Data Show Wholesalers Building Inventory in 2011
Container cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to rise by 11% this month, 6% in the first half of 2011 and 7-8% in 2011 over the comparable periods in 2010, according to a forecast released by the National Retail Fed
OR Winter Market Backcountry Hardgoods Review Part II
The relentless march toward lighter, stronger, faster continues in the backcountry equipment market as evidenced by products exhibited at last month’s Outdoor Retailer Winter Market…
Tilly’s Appoints Daniel Griesemer as CEO
Tilly's, the action sports chain, appointed Daniel Griesemer as president and chief executive officer. Griesemer succeeds Hezy Shaked, who has served as chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer since co-founding Tilly's in 19
ChiRunning Launches new Educational Web Site
ChiRunning, the natural running technique organization based in Asheville, NC, has launched a series of new websites: www.chirunning.com; www.chiwalking.com and www.chiliving.com…
Interbike Forms Exhibitor Feedback Panel
Interbike announced the formation of an exhibitor advisory panel made up of 11 executives representing a broad range of manufacturers, suppliers and distributors operating within the international bicycle community…
Deadline Approaches for NSGA’s 2012 Hall of Fame Nominations
The National Sporting Goods Association said the deadline to nominate candidates for the 2012 class of the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame is quickly approaching – March 15, 2011. Nominees will be evaluated following the 2011 NSGA Management Conferen
Big 5 Signs on as LA Marathon Sponsor
Big 5 Sporting Goods has signed on as a sponsor of the Honda LA Marathon presented by K-Swiss…
Rawlings Introducing Performance Apparel
Rawlings, a division of Jarden Team Sports, is launching a line of performance apparel. According to a report in the St. Louis Dispatch, a baseball apparel line was rolled out in January at Modell's Sporting Goods, Hibbett Sports and Sport Chalet. S
Bill Would Allow Ski Areas to Offer More Summer Recreation
A team of bipartisan U.S. Senators and Representatives has reintroduced the Ski Area Recreation Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2011 to change permitting rules for ski areas on Forest Service land to allow for summertime recreation and increased tourism-an
Proposed Budget Cuts in House Bill Pose ‘Conservation Crisis’
The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership decried proposed budgetary cuts to key federal programs affecting a range of natural resource management issues, asserting that those cuts would create a “conservation crisis.”…
Salazar Announces Funding to States for Fish and Wildlife Projects
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced recently the distribution of more than $749 million in excise tax revenues generated by sportsmen and women to state and territorial fish and wildlife agencies through the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restorat
Outdoor Companies Back BLM Wild Lands Policy
Citing the need for “balance in federal land management and the role public and wild lands play in supporting jobs across the American economy,” The Conservation Alliance (Alliance), Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and companies they represent sent a l
Research Group Raises Questions About 90% Theory
Following a widely discussed report by Mexican officals and numerous US publications claiming that 90% of guns used my Mexican drug cartels originated in the United States, independent research group STRATFOR has issued a study that raises major questions
Jarden Has Recouped Rossignol Investment
Jarden Corp. has recouped its original minority investment in Rossignol, the French ski brand spun off at a loss by Quiksilver in 2008, Jarden Chairman and CEO Martin Franklin told analysts this week..
U.S. Consumers Sustain Spending in January
January marked the seventh straight month of retail sales gains, although sales by sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores decreased 1.3% on a seasonally adjusted month-to-month basis and increased 0.4% on an unadjusted year-over-year basis, accordin
