation in the Northwest And Tahoe.
Weyco Acquires Forsake Brand
Weyco Group Inc. announced that it had acquired substantially all of the operating assets and certain liabilities of Forsake, Inc., a distributor of outdoor footwear. Forsake will join Bogs in forming Weyco Group’s outdoor division, headquartered in Portland, OR.
Academy Sports’ Q1 Blows Past Wall Street Targets
Academy Sports + Outdoors raised its guidance for the year after reporting first-quarter earnings that came in well above Wall Street estimates. The 38.9 percent same-store gain was driven by continued double-digit consumer demand across all product categories, notably in Apparel, Footwear and Team Sports.
Decathlon U.S.A. Announces New CEO
Decathlon announced the appointment of Christian Ollier as CEO of Decathlon U.S.A., allowing prior CEO, Michel D’Humières, to move on to other projects within the company.
Wolverine Worldwide Expects Second Quarter 2021 Revenue To Exceed Second Quarter 2019
Wolverine World Wide Inc. said it expects second-quarter 2021 revenue to exceed 2019 levels due to better-than-expected trends across nearly all brands in the portfolio, led by Merrell, Saucony and Sperry.
Vail Resorts Reports Healthy Pass Sales Results For Upcoming Ski Season
Vail Resorts Inc. reported improved results in its third quarter ended April 1 as the year ago was impacted by widespread resort closures. The company reported favorable trends in season pass sales to date driven, in part, by its reducing all pass prices for the upcoming season by 20 percent.
Pandemic’s Impact On Imports Easing, But Numbers Are Still Below Last Year
The impact of COVID-19 at major U.S. retail container ports appears to be easing slightly, with projected imports remaining below last year’s levels but not as much as previously forecast, according to the Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates..
Smartwool Announces Senior Leadership Changes
Smartwool announced senior leadership changes to sales and e-commerce divisions effective June 1, 2021.
Rapala USA Appoints Director, Field Promotions
Effective immediately, Dan Quinn has been promoted to director, Field Promotions, for Rapala USA from Field Promotions manager.
Alterra Mountain Company Names President & COO, CMH Heli-Skiing & Summer Adventures In Western Canada
Alterra Mountain Company announced that Rob Rohn had been named President & COO of CMH Heli-Skiing & Summer Adventures based in Banff, Alberta, Canada, effective immediately.
Pure Archery Group Names International Sales Manager
Pure Archery Group has promoted Kevin Anderson as international sales manager.
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