Dorel Industries unveiled how it will use its new Cannondale Pro Cycling Team to promote Cannondale bikes, Sugoi apparel and its Guru Experience fit and training system…
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Brooks Settles Trademark Lawsuit with Fred Meyer
Brooks Sports, Inc. and Fred Meyer Stores, Inc. have settled their dispute around Fred Meyer’s use of an objectionable graphic design on private label athletic wear. While Fred Meyer did not admit liability, it recognized the design closely resemble
Granite Gear Introduces New Pack Series at OR
Granite Gear will be introducing two new packs at the ORWM. The Athabasca 24 and the Kahiltna 29 represent a new series of full-featured technical hiking packs that can double as everyday working daypacks….
John Wall Shifts from Reebok to Adidas
Adidas announced a long-term partnership with basketball superstar John Wall of the Washington Wizards. Wall had been with sister-brand, Reebok…
Chaos Hats to Host OIWC Fundraiser at OR Winter Market
Chaos Hats will sell discounted headwear all week in their Outdoor Retailer booth #30001E to raise money for the Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition (OIWC)…
Tilly’s Reduces Q4 Guidance on Soft Holiday Sales
Tilly’s, Inc. announced that comparable store sales, which include e-commerce sales, for the ten weeks ended Jan. 5 decreased 1 percent, compared to a 5 percent increase for the same period last year…
Business Incubator Names Inaugural Class
Telluride Venture Accelerator (TVA) – the only business incubator focused in the outdoor recreation, tourism, natural products, health, energy, water and education fields – announced its inaugural group of participating companies. The winners are…
Callaway Golf Signs 21-Year Old Japanese Golfer Ryo Ishikawa
Callaway Golf announced the signing of Ryo Ishikawa to a multi-year contract. Ishikawa, a ten-time winner on the Japanese Tour by the age of 21…
Deuter USA Expands Travel and Daypack Categories for 2013
Deuter USA announces the expansion of their travel luggage program at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2013. New models include four rolling duffels and a completely new daypack line with eight new styles and two new kids daypacks…
Modell’s Reorganizes Buying Team
Modell's Sporting Goods promoted Charles Castaneda to a new role as chief merchandising officer. Jay O’Brien becomes general merchandise manager (GMM) of Sporting Goods and Jeff Schaffer takes over as GMM of footwear…
RECALL: 66 Batteries for Columbia Sportswear Electric Jackets
Columbia Sportswear re-announced its recall of batteries sold with electric jackets it sold because of a cell defect with chance cause overheating, posing a fire hazard…
SpendingPulse: December Retail Sales Up 2.8 Percent, Excluding Autos and Fuel
December retail sales, excluding autos and fuel sales, grew by 2.8 percent year-over-year, or much slower than the 4.5 percent rate in November, according to a SpendingPulse report released by MasterCard Advisors, the professional services arm of MasterCa
Report: Tony Parker Exiting Nike for Peak Sports
Tony Parker has left Nike to sign with the Chinese Sportswear company Peak Sports, according to counterkicks.com. The San Antonio Spurs guard reportedly signed a a 3-year, $1.2 million endorsement deal.
Bauer’s Q2 Revenues Climb 9.3 Percent
Bauer Performance Sports Ltd. reported revenues climbed 9.3 percent in its second quarter ended Nov. 30, to $109.6 million. Adjusted net income improved 65.9 percent to $7.3 million from $4.4 million…
Study: Colleges’ Physical Education Requirements Decline
According to a study from the Oregon State University College of Public Health and Human Sciences, only 39 percent of four-year colleges said students had to meet physical education requirements in 2010, down from about two-thirds in the 1980s and '
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