Mercury Marine Supports ABA
Mercury Marine, manufacturer of outboard engines for more than 75 years, has renewed its longstanding sponsorship with American Bass Anglers (ABA)…
Leadership Change at PRADCO Brands
PRADCO Outdoor Brands announces that its president, Ron Ten Berge, is no longer with the company…
Brown Shoe Co. Announces Sale of Shoes.com
Brown Shoe Company has sold Shoes.com to SHOEme, the parent of OnlineShoes.com and SHOEme.ca. Brown Shoe expects the sale to result in a gain in the fourth quarter of 2014, which will be considered a non-GAAP adjustment…
Shoe Carnival Announces New Share Repurchase Program
Shoe Carnival, Inc. announced that on Dec. 11, 2014, its board of directors authorized a new share repurchase program for up to $25 million of its outstanding common stock…
NOCSAE Clears Way for Cascade Lacrosse to Re-Certify Helmet
The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment has approved a process for Cascade Lacrosse to recertify the model R lacrosse helmet…
Callaway Golf Raises Outlook But Says Strong Dollar Clouds 2015 Outlook
Callaway Golf Company increased its 2014 earnings guidance by two pennies per share, while maintaining its sales guidance, which calls for net sales to grow approximately 6 percent compared with 2013. CEO Chip Brewer said the company is taking market shar
Congress Passes Largest Public Lands Bill in Six Years
Congress has passed the largest public lands bill in roughly six years, according to Outdoor Industry Association. In a bipartisan breakthrough, over 250,000 acres will be protected as wilderness, over a dozen national parks will be expanded or establishe
Fox Factory to Acquire Race Face and Easton Cycling in Transformative Deal
Fox Factory Holding Corp. took decisive action to fix an unexpected deterioration in its mountain biking sales last week by signing a definitive agreement to acquire all the assets of the Race Face and Easton Cycling businesses, which design, manufacture
Lululemon Cites Port Delays in Lower Fourth Quarter Guidance
Lululemon Athletica Inc., which has tied part of its growth to flowing new product through its stores more frequently, expects growing delays at West Coast ports to shave $10 million from its fourth quarter sales…
Minus33 Hires New Sales Representatives
Minuss33 has hired Tim Augustinowicz and Louis Vardabash as sales representatives to cover the Northeast…
Action Target Welcomes New CFO
Action Target announces the appointment of Shayne Gibbons as the company’s new CFO…
Sakar Intl to Make Bally Fitness Activity Trackers
FAM Brands said its newest licensee, Sakar International Inc. plans to debut a collection of Bally Total Fitness wearable technology, fitness monitoring and electronic accessory products at the Consumer Electronics Show in early January. The products will
Trulock Chokes Brings On Outdoor Outfitter Group
President of Trulock Choke Tubes George Trulock, announces the addition of Outdoor Outfitter Group, Inc. to represent Trulockl firearm chokes in Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota…
SportsOneSource to Acquire VantagePoint Data Platform from Outdoor Industry Association
The SportsOneSource Group and Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) have entered into an agreement that will result in SportsOneSource taking full control and ownership of the OIA VantagePoint retail point-of-sale data-reporting platform…
Reed Elsevier Unit to Sell Bike Europe, Other B2C Titles, Invest in Data Services
Reed Business BV's board of directors plans to sell 17 business-to-business publications, including Bike Europe, as part of a move by its parent company from digital content to data services and other digital tools managers can use to make business d
