Trek’s Click-and-Collect Plan Could Mark Tipping Point
Trek Bicycle Corporation sent shock waves through the independent bicycle dealer (IBD) channel in the United States last week by announcing it would begin selling direct to consumers online, but share any profits with its dealers…
Whistler Blackcomb Reports Summer Traffic Gains
Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc. reported visitation to North America's largest mountain resort grew 24.2 percent in the fiscal third quarter ended June 30, helping offset the decline in skier traffic it saw in the prior two quarters…
Safilo’s North American Sales Slow
Safilo Group S.p.A. reported its sales growth in North America, where it is building a Global Sports and Outdoor Lifestyle segment around its Smith sunglasses brand, slowed significantly in currency-neutral terms in the second quarter…
AllSaints Lands Footwear Deal
AllSaints signed a footwear licensing deal with Camuto Group. The collection will debut in 2016…
Gregory Hires Sales Director and Opens SLC Design Center
Gregory appointed Jim Boisd’Enghien as its sales director and opened a dedicated design center in Salt Lake City where all product development for North America will take place…
NSSRA Partners with SportsOneSource to Provide Members POS Data Trend Reporting
The National Ski & Snowboard Retailers Association (NSSRA) announces an exclusive partnership with SportsOneSource, LLC (SOS) to produce weekly snow sports sales data trend reporting using SOS’s proprietary SSI Data platform…
SportsOneSource Named New Platinum Sponsor of Outdoor Foundation’s Outsiders Ball
The Outdoor Foundation announced that The SportsOneSource Group, the leading Internet portal for the active lifestyle industry, has signed on as a Platinum Sponsor of the 2015 Outsiders Ball…
Sturm, Ruger’s New Incentive Program Helps it Beat Q2 Expectations
Sturm, Ruger and Company Inc. said distributor response to its first summer incentive program for dealers and happy workers at its new factory in North Carolina helped it beat Wall Street estimates in the second quarter…
OR Lists 30 Made-in-America Exhibitors
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and Outdoor Retailer (OR) have announced 30 outdoor brands whose products will be featured in the third Made in America Product Showcase at OR Summer Market, August 5-8, 2015…
Vibram to Launch After-market Sole Venture at OR
Vibram will launch the North American version of an initiative that seeks to sell outsoles as an after-market upgrade to existing shoes at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market…
Deckers Brands Q1 Results Marred by Exchange Rates
Deckers Brands reported sales increased 1.1 percent in its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, but were up 4.5 percent in currency-neutral terms. Exchange rates also trimmed its gross margin by 200 basis points and led to a widening of its second quarter
Zamst to Sponsor Area Code Baseball
Zamst, the maker of sports bracing and support equipment, renewed its nationwide sponsorship with Area Code Baseball. Within the partnership, Zamst will provide, sport specific, high performance products at Area Code Baseball events, in addition to digita
City Sports to Sell “Free Brady” T-Shirts
City Sports, a Boston based specialty sports retailer, has ordered and plans to sell thousands of “Free Brady” t-shirts that will be sold in most of its nine Boston locations and on-line beginning this weekend…
Big 5’s Q2 Slowed by Drought Conditions
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. reported earnings rose 4.0 percent in the second quarter on a 1.7 percent comp-store gain. Results were in line with previous guidance but management indicated that drought conditions in its core California markets was continuin
Earlier ORWM Dates Causes Industry to Scramble
News that Outdoor Retailer moving its upcoming winter market show two weeks earlier has led to elation from some in the outdoor specialty community but some trepidation and annoyance as well…
