NRF: Thanksgiving Openings Led to Record Weekend Traffic
More than 35 million Americans visited retailers’ stores and websites Thursday – up from 29 million last year, according to a National Retail Federation survey conducted by BIGinsight over the weekend. Traffic and spending grew over the entire weeke
Liberty Bottleworks Wins First American Made Outdoor Gear Award
Liberty Bottleworks was named the overall winner of the first-annual 2013 American Made Outdoor Gear Award by Kokatat Inc., a leading U.S. manufacturer of technical apparel and gear for paddle sports…
Tilly’s Lowers Forecasts After Disappointing Third Quarter
Tilly’s, Inc. lowered its comp store and earnings forecasts after comp store growth fell well below expectations in the third quarter and Hurricane Sandy forced the temporary closure of 17 of its stores in the Eastern United States…
DeMarini Sports Launches Apparel Line
DeMarini, makers of baseball, fastpitch and slowpitch bats, is introducing a full line of men’s, women’s and youth apparel for baseball and softball players. The new line of DeMarini Apparel will be available at select online retailers beginni
Superstorm Sandy Clips Early Holiday Spending
Spending in most of the key holiday categories for the first two weeks of the retail month of November was down on a year-over-year basis, likely reflecting the impact of Superstorm Sandy, according to a SpendingPulse report released Tuesday by MasterCard
Stevens Pass Becomes First Winter Resort to Open in Washington
Stevens Pass officially opened at noon Thursday, making it the first winter resort to open in Washington for the 2012/13 season…
Terramar Sports Donates to Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts
Terramar Sports, a maker of technical outdoor apparel and performance base layers, has partnered with Goodwill Industries and is donating over $500,000 worth of base layers and long thermal underwear to the organization’s relief efforts…
Active Network and Leftlanesports.com Partner on Private Sales Website
The Active Network, Inc. and LeftLaneSports.com, a members-only e-commerce site, launched Active GearUp, a private sales website offering exclusive deals on products from top endurance and outdoor brands…
HanesBrands Sends Additional Apparel to Assist Hurricane Sandy Victims
HanesBrands is donating another trailer load of underwear and socks for distribution to East Coast victims of Hurricane and Superstorm Sandy…
Pedros Signs On as Supplier Partner at The Bike Cooperative
Pedros has signed on as a second supplier partner to The Bike Cooperative in the bike care and lube category. Pedros brings the total number of rebate-paying brands in the co-op to 41…
After a Solid Summer, Mountain Resort Reservations Slow
Actual occupancy at mountain resorts rose 6.9 percent for May to October period compared to the summer of 2011, but the data coming in for the upcoming winter season is less robust, according to Denver-based Mountain Travel Research Program. As of Oct. 31
Folbot Kayak Auction to Benefit Superstorm Disaster Relief
Charleston, SC-based Folbot folding kayaks will be auctioning its last remaining Metrobot—a special edition Folbot Citibot with an iconic NYC subway map on the deck—in an effort to support the American Red Cross after Frankenstorm Sandy’s impact on
U.S. Department of Interior Sets Fee-Free Days for 2013
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced dates in 2013 ranging from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day to Veterans Day when more than 2,000 national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges, and other federal lands will offer free admittance
Nau Hires Senior Women’s Designer
Portland-based sustainable apparel brand Nau appointed Carey Mullett as senior women's designer. Most recently, Mullett was the senior apparel designer for technical sportswear at Patagonia…
Accell Group Foresees More Sales, Less Profit in Second Half
Accell Group, said the acquisition of Raleigh and other companies will result in higher sales, but financing and integration charges and rising input costs will lower profits in the back half of the fiscal year and result in lower results for the year as
