Kindrunner.com Launches Socially Responsible E-commerce Site For Runners
Kindrunner.com announced its launch as what it calls the first socially responsible e-commerce site designed specifically for runners. Kindrunner.com's proprietary Free 3 Way Shipping allows customers to receive newly purchased shoes and return their
Keen Parks its Newest Garage in Palo Alto
Keen Inc. opened its fourth Keen Garage retail location in downtown Palo Alto, CA, not far from Alameda where the company was founded in 2003. The store, the second in the United States, is opening as the company celebrates its 10th year in business…
Accell Unit Lapierre Bicycles Hires Verde PR
Lapierre Bicycles, which launched its North American subsidiary in April, retained Verde PR & Consulting, becoming the latest ocmpany owned by Accell Group AG of the Netherlands to increase its US presence…
Pyranha Names New U.S. Executive, Splits from Feel Free Kayak
Pyranha has chosen Brian Day to head its U.S. operations and will split from Feel Free Kayaks in July so it can focus on serving specialty dealers carrying its Pyranha, P&H and Venture kayaks…
Lululemon’s CEO to Step Down
Lululemon Athletica Inc. announced that Christine Day will step down as CEO as soon as a successor can be named. The move comes as the yoga-themed retailer took a massive charge against first-quarter earnings as part of a recall of see-through yoga pants.
Icebreaker Implements Minimum Advertised Price Policy
Icebreaker, which makes merino wool performance apparel for the outdoors, has adopted a Minimum Advertised Price policy to prevent its wholesalers, retailers, agents and distributors from advertising discounts on in-season products…
Surftech LLC Sells Minority Stake to Long-Time OEM Partner in Thailand
Surftech LLC has agreed to sell a minority stake to Cobra International Co. Ltd, its long-time manufacturing partner in Thailand in a move that will provide it preferred access to one of the world’s largest manufacturers of composite watercraft amid
REI Kills Life-time Return Policy, Citing Uptick in Returns of Dated Merchandise
Internal inconsistency and the growth of social media likely contributed to an uptick in product returns at Recreational Equipment Inc. that prompted the retailer to kill its lifetime return policy last week…
Cabela’s On Track to Offer Store-to-Door Fulfillment in Q4
Cabela’s Inc. is on track to offer store-to-door deliveries in the fourth quarter, CEO Tommy Millner said at the company’s annual shareholder meeting…
Vail Resorts’ Retail Margins Deteriorate in Third Quarter
Vail Resorts Inc. reported disappointing results at its retail/rental operations in the third quarter despite comp store growth of 7.4 percent due to a higher mix of sales from lower margin urban stores…
Ramp Sports Adds Two Production Specialist in Park City
Ramp Sports has hired two new production specialists dedicated to increasing production of Ramp skis and snowboards to meet rising consumer demand…
Quiksilver’s Losses Widen in Q2
Particularly hurt by soft sales in Europe and steep markdowns to clear DC Shoes’ inventory, Quiksilver Inc.’s losses swelled in the second quarter ended April 30…
Jarden to Offer $250 Million in Notes
Jarden Corporation announced that it intends to offer $250 million in aggregate principal amount of senior subordinated convertible notes due 2019 in a private offering to institutional buyers…
OR Summer Market 2013 to Feature Deep Water Climbing Event
Capping off Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2013, the Psicobloc Masters Series – the first deep water soloing competition ever held in the U.S. – will be held August 2, at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City…
Sports Science Moves into New Production Facility in Virginia
Sport Science, in partnership with Sundog Productions, LLC, is now operating from a new 40,000-sqare-foot production facility in Farfax, VA…
