The REI Foundation is donating $1.5 million to the Outdoor Industries Women's Coalition (OIWC) to develop programming for a women's leadership initiative backed CEOs at a dozen outdoor brands, including The North Face, Outdoor Research, Smartwoo
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USA Triathlon Offering Grants of up to $50,000
The USA Triathlon Foundation's first-ever grant program will award up to $50,000 to individuals, clubs, teams and organizations to support and promote the sport of triathlon in 2015…
Smith and Outdoor Tech Offer Aftermarket Audio for Helmets
Outdoor Tech and Smith will offer co-branded drop-in audio systems for all Smith adult snow sports helmets this fall…
REI Honors 2014 Vendor Partners of the Year
REI named Eagle’s Nest Outfitters Inc. (ENO) as its overall Vendor Partner of the Year at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City, and honored Kühl, Thule and Osprey Packs as divisional winners…
West Marine Lowers Earnings Outlook
West Marine, Inc. said EBITDA for fiscal 2014 is now expected to be approximately $22 million to $23 million versus previously-issued guidance of $27.5 million to $30.0 million. Same-store sales grew 2.8 percent in the fourth quarter…
Teton Gravity Research Hires VP Digital Media and Services
Teton Gravity Research (TGR) has hired Dan Vaughan as Vice President of Digital Media and Services, and Bobby Pura as Executive Producer and Head of Production…
McCall to Oversee Bike, Run and Outdoor at Mann University
The Mann Group appointed Brett A McCall business development director with responsibility for overseeing specialty retail leadership development at Mann University for the bike, run, and outdoor industry…
Active Ride Shop Appoints Chris Miller to Board of Directors
Active Ride Shop and Tengram Capital Partners appointed Chris Miller to its board of directors…
Cycle Gear Sold to PE Group
Cycle Gear, Inc., a leading provider of motorcycle apparel, parts and accessories with 112 stores in 34 states, has been sold to J.W. Childs Associates, L.P.. The buyout firm acquired majority interest from Harvest Partners, LP…
NRF: One in 10 Super Bowl Viewers to Purchase Team Merchandise
More than one in 10 of the 184 million people expected to watch Super Bowl XLIX will spend money on apparel and accessories licensed by the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots, according to a Super Bowl Spending Survey conducted for the National Ret
Under Armour Expands Partnership with Jordan Spieth
Under Armour announced a comprehensive, 10-year partnership extension with professional golfer Jordan Spieth, who is the first golfer to…
Tough Mudder Expands Events for 2015
Tough Mudder will launch new obstacles, corporate partnerships and its Urban Mudder series in 2015 as well as expand into Mexico…
STX Signs World’s Top Men’s Field Hockey Player
Baltimore-based STX, LLC signed a multi-year contract with all-time Euro Hockey League top scorer Jeroen Hertzberger. The deal will extend through the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro…
Gildan Activewear Signs Exclusive Partnership with Mossy Oak
Gildan Activewear Inc. signed an exclusive partnership with Mossy Oak to produce a variety of items in the activewear, underwear and socks categories…
Fanatics to Offer Trackside Shopping in NASCAR Deal
Fanatics has acquired exclusive rights from NASCAR and NASCAR Team Properties (NTP) that will make the company the primary retailer of NASCAR, team and driver merchandise at all 38 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race weekends beginning…
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