Outdoor Retailer to Solicit Donations for Youth Outreach Programs
Outdoor Retailer attendees will be able to make donations to help pay for grassroots programs that get kids outdoors when they register for show badges under a new partnership with The Outdoor Foundation…
Chaco Signs on as Major Sponsor of Outdoor Nation Campus Challenge
Outdoor Nation, a national initiative connecting college students and their communities to the outdoors, announced that Chaco has signed on as a sponsor of the 2015 Outdoor Nation Campus Challenge. The Challenge, which kicks off in September…
Champion Relaunches Website
HanesBrands partnered with Elevate Studios to relaunch the the Champion athletic website by “introducing fresh content that speaks to the long-standing heritage of the brand and its cutting-edge technology and on-trend fabric innovations.”…
Risk Capital Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Zoggs
Risk Capital Partners (RCP) has bought a majority stake in Zoggs, the global swimming products brand. RCP will support the existing management team led by Mark Hammersley…
New Balance to Open London Store
New Balance is planning to open its first London flagship store on Oxford Street in mid-2016…
Giant USA Hires Nick Fisher As Account Exec
Giant USA has hired Nick Fisher as a new account executive to work with Giant and Liv retailers in Utah, western Wyoming, and southeastern Idaho…
Columbia Partners with Zac Brown to Get More Youth Outdoors
As part of an ongoing partnership between Columbia and Zac Brown’s Camp Southern Ground, Columbia is donating 10 percent of all U.S. online sales at Columbia.com on May 11, 2015. Columbia has pledged up to $75,000…
Boot Barn Opens Store in Oxnard, CA
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. has relocated its Ventura store to a brand new, bigger and better location in Oxnard…
DSW Recognized for Omni-Channel Efforts
DSW Inc. received the “Best Omni-Channel Experience Award” at the eBay Enterprise's Annual Imagine Commerce Conference held in Las Vegas, NV…
The Frye Company Names New CEO
Global Brands Group Holding Limited named Adrienne Lazarus to the position of chief executive officer of The Frye Company…
Zumiez’s April Comps Slide
Zumiez Inc. reported sales for the four-week period ended May 2 increased 2.4 percent to $51.8 million, compared to $50.6 million for the four-week period ended May 3, 2014. Comparable sales decreased 4.0 percent…
Princeton Tec Appoints Outdoor Division Manager
Princeton Tec named Michael O’Connell as Outdoor Division Manager, where he will oversee relationships with U.S. outdoor retailers…
Keen Names Leaders for Utility and Kids Businesses
Keen said it has hired seasoned footwear veteran Chris Heffernan as general manager of Keen Utility and promoted Erin Simons to unit director at its Kid's business…
Fox Factory Cycling Sales Up 5.7 Percent in First Quarter
Fox Factory Holding Corp. reported its sales of suspension products and other bicycling components grew 5.7 percent in the fiscal first quarter ended March 31 compared with a year earlier…
Giant Brings Momentum Brand to US
Giant Manufacturing Co. kicked off the retail launch of its moderately priced Momentum lifestyle bike brand in the United States May 4 as part of a broader effort to draw less affluent Millennials into dealers stores…
