Leading Edge Sports, based in Woodinville, WA, represents clients such as Swix, Bison Design and Pivot Cycles.
Category: Outdoor
Event Fabrics Adds Sales Account Manager
The waterproof-breathable fabric provider hired Dave Wilson as its new sales account manager in addition to other recent hires.
Wigwam Mills Redesigns Packaging
The new packaging is also stamped with a lifetime guarantee.
Vasque Accepting Applications For Thru-Hike Syndicate
The brand partner-powered ambassador program will next year add another partner, LifeProof, and will open to people thru-hiking any long trail in the continental U.S.
Haibike Named First E-Bike Sponsor Of Sea Otter Classic
The German brand, which partnered with Bosch to sponsor the festival’s first e-bike race this year, plans to greatly expand its demo fleet and expo space in 2017.
Nordic Pocket Saw Taps North American Market
Nordic Pocket Saw, which launched in Sweden in August 2015, will introduce its product to U.S. and Canadian markets come Fall 2016. Sport Hansa is tasked with handling sales and distribution in these markets.
Rocky Brands Sees Some Stabilization In Q3
The boot manufacturer indicated that inventory levels, which had been inflated due to last year’s warm winter, began to normalize in the third quarter and at-once orders are finally picking up.
Cabela’s Q3 Earnings Slump
Cabela’s Inc., in its first report since announcing plans to merge with Bass Pro, said heightened markdowns caused adjusted earnings in the third quarter ended October 1 to slid 26.8 percent, falling well short of Wall Street targets.
Garmin Ltd. Raises Guidance
The company raised its revenue and EPS forecast to reflect better than expected growth at its fitness, outdoor, marine and aviation segments in the third quarter.
Shimano Corp. Net Sales Off 15.7 Through September
The decline from the first nine months of 2016 is due largely to continued high inventories at bicycle distributors in Europe, North America and China.
Mammut Partners With Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
The Swiss manufacturer of alpine gear and apparel is the official airbag pack supplier for the mountain’s ski patrol.
Mary Cabela Offers Support For Cabela’s Sale To Bass Pro
In the letter made public in a regulatory filing, the widow of Cabela’s founder Dick Cabela said her family “continues to trust the people at Cabela’s to do what is best for the company and everyone involved.”
West Marine Results Off Despite Online Growth
Third-quarter revenues and earnings came in below year-ago levels amid declining traffic to its brick-and-mortar stores and challenges at its wholesale business.
Colorado Businesses Urge Action On Climate Change
Outdoor Industry Association and 77 other Colorado businesses released an open letter Tuesday stating the need for elected officials who believe in the science of climate change and have plans to take action.
Rocky Brands’ Q3 Profit Hurt By Charges
The third quarter of 2016 included a one-time pre-tax charge of $1.2 million, or 10 cents per diluted share after tax, associated with previously announced reorganizational activities that included layoffs.
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