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Adventure Travel Trade Association To Exhibit at OR
Outdoor Retailer has partnered with the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) to host the Adventure Travel Hub at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2010. The hub will enable dealers and brands to discover how they can cross market with destination market
Remington Outdoor Foundation Grants Help Restore National Forest Habitat
Remington Outdoor Foundation’s first-year donation of $100,000 to the National Forest Foundation will be leveraged by more than $1 million in matching funds to help restore habitat at Colorado’s Pike National Forest and the Deschutes National
Cybex to Sponsor The Biggest Loser TV Show
Cybex International, the fitness equipment manufacturer, has signed a multiyear agreement to be the fitness equipment partner for NBC's “The Biggest Loser” weight-loss reality show…
Varsity Spirit Doesn’t Consider Cheerleading a Sport for Title IX Purposes
Testifying in a lawsuit involving Title IX guidelines, Jeff Webb, founder and CEO of Varsity Spirit, said he believes cheerleading should not be a competitive sport, saying that making it so would threaten “classical sideline cheerleading.”…
Total Apparel Group to Issue Financial Update
Total Apparel Group, Inc., the FIFA licensor as well as holder of the the master licensee for the Kappa and Robe Di Kappa brands in the U.S. and Canada, expects to have the audit of its financial statements completed and filed with the SEC by July 31, 20
Perry Ellis to Bring Accessories Business In-House
Perry Ellis International Inc. is bringing its men's accessories business in-house after ending its licensing agreement with Westport Corp. to maker men's wallets, gift sets, bags and other accessories…
CSF: Recreational Fishing Facing Disastrous Closures
The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation (CSF) briefed members of Congress earlier this week on two simultaneous disasters impacting recreational fishing caused by the effects of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the total closure of substantia
QDMA Announces Partnership With Legacy Quest Outdoors
Legacy Quest Outdoors, LLC has become the newest National Corporate Partner of the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA). Legacy Quest Outdoors, LLC is the inventor of the Second Generation Hybrid Home™…
Saucony Becomes Official Sponsor of 2010 Commonwealth Triathlon Series
Saucony has signed on as the official footwear and apparel sponsor of the 2010 Commonwealth Triathlon Series, the leading sprint distance series in New England…
UGG Combats Counterfeiters in Australia
Deckers Outdoor said criminal sentences for a ring of Australian counterfeiters of UGG boots will be handed down on or around June 18th, 2010…
NSSF: May NICS Checks Slip 0.6% from ’09; 2nd Highest May Ever
The National Shooting Sports Foundation announced data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,016,876 checks in May 2010, ranking the month the second highest May for most NICS checks…
FWS: $35.7 Million for Refuge Acquisitions and Wetlands Grants for Migratory Birds
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said recently the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission has approved a total of $35.7 million for refuge acquisitions and wetlands grants for migratory birds — $30.4 million in federal funding for grants to conserve
CPSC Again Extends Certified Test Deadline for Bike Makers
The Consumer Product Safety Commission opted to extend until mid-August its stay of enforcement of certain testing and certification provisions affecting bicycles due to a continued lack of third-party labs certified to do the work. The ruling falls far s
Hopkins Sporting Goods Buys Stake in Wrestler’s World
Iowa-based Hopkins Sporting Goods has acquired a minority stake in Suplay Products, Inc. dba Wrestler's World. Terms were not disclosed…
Trek Absorbs Gary Fisher Brand
Trek is eliminating Gary Fisher as a stand-alone brand and will now sell the bikes as a line within the Trek brand under the title Trek's Gary Fisher Collection. The decision aims to cut developments costs while expanding distribution of the bikes by
