New Balance and Walt Disney Parks & Resorts announced a multi-year strategic alliance that includes exclusive footwear, running-specific initiatives and co-branding opportunities…
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Outsiders Ball Scheduled for Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2013
Outdoor industry leaders are joining with The Outdoor Foundation to spearhead an unprecedented fundraising event to on eve of Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2013. The Outsiders Ball will rally the industry around a single cause –fighting the growing divid
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.
Ugg Set for Aggressive Retail Expansion
Deckers Outdoor is planning to have 200 stores, largely for the Ugg brand, by 2015, from 78 currently, Yul Vanek, the company’s VP of information technology, told CIO Journal. The move is expected to help Ugg showcase a larger variety of its product
NOAA Confirms 2012 Was Warmest Year on Record
According to NOAA scientists, the average temperature for the contiguous U.S. for 2012 was 55.3°F, which was 3.2°F above the 20th century average and 1.0°F above the previous record from 1998…
Patagonia Sets Grand Opening for Santa Monica Store
Patagonia announced the grand opening of its 4th Street Santa Monica store, a new store location that will hold Los Angeles' largest assortment of Fletcher Chouinard Designs surfboards and Patagonia wetsuits…
Converse to Move Global Headquarters to Boston
Converse Inc., a subsidiary of Nike, Inc., announced plans to relocate its world headquarters to Boston, MA in April 2015. The move to downtown Boston follows an extensive search for a new company headquarters in the greater Boston metropolitan area…
Boccieri Golf Partners with Jack Nicklaus on Launch
Boccieri Golf, maker of the Heavy Putter, has tapped Jack Nicklaus to help launch the Secret Grip, a patented technological breakthrough that allows players to easily back-weight their clubs…
Equip Outdoor Names U.S. Sales Manager
Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd., the parent company of technical outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine, has hired Chris Tennal as U.S. sales manager. Tennal will manage two national sales teams covering the Rab and Lowe Alpine brands and will be based out o
Flylow Adds Hinton and Denne to Sales Team
Flylow, manufacturers of backcountry freeride ski apparel, named Micah Hinton has its new national sales manager and Joe Denne as its Western Great Lakes sales rep…
U.S. Government to Study Youth Sports Concussions
The Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academies of Science, will probe sports-related concussions in young people from elementary school through early adulthood. According to the Institute of Medicine website, a committee “will conduct a study o
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