Osprey and Hydro Flask Parent’s Home & Outdoor Segment Sales Retreat in Fiscal Q1
EXEC: Town of Nederland Acquires Eldora Mountain Resort from Powdr
EXEC: Former Brooks CEO Jim Weber Highlights Key Leadership Traits
EXEC: Trump Looks to Make Public Lands Great Again
Survey: Women’s Interest in Outdoor Activities Remains Strong
SGB Update
Imperial Appoints National Sales Manager, Golf
Andrew Blatnik joins industry veteran John Anderson, VP of Sales for Golf, in his new role. Currently he serves as the VP of Peter Millar licensing for Imperial.
Deloitte Sees Flat Back-To-School Spending
Deloitte’s 18th Annual Back-to-School Survey finds that spending for K-12 students will remain flat at $30.9 billion this year. Parents surveyed expect to spend $570 per student in grades K-12, down just $16 year-over-year. Overall, parents will spend on essentials, trading down on brands and retailers, and spreading out purchases over time.
Epic Baits Fishing Hires National Sales Manager
Based in Odessa, TX, Bryan Head has been hired as the company’s new national sales manager, overseeing all sales strategy, including dealer development, key account management and national sales growth.
Lazydays Holdings Removes “Interim” from CEO’s Title, Implements Reverse Stock Split
Ron Fleming becomes the company’s CEO after serving in the role on an interim basis since September 2024. The company’s primary intention for the reverse stock split is to increase the per-share market price of its common stock, seeking to regain Nasdaq market compliance.
Report: Bain Capital Mulls Selling Canada Goose Stake
Discussions remain in the early stages, and there is no guarantee that a transaction will take place, the sources added. Other shareholders may also consider participating in a deal.
SGB Executive
EXEC: Hydro Flask’s Parent’s Shares Crash on Slowing Sales, Tariff Hit
Shares of Helen of Troy tumbled about 23 percent Thursday, July 10, after the company reported a loss in the fiscal first quarter ended May 31 on a 10.8 sales decline and issued guidance for the current quarter that was well below analyst targets. Of the sales decline, approximately eight percentage points was attributed to tariffs.
EXEC: Town of Nederland Acquires Eldora Mountain Resort from Powdr
Powdr will continue to support the Mountain for the first two winters and summers. The Town’s Board said it will partner with 303 Ski, a coalition of Front Range ski industry veterans, who have been instrumental in vetting operating plans, conducting financial modeling and assessing community programming.
EXEC: Former Brooks CEO Jim Weber Highlights Key Leadership Traits
At a keynote session held during Switchback Spring, which took place from June 16-18 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, Jim Weber, former CEO of Brooks Running, listed focus, curiosity and trust as his “winning” trifecta formula for leadership success.
EXEC: Cinelli Now Assembling High-End Road and Gravel Bikes in the U.S.
The models, including Pressure ADR (Road Endurance), Pressure II (Road Race) and King Zydeco II (Gravel Race), are now being built at the Cinelli Logistics Center in Ames, IA.
EXEC: Trump Looks to Make Public Lands Great Again
It is refreshing to see the work the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable and its 50 national members have done to develop and maintain a bipartisan approach to issues that threaten to impact access, creation and expansion of Public Lands in the U.S.
