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Category: Outdoor
Outdoor Inspiration Award Finalists Named
Finalists for the fifth annual Outdoor Inspiration Awards were selected and announced Thursday. The awards, which are presented by title sponsor Adidas Outdoor and Outdoor Retailer, recognize individuals, groups, and companies whose efforts are above and
Brooks-Range Redesigns Logo and OR Booth
Brooks-Range Mountaineering Equipment Co. will unveil a new logo and trade show booth at Outdoor Retailer as part of an expanded marketing effort aimed at boosting brand awareness beyond professional guides…
Nike Expands Ultimate Sports Camps
Nike Sports Camps began offering youth ultimate camps supporting Ultimate Frisbee at 6 locations nationwide in 2013 and has expanded their Nike Ultimate Camp offerings to include over a dozen summer locations and a spring camp location for 2015…
WSI Sports to Keep New England Patriots Warm This Weekend
WSI Sports, a Minnesota company that make base layers for outdoor athletes and hunters, will provide the New England Patriots custom apparel for their Divisional Round Playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens this weekend. Temperatures are expected to be
Igloo Acquires Cool Gear, Names New President
ACON Investments, L.L.C. announced today that its portfolio company, Igloo Products Corp. has completed the purchase of Cool Gear International, LLC and that Mark Parrish has been hired as Igloo’s new president…
RECALL: Pro Performance Recalls SKLZ Resistance Trainers
About 52,000 units of SKLZ Recoil 360 All-Position Resistance Trainers are being recalled. The firm has received three reports of the weld on the resistance trainer breaking and resulting in serious injuries, including blunt trauma to a lower leg, a punct
Vance Joy to Headline Wolverine’s OR Party
Wolverine announced Vance Joy as the headline band for the 2015 Wolverine Rock the Outdoors show (#WRTO), Wolverine’s annual celebration during Outdoor Retailer Winter Market…
Gore-Tex Wasatch Ski Mountaineering Race Set for Jan. 20
W. L. Gore & Associates, inventor of Gore-Tex high performance fabric technologies, announced the 2015 Gore-Tex Wasatch Ski Mountaineering Race will take place during the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market All Mountain Demo on Tuesday, Jan. 20, at Solitude Mo
Gerber Agrees to Pay $2.6 Million Fine to Settle Gator Combo Ax Case
Gerber Legendary Blades has agreed to pay a $2.6 million civil penalty and abide by a permanent injunction to settle allegations it knowingly failed to report a defect in its Gator Combo Axe to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)…
Survey: Americans Believe Teams Hide Abusive Player Behavior
According to results of a national poll by the Robert Morris University Polling Institute, 82.4 percent of Americans believe that sports teams and owners hide reports of scandalous player behavior to protect the team image. The poll measured opinions on b
Lonely Planet Acquires Stake in Teton Gravity Research
Travel media company Lonely Planet has acquired a strategic stake in media house Teton Gravity Research (TGR). The investment comes as TGR has doubled in size in recent years becoming one of the top media houses in the action sports and outdoor industries
Dorel Sports Expands into Chile
Dorel Sports continued to expand its bicycle business in South America Wednesday by opening a subsidiary in Chile and acquiring one of its dealers there…
Holiday E-Commerce Spending Grew 15 Percent
ComScore reported holiday season U.S. retail e-commerce spending from desktop computers for the entire November-December 2014 holiday season reached $53.3 billion, marking a 15-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year. Cyber Monday (Monday
Reef Adds Evan Geiselman as Ambassador
Reef announced its new head-to-toe partnership with Evan Geiselman. Florida native Geiselman is only 21 years old, but has been known in competitive surfing circles for over a decade…
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