Inov-8 Secures PE Investment
Inov-8, the minimalist footwear company, has received an equity investment from ISIS Equity Partners of the United Kingdom. ISIS Equity gains a minority stake with two of its principals joining Inov-8's board…
Li-Ning to Sponsor Red Bull King of the Rock Basketball Championship
Li-Ning has signed on as the official footwear and apparel sponsor of the one-on-one Red Bull King of the Rock basketball championship.The final game will take place on San Francisco's famed Alcatraz…
Adams Golf Sees Record Sales for First Quarter 2012
Adams Golf reported record net sales of $37.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012, as compared to $30.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, an increase of 25 percent year-over-year…
Prince Sports Sets Reorganization Plan Approval Hearing
Prince Sports received bankruptcy court approval to hold a final hearing May 24 on the reorganization plan the company submitted with its Chapter 11 filing last week…
SPOT Service Revenues Up Sharply as Unit Sales Drop
Satellite services company Globalstar reported that its SPOT service revenue during the first quarter was approximately $5.3 million, up approximately 27 percent compared to the same period in 2011. SPOT equipment revenue, by contrast, slipped 42.1 percen
Dillard’s Q1 Profits Increase 24 Percent
Dillard's reported net income for the 13 weeks ended April 28, 2012 of $95.0 million, or $1.89 per share compared to net income of $76.7 million or $1.31 per share for the 13 weeks ended April 30, 2011…
CamelBak Renews Outdoor Nation Sponsorship
CamelBak signed on as the official hydration sponsor of Outdoor Nation for the third year in a row. CamelBak’s contribution will help support the 2012 Outdoor Nation Summits held this summer and fall in ten cities across the United States and the co
High Sierra Acquires Eponymous Domain Name
After many years of negotiation, High Sierra Sport Company has acquired the domain name HighSierra.com, which had been operated as a local travel and visitor site to promote real estate, tourism and other businesses in the Lake Tahoe area…
Geox Q1 Profit Slips
Geox SpA reported its net profit slipped 4.3 percent in the first quarter due to weakness in Europe. Revenues were down 4.5 percent. North American sales decreased by 12 percent at Euro terms and were down 15 percent at constant exchange rates…
OrthoLite Partners with Carhartt
OrthoLite has partnered with Carhartt(R) to incorporate its insole technology into the work brand's footwear…
Gander Mountain to Open Store in Florence, AL
Gander Mountain announced plans to open a store at The Shoals of northwest Alabama…
Marine Electronics and Dive Innovations Buoy Johnson Outdoors’ First Quarter Sales
Johnson Outdoors Inc. reported second quarter sales were flat with record results a year earlier as shipments of new products by its marine electronics and diving segments offset declines at its Watercraft and Outdoor segment…
Finish Line to Retain 51 Percent Stake in Running Company
According to Finish Line's just-released 10K, Finish Line will remain majority owner of Running Specialty with a 51 percent stake following its strategic investment with Gart Capital Partners. As part of the transaction, GCPI issued Finish Line a $4.
OIA Urges Obama to Override Forest Service Roadless Rule for Colorado
Outdoor Industry Association petitioned the Obama Administration to overrule the U.S. Forest Service and double the amount of its areas in Colorado set aside for top tier roadless rule protections…
Skullcandy’s First Quarter Earnings Increase on Strong Sales
Skullcandy Inc. reported that its first quarter net income for the three months ended March 31 rose 6 percent to $1.1 million, or 4 cents per share, from $1 million, or 8 cents per share, last year. Revenue rose 48 percent to $53.3 million from $36 millio
