Jarden Outdoor Profits Grow Six Times Faster Than Sales in Q2
Jarden Corp. reported earnings at its Outdoor Solutions segment grew 12.8 percent in the second quarter or more than six times faster than sales, which were up 1.9 percent from a year earlier…
Implus Acquires DryGuy and MaxxDry Dryers
Implus has acquired DryGuy, a leading supplier of footwear dryers and thermal layering systems. This latest addition to the Implus family of brands will fall under the company’s Outdoor Division, which also includes Yaktrax, ICEtrekkers and Little H
Mavic Promotes Walker, Adds Sales Reps
Mavic Inc. has promoted longtime factory sales representative Aaron Walker to the new position of product merchandising manager and hired new sales reps in the upper Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions…
Sierra Design Hires Conradt to Drive International Sales
Sierra Designs, which has recently reinvented its line of backpacking gear, rebuilt its U.S. sales team, has hired outdoor industry veteran Bill Conradt to drive international sales…
TomTom Doubles Sport Sales in Second Quarter
TomTom reported that revenues from sports products more than doubled in the second quarter thanks to the introduction of its Cardio GPS sport watches, which are now available in 26 countries…
Columbia Sportswear’s Q2 Revenues Climb 16 Percent
Columbia Sportswear Co. reported sales grew 16 percent in the second quarter to $324.2 million compared with sales of $280.5 million for the same period in 2013. Columbia brand net sales increased $38.5 million, or 15 percent, to $291.0 million, and the
Eagle Imports Chooses Marketing Agency of Record
Eagle Imports Inc., an exclusive US importer of international firearm brands including Bersa, MAC, American Classic, SPS and Comanche today announces a new creative and strategic partnership with outdoor marketing agency, Epicosity…
Task Force Formed to Counter Cyber Threats to Hunters
Sportsmen, conservation organizations and outdoor personalities met at the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance (USSA) headquarters to develop strategies to counter the recent increase in cyber-attacks on hunters…
Top Officials Call for Renewal of Land and Water Conservation Fund
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) joined Randy Newberg, host of The Sportsman Channel's “Fresh Tracks with Randy Newberg,” to discuss the importance of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)
NRF Projects Consumer Spending Increase
The National Retail Federation expects a surge in consumer spending during the next five months to compensate for a weak start to the year…
Sportsman’s Warehouse to Open 5th California Store
Sportsman's Warehouse is expanding its operations to include a new retail location in Fresno, CA planned to open in the spring of 2015…
Academy Sports To Open Third Baton Rouge Area Store
Academy Sports + Outdoors will open a store in Denham Springs, LA, just outside of Baton Rouge. Academy also announced the renewal of its multi-year partnerships with the New Orleans Saints and LSU Tigers…
Horny Toad Rebrands as ‘ToadandCo’
Horny Toad, the 18-year-old outdoor lifestyle apparel brand will unveil its new brand name “Toad&Co” to the trade at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market next month, followed by a fully integrated omni-channel consumer launch in February 2015…
Optic Nerve Promotes Three to Sales Leadership Positions
Optic Nerve Eyewear has promoting employees into the positions of director of sales, sales manager and communications manager…
Terna, Lorpen Merge
The majority shareholder of the Spanish company IASA (owner of the brands Astore and Ternua) has acquired Lorpen, a company based in Navarra, Spain…
