Alongside Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, Keen will transform a downtown building in Salt Lake City into a 60-by-100-foot canvas and illuminate “with digital images of the mysterious and magical colors of the Northern Lights sky.” The illumination will ta
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Hydrapak Wins Appellate Decision in Patent Infringement Case
Hydrapak announced that the United States Federal Appellate Court affirmed its victory over Source Vagabond Systems in a 2011 patent-infringement lawsuit…
REI to Present Major New York City Bicycling Events
REI will further attach its brand to New York's revitalized bicycling scene this May as presenting sponsor of the Bike Expo New York and the 2013 TD Five Boro Bike Tour, which are emerging as two of the nation's biggest celebrations of bike cult
RECALL: 75,600 Perfect Fitness Resistance Bands
Implus Footcare has recalled approximately 75,600 Perfect Fitness Resistance Bands sold at WalMart and online because they can detach from the mesh cloth loops posing an injury hazard to the user and those in the vicinity…
Hanesbrands Settles Lawsuit with Steelers Player
Hanesbrands Inc., the parent of Champion, has reached a settlement with Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall over an endorsement contract that was terminated by the company in 2011…
Unifi Announces $50 Million Stock Repurchase Program
Unifi, Inc.'s board of directors approved a new stock repurchase program to acquire up to $50 million of the company's common stock…
Newton Running to Sponsor Ironman
Ironman announced Newton Running as the new official footwear and run course sponsor of Ironman in the U.S. after agreeing on a three-year deal…
Petzl to Build $20 Million North American Headquarters in Utah
Petzl will invest $20 million to build an 80,000-square-foot North American headquarters in West Valley City, in the heart of Utah’s Salt Lake Valley…
Outdoor Product Sales Get Late Lift in December
Outdoor Product sales posted a solid increase in December as a resurgent Outdoor Apparel business and strong Outdoor Hardgoods sales easily offset a continued decline in footwear segment revenues. After a mediocre week to start the month, followed by two
Lids to Open Mega-Pop Up for Superbowl
Lids Sports Group is opening a 30,000 square foot pop up shop for the Super Bowl. The shop, the NFL SHOP at Super Bowl Presented by Visa, will be open to the public from Jan. 25 through Feb. 4…
Vibram Worldwide Names Antonio Dus As New CEO
Vibram announced the appointment of Antonio Dus to CEO Vibram Worldwide. Dus will take the reins from Marco Bramani, former CEO, president and grandson of founder Vitale Bramani. Dus previously served as advisor to Bramani. The promotion underscores Vib
Salomon and Ragnar Relay Series Launch World’s First Trail Relay Events
Salomon launched the world’s first overnight trail relay series – Ragnar Trail Relays presented by Salomon…
Shoebuy.com Hires City Sports Exec to Boost Athletic/Outdoor
Shoebuy.com announced the addition of retail executive Sean Scales to its merchandising team. Scales joins Shoebuy from the leadership team at City Sports. He becomes SVP, merchandising and will lead the company's athletic/outdoor segment…
Taos Promotes Angilina Douglas To Head of Design
Taos Footwear, the women’s footwear brand based in Torrance, CA, promoted Angilina Douglas to director of design and development…
On Lands XTERRA AND Ironman Champion Spokesperson
On, the Swiss running shoes brand, has signed Lesley Paterson to an endorsement deal that will see the 2-time XTERRA World Champion wear the On shoes exclusively through 2014…
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