Sunice Hires Dopp to Head up U.S. Snow Sports Sales
Sunice, a Canadian outerwear brand, named Denver-based ski-industry veteran Nathan Dopp as vice-president of sales for Sunice Snow Sports USA. Dopp brings with him experience from Obermeyer and Spyder Active Sports…
ECCO Suspends Thai Production Due to Flooding
ECCO has temporarily suspended production at its facilities in Ayutthaya, Thailand, after the country’s worst flooding in 50 years disrupted its operations on October 5…
Cordura Names European Business Manager
Invista's Cordura brand team has hired Iain Bradley as the European business manager for the Performance and Protective Fabrics group…
Tern Bicycles Heping Relaunch California Bike Coalition
Tern Bicycles, which makes foldable bikes, is supporting the California Bike Summit and the relaunch of the California Bike Coalition. Tern’s sponsorship of the Nov. 5-7 summit will help bring together advocacy leaders who will work on an ambitious
Tablet Owners More Inclined To Engage in M-Commerce Than Smartphone Users
Seven in 10 (70.5%) tablet owners will research and shop using their device during the upcoming holidays, according to a survey conducted for the National Retail Foundation by BIGresearch. By comparison only 52 percent of smartphone owners say they will u
Jackson Kayak Partners with Mexico to Promote Adventure Travel
Jackson Kayak has partnered with the Mexico Tourism Board and the Tourism Department of the State of Veracruz to promote the region as an adventure travel destination and generate marketing collateral…
Jackson Kayak Adds to Product Design Team
Jackson Kayak has added Ken “Hobie” Hoeve to its product design and marketing team…
U.S. Olympic Committee to Help Disabled Vets with V.A. Grant
The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded $7.5 million to the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) to provide recreation and sport activities for disabled Veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces…
US Senate Targets Claims of Concussion-Limiting Equipment
Sports are an important part of youth culture, but the risks of concussions need to be addressed, former athletes, neurologists and a representative from the Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) told members of the Senate Commerce Commit
Sunice Snow Sports Appoints VP of Sales
Sunice, Canada's No. 1 outerwear brand, appointed Denver-based ski-industry veteran Nathan Dopp as its VP of sales for Sunice Snow Sports USA. His most recent experience was as VP of sales and marketing at Sport Obermeyer…
Anta Sports Sees Slower Growth Road Ahead for China Retail
Anta Sports, one of China’s largest sporting goods brands, expects a slowdown in the same-store-sales growth of its retail partner stores for the third quarter of 2011 when compared with that of the last quarter. The company said the guidance was ba
Johnson Outdoors Tech4o Renews Adventure Race Sponsorship
Johnson Outdoors’ Tech4o (Technology for Outdoors) brand will once again sponsor the Checkpoint Tracker Adventure Racing Championship to take place in Land Between the Lakes, KY on Oct. 21, 2011…
Snow Sports Enthusiasts Ignore Headlines, Book Resort Vacations
Year-over-year occupancy at western U.S. mountain resorts for the next six months (October-March) is up overall 8.4 percent compared to the same period last year with January up 18 percent and February up 10.3 percent, according to the most recent data re
Acorn Names Southeast Sales Agency
Acorn appointed Stable & Company as their sales agency for the Southeast Territory. Stephen Frachiseur and Levi Sandelin of Stable & Company of Atlanta will represent Acorn at the retail and customer levels…
Primaloft Sells More Gear to U.S. Marine Corps
PrimaLoft Insulation Technology sold 8,750 additional sets of the USMC Extreme Cold Weather System to the United States Marine Corps (USMC). The system is used by thousands of U.S. Marines stationed in the coldest areas of Afghanistan and across the globe
