Abom Inc., which already possesses three U.S. patents for its fog-free sports goggles, has filed its 29th patent application…
Category: Outdoor
Spalding Launches #TrueToTheGame Social Campaign
Spalding, a division of Russell Brands, LLC, has launched a social media sweepstakes and campaign targeting basketball fans in partnership with Slam Magazine. The campaign asks fans to showcase how they are #TrueToTheGame…
Afro Outdoor CEO Named California State Parks Commissioner
Outdoor Afro Founder and CEO Rue Mapp, who has worked with Keen Footwear and REI to reconnect African Americans to the outdoors and eachother, has been appointed a Commissioner of California State Parks…
Life is Good Teams Up with Camp Southern Ground
Life is Good is teaming up with Camp Southern Ground, the project of three-time Grammy winner Zac Brown, at Hangout Music Fest. The partnership will offer a limited-edition t-shirt…
U.S. Wins Bid to Host 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
World Rugby announced that the U.S. has won the bid for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. World Rugby accepted a bid put forth by USA Rugby to host the tournament, with matches to be played in both San Francisco and San Jose, CA…
WSS Donates to Boys and Girls Club
WSS, the Southern California-based neighborhood footwear retailer in the U.S., affirmed its commitment to the neighborhoods where it does business by donating $250,000 to the Los Angeles County Alliance Boys & Girls Clubs and to other neighborhood clubs i
Triple D Offers to Acquire Global Surf Industries
Thailand-based investment company Triple D Corporation, which recently acquired Surf Technicians LLC (SurfTech), has offered to acquire Global Surf Industries (GSI), which manufactures and distributes many well-known brands in the surf and standup paddle
Moncler’s Q1 Results Show Big Gains in North America
Moncler S.p.A. grew faster in the Americas in the first quarter than any other region of the world thanks to rapid growth in United States and Canada, where the company plans to open more of its own mono-branded stores this year…
REI Sustainability Push Trims Supply Chain by 30 Percent
Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) reduced the total number of factories its uses to make its private label products by about 30 percent in the last four years in a bid to create a more sustainable supply chain, the outdoor specialty retailer reported in i
Bridgedale North America Hires Two Reps
Bridgedale North America, which recently opened a new office in Toronto, has recruited two new sales representatives to cover the outdoor, ski, trail and running sectors in specific US territories…
Gildan Activewear Trims FY Guidance on Currency Headwinds
While revenues grew double-digits, Gildan Activewear Inc.’s first-quarter earnings fell on previously-announced price reductions. The company also slightly narrowed its EPS guidance range for the year to reflect further foreign currency devaluation.
GU Energy Using Tour California to Study Nutritional Performance
GU Energy Labs Chief Endurance Officer Brian Vaughan is leading co-workers and associates on a ride along the Tour of California 2015 route in an effort to garner scientific data and test the company’s nutritional performance under the most challeng
Sport Chek’s Hot Streak Continues in Q1
FGL Sports saw same-store sales climb 8.6 percent in the first quarter, led by an 8.7 percent romp by its flagship Sport Chek chain, according to the quarterly report of its parent, Canadian Tire Inc…
US Coast Guard Data Show 610 Boating Fatalities in 2014
The U.S. Coast Guard released data Thursday that shows 610 people died in recreational boating accidents in 2014. This marks the second lowest number of yearly boating fatalities on record…
Department Stores See Soft Q1
Impacted by the harsh winter weather that extended into many parts of the country into February and March, delays related to a West Coast port dispute, and general softness in consumer spending, several department stores last week reported disappointing f
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