PrimaLoft’s Joe Rumiesz to Retire
PrimaLoft Inc. announced its Vice President of Operations Joe Rumiesz will retire March 2 after a 16-year career with the company…
HanesBrands Announces 50 Percent Hike Quarterly Dividend
HanesBrands, the parent of Champion and Gear for Sports, said its board of directors is raising the company’s dividend by 50 percent…
Licensing Expo and MAGIC Market Week Announce Collaboration
Industry leading trade events, Licensing Expo and MAGIC Market Week announced a new collaboration to cross-promote attendance at their two complementary trade events in 2014…
OSMO Nutrition Hires Senior Director of Sales
OSMO Nutrition, creators of the sports hydration and recovery products specifically optimized for male and female physiology, welcomed Reid Swanson as senior director of sales…
Stoner-Andrews Adds Rep
Stoner-Andrews Inc., the rep agency based in Shelburne, VT, added Jason Giroux as the seventh member of its team…
Cannondale’s US Assembly Plant, 100 Jobs Nixed in Dorel Restructuring
Dorel Industries Inc. will close an assembly and testing facility in Bedford, PA that once cranked out thousands of Cannondale bicycles to cut costs by $6 million annually at its nearly $1 billion-a-year Recreational/Leisure segment…
NOCSAE Approves Revised Football Helmet Standard
The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) board of directors has approved the development of a revised football helmet standard that will require helmets to limit certain concussion causing forces…
NSGA Management Conference and Team Dealer Summit Agendas Set
The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) has set the Team Dealer Program for the historic 50th NSGA Management Conference and 16th Team Dealer Summit, which will be held April 27-30 in Indian Wells, CA. The conference and summit will once again hav
Timbuk2 Wins Outdoor Inspiration Award at OR
Timbuk2 was named the winner of the company category at the fourth annual Outdoor Inspiration Awards for its unflinching advocacy of cycling. The awards, which were present by Adidas Outdoor during the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, also honored…
Secretary Jewell Solicits $20M for Expanding Conservation Corps
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell outlined her goal to raise $20 million from private partners by 2017 for the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps (21CSC) while addressing the Outdoor Industry Association’s Industry Breakfast before the start of t
Golf Industry Launches Initiative to Reverse Decline
On the eve of the golf industry's largest trade show, a group of industry leaders presented a plan to more than 1,000 industry members to call on golfers everywhere to “hack” the sport by submitting their ideas to revitalize the game. Since 2004 near
C4 Waterman Acquired by Wenonah Canoe
Executives for Wenonah Canoe Inc. and C4 Waterman announced the merger of the two paddlesports brands Wednesday at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market. Bill Kueper, Vice President, Wenonah Canoe, Inc. and Todd Bradley, President C4 Waterman, Inc. said C4 Water
Dwindle Lands Exclusive US Distribution Rights for Olloclip
Dwindle Distribution has been appointed as the exclusive action sports distributor in the U.S. region for Olloclip, a line of photo lenses and accessor for iPhones and iPod touches, effective immediately…
Intrawest Commences $300 Million IPO
Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc. commenced an initial public offering Tuesday that is expected to raise about $50 million for the operator of seven mountain resorts and $200 million for Fortress Investments, which acquired control of the company in 2006 a
2014 ATA Show Draws 3,000 Archery Retailers and Buyers
Dubbed the “big show for the bow,” the Archery Trade Association trade held in Nashville, Tennessee had a successful 2014 run…
