OIWC is seeking nominations for its Pioneering Woman Award and First Ascent Award in both the Outdoor and Snow Industries. The organizations asks that nominations be submitted by Dec. 3, 2012…
Category: Outdoor
Media Companies to Merge to Serve Outdoor Sportsmen
InterMedia Outdoors Holdings, LLC, which controls The Sportsman Channel, and InterMedia Outdoors, Inc., a multi-media company that publishes 15 market leading outdoor magazines, 20 leading websites and is a leading television producer, will merge under an
PrimaLoft Appoints Sue Rechner to Board of Directors
PrimaLoft, Inc. appointed Sue Rechner, president and CEO of Confluence Watersports, to its board of directors, effective immediately. Rechner additionally serves on the board of directors for the Outdoor Industry Association and the Outdoor Foundation…
Osprey Packs Donated to Storm Victims and Clean-Up Workers
Osprey Packs, Inc. donated assorted technical backpacks worth $4,300 to the Humanitarian International Services Group to help with its clean up efforts in the wake of Superstorm Sandy…
HanesBrands Sends Additional Apparel to Assist Hurricane Sandy Victims
HanesBrands is donating another trailer load of underwear and socks for distribution to East Coast victims of Hurricane and Superstorm Sandy…
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
Modell’s Opens News Stores in, Plainview, Bronx and Astor Place
Modell’s Sporting Goods will celebrate the grand opening of three new stores in the coming days with locations in Plainview, The Bronx and Astor Place, bringing their total to 153 storefronts…
Foot Locker’s Q3 Profits Soar on Double-Digit Revenue Gain
Foot Locker Inc. is certainly enjoying the resilient athletic footwear cycle…
Hibbett Looks to Ramp Up Expansion After Strong Q3
Sparked by a healthy BTS selling period for footwear and apparel, Hibbett Sports, Inc.’s earnings climbed 18.8 percent in the third quarter on a 6.4 percent same-store gain. The chain raised its guidance for the year and indicated it was looking to
Dick’s SG Lifts Outlook on Robust Q3 Comps
Continuing to benefit from healthy new store productivity and robust same-stores sales, Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. reported earnings rose 20.9 percent in the third quarter and again raised its guidance for the year…
Perry Ellis Golf and Swim Finds Healthy Q3 Growth
Perry Ellis International saw a “substantial increases” in revenues of its Nike Swim line as well as 60 percent jump in its much-bigger golf apparel segment in the third quarter…
Heelys Q3 Losses Widen on Impairment Charge
Heelys Inc., which is in the process of being bought out by a private equity firm, saw its losses in the third quarter swell to $2.4 million, or 9 cents a share, from $1.5 million, or 5 cents, a year ago…
Escalade Sporting Goods Segment up 27 Percent in Third Quarter
Escalade, Incorporated reported sales in the Sporting Goods segment, which makes archery, table tennis, basketball hoops and other leisure products, increase 27 percent in the third quarter. Overall revenues rose just 9 percent, however, as the company ma
Descente Posts Fiscal Q2 Sales, Profit Gains
Descente, the Japanese snowsports apparel company, reported sales for the fiscal second quarter ended Sept. 30 increased 11.3 percent to ¥26.1 billion ($332 mm) from ¥23.5 billion ($302 mm) in the year-ago period…
Yonex Sees Fiscal Q2 Net Income Dip
Yonex, a Japanese provide of tennis, badminton and golf products, reported total sales for the fiscal second quarter ended Sept. 30 inched up 0.9 percent to ¥10.2 billion ($129 mm) from ¥10.1 billion ($130 mm) from in the prior-year period. Gross margins
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