After experiencing 300 percent growth from 1990 to 2013, running event finishers in 2014 were slightly down from the all-time record set in 2013, according to Running USA. While the marathon and half marathon continue to grow, other distances declined…
Category: Outdoor
Retail Sales Drop Unexpectedly in June
Retail sales in June, excluding autos, gasoline and restaurants, decreased 0.2 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month while increasing a solid 3.1 percent unadjusted year-over-year…
Mystery Ranch Offers New Pack Line to Select Dealers for First Time
Mystery Ranch plans to open to 100 specialty retail accounts in the outdoor specialty channel in North America in the coming year…
Could Mountain Hardwear be Poised for Rebound?
Despite a three-year slide in global sales, Mountain Hardwear has retained the loyalty of key outdoor specialty retailers in the United States, including a few who say their sales of the brand are again growing…
Garmin Stock Hits New Low as Fitness Sales Slow
As feared, the fight for supremacy in the rapidly growing fitness tracking market is costing Garmin Ltd. dearly. Preliminary results for the second quarter ended June released 27 shows sales growth at the company's Fitness segment slowed dramatically
Halfords Says Bikes, Racks and Tents Helped Drive Fiscal Q1 Growth
Halfords Group plc reported same-store sales grew 2.0 percent at its Cycling segment and 9.2 percent at its Travel Solutions segment in the fiscal first quarter ended July 3…
Sports Direct Fiscal 2015 Sales Surpass $4.5 Billion
Sports Direct International plc of the United Kingdom reported group revenue increased by 4.7 percent to £2.83 billion, or approximately $4.53 billion, in the fiscal year ended April 26, thanks primarily to growth at its Sports Retail division…
Jarden Corp. Updates Q2 Guidance
Jarden Corp reported preliminary results for the second quarter indicate organic growth will exceed the company's targeted range of 3-5 percent. Adjusted earnings per share are expected to be in line with Wall Street consensus…
Snikwah UPF 50 Sponsors Girl’s Surfing Event
Snikwah UPF 50 performance has been named the official shirt of the 2015 SuperGirl Jam Series WSL Pro, the world's largest surfing competition…
Kappa Stores Comps up Sharply in Mainland China
China Dongxiang Group Co. Ltd. reported same-store sales at its Kappa brand stores in the People's Republic of China increased 21.5 percent in the second quarter…
Unifi Expands Repreve Recycling Center
Unifi, Inc. celebrated the groundbreaking of an 85,000-square-foot addition to its Repreve Recycling Center, which recycle PET bottles to create nylon yarns that are widely used by outdoor and athletic apparel brands…
Garmin’s SideVü Redesign Could Signal Victory for Johnson Outdoor
Garmin International Inc. acknowledged July 13 that it is working on a second generation of its SideVü sonar powered fish finders that will eradicate patent claims by rival Johnson Outdoors Inc. The disclosure could signal that Garmin anticipates defeat i
Crocs Tops Amazon Prime Day Sales in Germany and Austria
Crocs sandals were the top selling non-Amazon product sold on Amazon.com in Germany and Austria during Amazon's Prime Day sale Wednesday…
Polar Bottle Joins Bike Cooperative
The Bike Cooperative has added insulated water bottle innovators Polar Bottle to its growing network of supplier partners…
Under Armour Appoints President Of Global Sports Categories
Under Armour announced that Terdema L. Ussery II, former president and CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, will come on as president, global sports categories, effective September 14…
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