Sportfishing Industry Welcomes BEA Report Detailing Industry’s Contribution To U.S. Economy
The American Sportfishing Association (ASA), a founding member of the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR), today voiced the association’s support for the final report recognizing the outdoor recreation industry as a significant contributor to the U.S. economy.
Bass Pro Shops Expands FLW Sponsorship
Per terms of the agreement, Bass Pro Shops will retain title sponsorship of the FLW High School Fishing Opens. In addition to the title sponsorship, Bass Pro Shops will also receive exposure across all FLW platforms, including more than 260 tournaments and Expos.
Legendary Whitetails Pledges $1 Million To Help Cover Hunting License Costs
Legendary Whitetails, an American clothing company for white-tailed deer hunters and their families, celebrates the hunt and the company’s heritage this season with a $1 million investment to promote hunting.
Big Rock Sports Issues Hurricane Florence Update
Big Rock Sports, headquartered in Graham, NC, sent out an e-mail to its partners indicating that the company’s headquarters escaped damage from Hurricane Florence, its office in Morehead City experienced minor damage, and Hamlet Distribution Center (RC) opened with a small crew on Monday and expects to “be back to full speed within the next couple of days.”
Industry Voices Grow Louder In Opposition To Trade War
President Trump’s claim that increased tariffs on foreign goods have resulted in an improved business climate for U.S. companies has been widely rejected by representatives of the outdoor, sporting goods and active lifestyle industries, who are growing louder in their opposition to the administration’s escalating trade war.
Retail Reports Roundup
Studies arriving last week included a prediction that for the first time ever, more purchases will be made with mobile phones than ever during the upcoming holiday season. Research also found Nike’s chatter among Gen-Z getting louder, consumer reluctance to being targeted via customer segmentation methods, apparel shopping journeys increasingly starting online and the appeal of reward-based promotions and speedy checkouts.
Major League Fishing, Bass Pro And Outdoor Sportsman Group Partner On Fishing Competition
The expanded MLF program includes the addition of the Bass Pro Tour, a premier 80-angler, eight-event tour with a championship and heightened payouts, made possible through enthusiastic support from Bass Pro Shops and Outdoor Sportsman Group (OSG).
SFIA: Sports Industry On The Mend
The sporting goods industry not surprisingly bounced back in 2017 after a brutal 2016 marked by the liquidation of Sports Authority, according to the 2018 SFIA State of the Industry Report. But the report still finds a cautious outlook for most industry players with many struggling to adjust to the digital disruption of retail.
5.11 Opens Store In Cincinnati, OH
Tactical apparel and gear company 5.11 has opened a brick-and-mortar retail store in Cincinnati, OH, providing another building block to the company’s’s 2018 retail expansion goal of 50 company-owned retail stores.
Aisle Talk Week of September 10
Top headlines from the active lifestyle industry you may have missed this week, including the results of a new poll from Quinnipiac University that shows American voters approved, by a ratio of 49-to-37 percent, Nike’s decision to include Colin Kaepernick in the company’s “Just Do It” anniversary ad campaign.
GSM Acquires CoyoteLight
GSM Outdoors LLC, the maker of hunting and shooting products, announced the company’s acquisition of CoyoteLight, the predator light hunting brand.
Camping World Plans Co-Branded SuperCenter In Greenville
Camping World Holdings Inc.announced that the Overton’s showroom, located 111 Red Banks Road in North Carolina, will continue to operate with a multi-branded offering showcasing Overton’s water sport products, Gander Outdoors and Camping World products and services for the outdoor enthusiast in addition to Gander RV Sales.
China Vows Retaliation If Trump Adds More Tariffs
China said Monday it would retaliate against the U.S. if President Donald Trump imposes more tariffs on Chinese goods, further escalating the global trade war between the two nations.
Aisle Talk Week Of September 3
Top headlines from the active lifestyle industry you may have missed this week, including the tragic death of Jason Hairston, the founder of the KUIU hunting apparel brand.
OBIT: KUIU Founder Jason Hairston
Jason Hairston, the founder of the KUIU hunting apparel brand, has died. He was 47.
