Sports Authority Partners with Shopkick
Shopkick, the shopping app, announced it has partnered with Sports Authority. All shopkick users will earn “kicks” just for walking in, browsing special offers throughout the store, scanning products and making purchases at Sports Authority store location
Jones Snowboards Ups Ante on Splitboard Warranties
Jones Snowboards announced it is offering a three-year warranty on all its Austrian-made splitboards purchased since July 1, 2013, up from two years it offers on its solid snowboards…
Dorel Bids Adieu to Bicycle Chief Baird
Dorel Industries Inc. announced the departure of Robert P. Baird, group president and CEO of the company's Recreational/Leisure segment, which owns Cannondale, Schwinn, GT, Mongoose, Caloi, IronHorse and Sugoi. Peter Woods, the segment's CFO, ha
Genesis Pattern Technologies Partners with Trademarketing Resources for KLOAK Licensing
Genesis Pattern Technologies, LLC announced that Trademarketing Resources, Inc. has been retained to assist in licensing GPT products…
Maschmedt and Associates Opens New Utah Showroom
Maschmedt & Associates announces the opening of a new showroom on High Tech Drive in Midvale, Utah…
Billabong’s New CEO Pledges ‘Fewer, Bigger, Better’
At its annual meeting, Billabong’s new CEO Neil Fiske outlined a seven-point turnaround plan, which includes rebuilding the company’s global brands and sorting emerging brands, finetuning merchandising strategies with fewer styles, and integra
NSSF Reaches 10,000-Member Milestone
The membership roll of the National Shooting Sports Foundation has topped 10,000, an all-time high for the trade association serving the firearms industry…
Houston Rockets Star to Join Anta
Chandler Parsons, the Houston Rockets forward, is leaving Nike to sign a new deal with Chinese basketball footwear brand Anta…
Desert Tactical Arms to Rebrand Company as Desert Tech
Desert Tactical Arms announced that it is rebranding their company name to Desert Tech…
Light and Motion to Move to Larger Space in January
Light & Motion will relocate to a refurbished helicopter repair depot that will provide twice as much space for its vertically integrated manufacturing operations…
Yamaha Marine Group Announced Appointments
Yamaha Marine Group announced the appointment of two new management team members…
SIA Publishes Resource to Help Retailers Prep for Snow Show
SnowSports Industries America (SIA) has published ski-specific resources to prepare buyers for the decisions they’ll have to make at the SIA Snow Show, Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 2014 and the On-Snow Demo/Ski-Ride Fest at Copper Mountain Resort (Feb. 3-4)…
PETA: Outdoor Enthusiasts Favor Synthetic Over Down Insulation
PETA says a poll it commissioned shows that a vast majority, or 80 percent, of outdoor sports enthusiasts are happy to choose products with synthetic insulation rather than duck or goose down and would shop at stores that don’t offer any down produc
Ahern Group Named Sales Agency of the Year by Winchester Ammunition
Winchester Ammunition announces that the Ahern Group has been named the company's 2013 Commercial Sales Agency of the Year…
Vans Appoints Director of Apparel, National Accounts,
Sandy Schwarzenbach, formerly VP sales, teen and sporting good chains for North America for Quiksilver and DC at Quiksilver Inc., has joined Vans as director of apparel, national accounts, according to Shop-eat-surf.com…
