Amer Sports Corporation's net sales reached €372.6 million ($516.4mm) in the first quarter ended March 31, 2010, up 5% from the same quarter a year ago. Higher sales and higher gross margins pushed EBIT to €9.5 million ($13.2mm), represen
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Obama Administration Asks Outdoor CEOs for Help with America’s Great Outdoors Initiative
The Obama Administration is counting on the outdoor industry, including retailers, to help organize and host “listening sessions” this summer as part of America’s Great Outdoors Initiative…
Vasque to Sponsor Project America Runner
Vasque is honored to announce their sponsorship of Mike Eherdt, a veteran and retired US Postal worker from Driggs, ID, on his Project America Run. Eherdt is running 4522 miles, from coast to coast across the US, to honor fallen troops in Iraq and has sel
Life Fitness Names Tim McCarthy VP For The Americas
Life Fitness has named Tim McCarthy vice president for the Americas, responsible for performance in the United States, Canada and Latin America…
Lafuma’s America Business Sees Gains
The Lafuma Group America closed its first half of the fiscal year at the end of March and is seeing a 35% growth for the 09/10 fiscal year, according to its parent Lafuma Group. Particularly strong performances in the Fall/Winter '10 pre-season selli
Salazar Announces Fee Free Days in Celebration of America’s Great Outdoors and Earth Day
To mark the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and to celebrate the launch of the Obama Administration’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced a schedule of free admission days to many of the lands
President Obama Signs America’s Great Outdoors Initiative
President Obama signed a declaration establishing the America’s Great Outdoors Initiative that embraces much of the outdoor industry’s agenda, but also signals that tight federal budgets will require better coordinating federal and nonfederal
Petzl America Appoints Communications Manager
Petzl, the manufacturer of technical climbing gear and Hands-Free Lighting, hired Justin Roth as Communications Manager. Roth's experience includes senior and chief editorial positions at Climbing and Urban Climber magazines for the past three years.
NSGA: Americans Spend $8B on Sports Logo Apparel in 2009
Adult Americans spent more than $8 billion on sports logo apparel in 2009, according to a new study being released by the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA)…
American Hiking Society Hikes Capitol Hill
The American Hiking Society said it held over 500 individual meetings on Capitol Hill during Trails Advocacy Week last month…
Native Eyewear Beefs up North American Rep Force
Native Eyewear has added several rep groups in North America. The company has doubled its presence in the South through a partnership with Baratti Marketing, increased its California, Nevada and Arizona outreach with the Blue Sky Group and has expanded ef
Nike’s Q3 Sales Increase 7%, North America Sales Inch Ahead 1%
Nike Inc. reported sales rose 7% to $4.7 billion from $4.4 billion. Excluding changes in currency exchange rates, net revenue was up 2% compared to the same quarter last year. Excluding charges in the year-ago period, net income increased 2%. Excluding c
J. America Licenses John Deere for Sportswear
J. America, a licensed apparel company in the collegiate, resort and corporate markets, has signed a licensing agreement with John Deere for men's and women's sportswear. The categories include fleece, tee shirts, headwear and lounge wear…
Quiksilver Inc. Cuts Fiscal First Quarter Loss; DC the Lone Bright Spot in Americas
Action sports giant Quiksilver, Inc. dramatically cut its losses in its fiscal first quarter ended January 31 despite a 2% decline in sales…
SGMA’s Get America Moving Coalition Rallies in the Capital
A delegation of physical activity proponents met Wednesday with members of the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C. to talk about what can be done to Get America Moving. Celebrities at the event organized by SGMA included The celebrities participating in Nat