USA Pro Cycling Challenge organizers announced the 2013 stage-race host cities over the holiday weekend, going back to its Front Range and Central Rockies roots.
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L.L. Bean Board Approves $1.5 Million in Community Grants
The L.L.Bean board of directors approved the 2012 Charitable Giving Program of $1.5 Million in Community Grants. The gifts ranging from $500 to $25,000 will be dispersed to over 200 non-profit organizations before the end of L.L.Bean's fiscal year in
Bass Pro Announces Georgia and Florida Store Openings
Bass Pro Shops will open a 100,000-square-foot Bass Pro Shops Outpost store in Emerson, GA. as well as a 104,000-square-foot Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World store in St. Johns County, FL to serve the Jacksonville area…
Greg Mason Named Tennis Industry Association (TIA) President
Greg Mason, the vice president of sales and marketing for Head Penn, will be the president of the Tennis Industry Association for 2013-2014. He succeeds Wilson Racquet Sports General Manager Jon Muir, who was president for the last four years and remains
Study: Significant Underreporting of Hockey-Related Concussions
A year-long report centered around men’s and women’s college hockey teams in Canada and the United States says coaches would rather keep players with possible head injuries playing than remove them from the game for a medical check…
Flow Society Names SVP Production
Big Idea Brands, LLC named Larry Fihma as senior vice president of production at Flow Society, its lacrosse apparel label…
SpendingPulse: U.S. Holiday Sales Much Weaker Than Forecast
MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse estimated sales in the two months before Christmas increased just 0.7 percent compared with last year, according to wire reports. The report, which covers total U.S. sales at stores and online via all payment forms, sent
GoPro Lands $200 MM Investment from Foxconn
GoPro announced that Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd, the world's largest electronics manufacturing company also known as Foxconn, has acquired an 8.88 percent full-diluted stake in GoPro for $200 million, valuing the company at $2.25 billion…
Connecticut Tragedy Puts U.S. Firearms Industry on Defensive
Share prices of firearms makers took a beating last week in the wake of the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school as investors pulled back in anticipation that Congress might resurrect a ban on assault weapons and accessories that have fueled m
Sierra Trading Post Acquired by The TJX Companies for $200 MM
Sierra Trading Post (STP), which has acted as a primary clearance outlet for outdoor sporting goods, has been acquired by The TJX Companies, Inc. The purchase price of approximately $200 million, or one times STP's annual sales, was paid in cash, fin
Study: Wildlife-Related Outdoor Recreation On The Rise
According to the just-released 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife report, wildlife-related outdoor recreation increased dramatically from 2006 to 2011. Hunting and fishing drove the gains…
Sierra Trading Post Acquired by The TJX Companies, Inc.
The TJX Companies, Inc. acquired fellow off-price retailer Sierra Trading Post (STP) for approximately $200 million in a deal aimed more at helping the giant discounter move online faster…
Backountry.com’s CEO to Address OIWC Though Leaders Breakfast at ORWM
Backcountry.com CEO Jill Layfield will deliver the keynote address at the Outodoor Industries Women’s Coalition (OIWC) Thought Leaders breakfast at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market next month…
Consumer Confidence Falls to 5-Month Low
Consumer confidence plunged in December amid fears that politicians would be unable to resolve the “fiscal cliff” issues and that the impasse would trigger another recession next year. The index from Thomson Reuters and the University of Michigan tumbled
Primal Signs On as Titanium Sponsor for National Bike Summit
Primal will be a titanium level sponsor of the National Bike Summit set to take place March 4-7, 2013. The sponsorship places the Colorado cycling apparel company at the center of the country's largest lobbying summit and supports the effort with fin
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