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REI Awards $600,000 Stewardship Leader Grants to 14 Non-Profits
REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) has distributed $600,000 to 14 nonprofit partners across the country through its Stewardship Leader Grants. REI selected one leading organization in each of its largest markets to provide larger grants for their voluntee
Target’s Comps Grow 4.3 Percent in January
Target Corporation reported that its net retail sales for the four weeks ended Jan. 28, were $4.61 billion, an increase of 5.1 percent from $4.38 billion for the four weeks ended Jan. 29, 2011. On this same basis, January comparable-store sales increased
Johnson Outdoors Grows Q1 Revenue Despite Plunging Military Sales
Johnson Outdoors Inc. announced revenue grew 2 percent to more than $80 million during the first fiscal period ended Dec. 30, 2011, despite a 66 percent drop in year-over-year military sales. The maker of Eureka tents, Necky kayaks and Minn Kota trolling
Costco’s January Comps Climb 9 Percent
Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $7.0 billion for the month of January, the four weeks ended Jan. 29, an increase of 11 percent from $6.30 billion during the similar period last year…
Titleist Awards Rep of the Year
Titleist selected Bill Kent and Dewitt Miles as 2011 sales representatives of the year. The official presentation to recognize Kent and Miles for this distinguished honor took place during the Titleist National Brand Meeting in Orlando…
Hillerich and Bradsby Appoints VP of Marketing
Hillerich & Bradsby Co., parent of the Louisville Slugger brand, has named Kyle Schlegel vice president of marketing. Schlegel joins H&B after a 13-year career of increasing responsibility in the marketing division of consumer packaged goods giant Proctor
Icebreakers Names Distributors for Japan and Taiwan
Icebreaker announced two new distributor partnerships in Asia, signaling the company’s increased focus on its growing Asian business. Effective immediately and starting with the company’s Fall/Winter 2012 lines, Goldwin and Free Time Gears wil
Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program Celebrates 75 Year Anniversary
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) joins the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA), and other partners at the 2012 SHOT Show to announce the start of a yearlong celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restor
CenterStone Releases Support for Safari and Other Leading Browsers
CenterStone Technologies, Inc., an international developer of web-based B2B e-commerce software, has announced support of the Safari, Chrome and Opera browsers for use with its leading B2B software solution…
Schrimsher Joins The SportsOneSource Group as VP Business Development
The SportsOneSource Group has hired sporting goods and outdoor industry veteran Barry Schrimsher as research Vice President, Business Development. Schrimsher will be based out of the new SportsOneSource office in Portland, OR, and will manage business de
Smith Optics And Recon Instruments Announce Strategic Partnership
In a world where technology seems to be everywhere, market leaders Smith Optics and Recon Instruments are partnering to put tech where it matters – right in front of your eye…
Atlas to Debut Redesigned Snowshoe Series at ORWM
Atlas Snow-Shoe Company announced that it will introduce the newly redesigned Speed Series snowshoes. The all-new Race and Run snowshoes will debut at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2012 in Salt Lake City, booth #34101…
OIA Names Avery Stonich Communications Manager
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) has hired Avery Stonich as communications manager. With this new position, the OIA communications department grows to three full-time employees, reflecting the association’s commitment to better serve the membershi
MTN Approach Hires John Kaiser to Guide Second Season
MTN Approach is in its first season of product delivery and is excited to bring in John Kaiser to help build the business systems. Kaiser will be managing projects and people to help grow brand recognition worldwide while also heading up the daily operat
Bearpaw Footwear Hires International Business Director
Bearpaw Footwear hired Richard Marten as its vice president of international business development…
