<p>The snow sports market surpassed the $3 billion mark for the 2010/2011 season but sales slowed significantly in February. Season to date, snow sports sales are up 13% in dollars sold and up 8% in units sold… </p>
<p>Toms Shoes, the Santa Monica based footwear company promoted their 4th annual “One Day Without Shoes” campaign on Tuesday, April 4. The company teamed-up with Nordstrom to host barefoot walks…</p>
<p>Aloe Up Sun & Skincare will provide sunscreen at all American Junior Golf Association events through 2013…</p>
<p>John Bragg, a long-time sales representative for Marmot in the Northeast territory will be ending his representation of the company. Bragg is the principal of The Franconia Group based in Walpole, NH. The Franconia Group will continue to represent Scarpa </p>
<p>Freedom Group Inc., which owns the Remington, Marlin, Bushmaster, Dakota and the Mountain Khakis brands, among others, called off its plans for an initial public offering. The Madison, NC company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to withdr</p>
<p>Gregory Mountain Products, part of Black Diamond Inc., has hired Bill Kulczycki as general manager and vice president. Kulczycki comes to the post after four years as president and CEO of Filson. Prior to that, he worked for 28-years at Patagonia, where h</p>
<p>GSI Outdoors, a leading supplier of outdoor table- and cookware, hired Matt Smith of Chugach Trading Co. to support sales and marketing efforts in the expanding Alaska Market. Smith will also represent the Outside Inside gift collection, which is owned a</p>
<p>Given the margin pressures most industry vendors and manufacturers are facing, the 2010 fourth quarter was a solid indicator of a market in full recovery…</p>
<p>The Freedom Group, Inc., which owns the Remington, Marlin, Bushmaster, Dakota and Mountain Khakis brands, among others, sent a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, requesting the withdrawal of the company’s Registration S</p>
<p>Orange 21 Inc., which develops eyewear for the action sports, motorsports, snow sports and lifestyle markets and owns the Spy Optic brand, reported fourth quarter sales increased 1.0% to $9.0 million from $8.9 million in the prior-year period…</p>
<p>Cybex International, Inc. reported net sales improved 15% for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, but a crushing loss in a product liability lawsuit sank the bottom line and may still be a threat to push Cybex into bankruptcy…</p>
<p>Recreational Equipment, Inc., or REI, announced sales rose 14.0% to $1.66 billion for the year ended Dec. 31, 2010, on 8.1% comps growth, a 22.9% increase in direct sales and the addition of four new stores. Gross margins slipped 80 basis points to 43.9% </p>
<p>The U.S. Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) affirmed Acushnet Co.'s contention that the four patents at the heart of the company's years-long dispute with Callaway Golf are invalid…</p>
<p>EBay last week reached an agreement to acquire GSI Commerce, the operater of e-commerce websites for many sporting goods chains and a few sports-related brands, for $2.4 billion…</p>
<p>Head N.V. disclosed that its Chairman and CEO Johan Eliasch and his family members upped their holdings in the company to 66.3%. The Netherlands-based company also reported that Richard Hurowitz resigned from its supervisory board after funds managed by O</p>
