Craft Signs Skier Marit Bjørgen
Craft, the Swedish functional sportswear brand, has signed the world’s best cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen to a 4-year contract…
Timbuk2 Sponsors the Red Hook Criterium Championship Series
Timbuk2 announced its sponsorship of the 2014 and 2015 Red Hook Criterium Championship Series, the international three-part cycling race series with rounds in Brooklyn, Barcelona and Milan…
K2 Snowboarding Promotes Tim Eddy + Matt Belzile to International Pro Team
K2 Snowboarding promoted two riders to their International Pro Team by bringing up Tim Eddy and Matt Belzile to the squad…
Vail Resorts Grew Retail/Rental Sales in Fourth Quarter
Vail Resorts said revenues from its more than 180 specialty retail stores and gear rental shops reached $85.7 million in the second fiscal quarter ended Jan. 31, up 2.4 percent, compared to the same period in the prior year…
Epoch Lacrosse Partners with StringKing Lacrosse
Epoch Lacrosse has chosen StringKing Lacrosse to manufacture its game changing and patent pending Otter Mesh…
Yue Yuen Sees Modest February Gain
Yue Yuen Industrial Ltd. reported revenues in February reached $496.6 million against $486.5 million in the year-ago month, a gain of 2.1 percent…
Ecco Reports Margins Improved in 2013 Despite Rising Costs
Danish shoemaker Ecco was able to increase operating margins in 2013 despite rapidly growing leather and labor costs and production constraints related to a 2011 fire that destroyed…
Government Shutdown Reduced Visits to National Parks By Nearly 8 Million
Visits to national parks declined by 9.1 million, or 3.3 percent, in 2013 compared with 2012, due in large part to the government shutdown that took place during the first 16 days of October, according to a report released by the National Park Service….
Mercury Marine Appoints New PR Director
Mercury Marine announces the addition of Lee Gordon as director of public relations…
Rack Room’s General Counsel Honored
The Charlotte Business Journal selected Rack Room Shoes’ General Counsel Peter Barr as a winner of the 2014 Corporate Counsel Awards, a program that honors the top in-house lawyers…
Bon Ton CEO to Step Down
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. announced that Brendan L. Hoffman, president and chief executive officer, has notified the company's board of directors that he will not renew his employment agreement with the company at its expiration on Feb. 7, 2015…
Five Ten to Sponsor American Mountain Guides Association
In addition to providing two partial tuition scholarships per year, Five Ten became the Official Approach Shoe Sponsor for the AMGA’s Instructor Team in 2014. The company first partnered with the AMGA in 1993…
Jarden Plans $600 Million Note Offering
Jarden Corporation, which owns The Coleman Co., K2, Marmot, Shakespeare, Rawlings, Zoot and 20 other sporting goods brands, announced plans to borrow $600 million from investors and use up to $250 million of the proceeds to buy back its stock…
Compass Diversified Reports Fourth Quarter Loss
Compass Diversified Holdings, which owns controlling interest in several outdoor products companies, reported a net loss of $5.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2013 and net income of $78.8 million for the full year 2013…
Dick’s SG Rides Robust Comps to Strong Q4
Riding healthy same-store sales, better-than-expected margins and an acceleration of its e-commerce business, Dick’s Sporting Goods managed to report fourth-quarter earnings that exceeded its forecast provided last November…
