Fourth Annual Canadian Cup to Benefit The Conservation Alliance at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market
Canadian brands Arc’teryx, Baffin and Canada Goose will host the fourth annual Canadian Cup for The Conservation Alliance at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market’s Industry Party on Jan. 23. The event is expected to raise more than $10,000 for The C
SOG Specialty Knives and Tools Names Heinlen CEO
SOG Specialty Knives and Tools named Gerald T. (Jerry) Heinlen as its chief executive officer effective Dec. 31, 2012. Heinlen served as CEO at Yakima Products Inc from 2006 to 2011. Before that, he served as president and COO of Waterloo Industries, manu
Lululemon Athletica Ups Fourth Quarter Guidance
Lululemon Athletica Inc. increased guidance for its net revenue and earnings for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 ending Feb. 3, 2013…
A.T. Cross to Meet 2012 EPS Guidance Thanks to Eyewear
A.T. Cross Company said it expects 2012 earnings per share to meet its previously issued guidance of 70 cents thanks in large part to robust sales of its Native and Costa eyewear. The company reported earnings per share of 64 cents in 2011…
Big 5 Sporting Goods Sees Strongest Q4 Same-Store Sales Growth in a Decade
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation reported it biggest increase in same-store sales for the fourth quarter in ten years. The retailer said sales increased 7.4 percent $243.6 million in the quarter ended Dec. 30, 2012 on the strength of a 6.5 percent increas
Action Sports Group Acquires Flexmeter
Demon International, LC, doing business as Action Sports Group, has completed the acquisition of the French company Flexmeter and associated IP. Flexmeter, a division of the Docmeter company, is a developer and innovator of protective wrist guards for act
Rossignol Group Partners with Recycle Utah
The Rossignol Group, which includes Dynastar, Lange, Look and Rossignol brands, has partnered with Recycle Utah in an effort to recycle more snowsports equipment…
Shoe Carnival’s Q4 EPS Running Ahead of Targets
Shoe Carnival, Inc. said it expects fourth quarter net sales to be in the range of $212 million to $214 million with a comparable store sales increase of approximately 1.0 percent. Earnings per diluted share are expected to be in the range of 20 cents to
Under Armour Signs Former World Number One Golf Amater
Under Armour announced that recently turned professional golfer, Jordan Spieth, will join the brand’s roster of elite athletes…
Flow Society Names New Chief Operating Officer
Big Idea Brands, LLC and Flow Society, the maker of lacrosse apparel, has appointed Carlos Vazquez to the position of chief operating officer. Vazquez will be responsible for the day-to-day operations…
Mossy Oak Revamps Website
Mossy Oak unveiled its redesigned, retooled and refocused website at www.mossyoak.com…
Backwoods Acquires Boulder’s Neptune Mountaineering
Backwoods acquired Neptune Mountaineering, one of the last independent outdoor shops in Boulder, CO., and will continue operating it independently from its eight Backwoods branded stores operating in Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Kansas…
Record Heat, Drought, Wildfire Made 2012 Year of Extremes
It’s official. 2012 was the warmest and among the most extreme year of weather ever recorded. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists said the average temperature for the contiguous U.S. was 55.3°F, which was 3.2°F above the 20th
RECALL: 40 High Pressure Scuba Hoses
A-Plus Marine is recalling about 40 high-pressure scuba air hoses because the diving hose that connects the regulator to the tank's pressure gauge can separate reducing the available air supply to the diver, posing a drowning hazard…
Fletcher Leisure Group Appoints VP of Sales for Hilfiger Golf
Fletcher Leisure Group – the licensee of Tommy Hilfiger Golf and manufacturer of AUR Golf and Sunice – has named golf and resort industry veteran Brian Lohman as its VP of sales for Tommy Hilfiger Golf and AUR Golf…
