As part of its push to improve its reach as an omni-channel retailer, The Finish Line, Inc. re-launched Finishline.com with an enhanced focus on the customer. New features include enhanced ease and ability to find product quickly, improved scalability, si
Category: Outdoor
Active Network and Leftlanesports.com Partner on Private Sales Website
The Active Network, Inc. and LeftLaneSports.com, a members-only e-commerce site, launched Active GearUp, a private sales website offering exclusive deals on products from top endurance and outdoor brands…
ASTM Sports Equipment Committee Approves New Pole Vault Standard
A new ASTM International standard will help to facilitate a safer environment for pole vaulters. ASTM F2949, Specification for Pole Vault Box Collars, was developed by Subcommittee F08.67 on Pole Vault, part of ASTM International Committee F08 on Sports E
SandP rates Bass Pro Group’s Term Loan ‘BB-‘
Bass Pro Group LLC is proposing to issue a $900 million term loan B due 2019. Standard & Poors said it is assigning its 'BB-' issue-level rating on the term loan, with a recovery rating of '3'.
Charlie Adams Joins Shred and Slytech as National Sales Manager
Nashua, NH-based Anomaly Action Sports, home of Shred Optics and Slytech Protection, announced that industry veteran Charlie Adams has joined the family as its new national sales manager.
Simms Fishing Occupies New Headquarters
Simms Fishing Products completed its move into its new corporate headquarters at 177 Garden Drive, Bozeman, MT 59718 on-budget and with zero down-time…
Interbike to Enable Dealers to Invite Cyclists to Interbike
Interbike plans to announce the details behind a new initiative to allow bicycle enthusiasts access to the long time trade show. Access for bicycle enthusiasts will be granted through a new retailer invitation program that will be unveiled Nov. 26, 2012..
European Pedelec Industry Hails Rulilng by European Parliment
The European Parliament voted Tuesday for a clear separation between active and passive transport in a move hailed by the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF), which had been lobbying for such a ruling to keep pedelec bikes from being regulated as mot
Lululemon Settles Yoga Patent Lawsuits
Lululemon Athletica, Calvin Klein, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PVH Corp., and G-III Apparel Group, Ltd., a Calvin Klein, Inc. licensee for Calvin Klein Performance, have entered into a settlement agreement that will resolve the pending design paten
Nordstrom Partners With New Balance to Aid Kids
Nordstrom, New Balance and Shoes That Fit have come together to bring more than 8,100 children in communities around the U.S. new shoes. The annual Nordstrom Holiday Giving Tree program begins…
Terramar Sports Donates $500,000 in Base Layers to Goodwill Industries
Terramar Sports, a leader in technical outdoor apparel and performance base layers, has partnered with Goodwill Industries and is donating over $500,000 worth of base layers and long thermal underwear to the organization’s relief efforts…
Callaway Extends Partnership with Annika Sorenstam
Callaway Golf Company and LPGA legend Annika Sorenstam have agreed to extend their long-running partnership through 2016…
Tilly’s Expansion Fuels Double-Digit Third Quarter Sales Growth
Tilly’s, Inc. reported total net sales for the third quarter ended Oct. 27 were $124.9 million, an increase of 16.4 percent compared to the third quarter in the prior year. Comparable store sales, which include e-commerce sales, increased 1.9 percen
Chile Emerges Atop Adventure Tourism Development Index
Switzerland and New Zealand topped the rankings on sustainable adventure tourism for developed nations while Chile ranked first in the category among developing nations for the first time, according to… this year’s Adventure Tourism Development In
Billabong Executive Considers Buyout Bid
The Board of Billabong International Ltd. announced that it has received notice from Paul Naude that he intends to stand aside temporarily from his current roles as a director of Billabong and president of the Americas in order to investigate the possibi