Eider has signed a 10-year agreement to market and design the Killy snowsports brand. The new women’s and men’s line will be available in selected snowsports specialty stores for the winter ’07-08 season…
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Isis’ Founder Wins OIWC Pioneering Woman Award
Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition announced that Carolyn Cooke has been chosen as the 2007 recipient of the Pioneering Woman Award. The Pioneering Women Award honors women who have furthered the OIWC mission by demonstrating an outstanding commitment t
Malden Bidding War Begins
Chrysalis Capital Partners issued a statement regarding the recent Malden Mills Bankruptcy and potential sale to Gordon Brothers. The Private equity firm said that recent reports have stated that the sale of Malden Mills to Gordon Brothers Group is near c
Kamik Hires Two New Creative Designers
Kamik has hired two new creative designers, Brian and Martina Cyr. This move marks Kamik’s continued efforts to demonstrate their leadership in the winter and outdoor categories by designing functional outdoor footwear for every season…
Icebreaker Inks Sponsorship Deal with Honda Ski Tour
Icebreaker is partnering with the Honda Ski Tour, a series of four skiing competitions and alpine festivals, which kicked off in Sun Valley, Idaho, from Thursday, January 11th through Monday, January 15th…
Spy Optic Hires Anderson to Head Snowboard Division
Spy Optic has brought on Pete Andersen to oversee its Snowboard category. Andersen’s role will encompass managing all marketing and team aspects of Spy’s snowboard involvement, including promotions, athlete management, media outreach and content developme
Malden Mills Sees Gordon Brothers as Stalking Horse in Latest Bankruptcy Action…
On January 10, Malden Mills Industries, Inc. filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in an effort to facilitate the sale of the company to Gordon Brothers Group of Boston, Mass. for $44 million. While the sale of the company was
Investor Conferences Shed Light on New Strategies
The recent Cowen & Company investor conference in New York’s Times Square and ICR XChange conference in Dana Point Calif., features most of the major, publicly traded companies that do business in the Bicycle, Outdoor, and Snow Sports industries, includin
Industry Public Companies Give Peek Under the Tent for 2007 at Investor Conferences…
The weather wasn’t what most from the east coast were hoping for, but the 9th Annual ICR XChange delivered on its promise once again as one of the best run investor conferences in the market. Held this year at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana P
Stride Rite Corp. Swings to Profit in the Fiscal Fourth Quarter…
The Stride Rite Corporation looked to their fiscal fourth quarter to reverse of number of negative trends for the year, but still see some issue in their base children’s business and don’t expect to see Keds post growth until the back half of the current
Industry Companies on Fortune’s Best to Work for List…
Timberland, Nike, REI and W.L. Gore all landed spots on Fortune’s annual “Top 100 Companies to Work For” list. W.L. Gore, REI and Timberland have been included in the list every year since its inception in 1997 while Nike first appeared on the list last y
OIA Chooses Award Finalists
Outdoor Industry Association has chosen the finalists for the 2007 Outdoor Industry Ambassador Award and Outdoor Industry Innovator Award, as nominated by the outdoor industry and then selected by OIA’s Board of Directors. The award winners will be announ
SIA Goes Green
At the upcoming SIA.07 SnowSports Trade Show, attendees will notice SIA stepping-up their environmentally friendly practices throughout the show and looking to SIA members to do the same at home and work. Realizing the importance of the environment on a
Forzani Holiday Comps Impacted By Warm Eastern Weather
The Forzani Group Ltd. Holiday Season corporate same store sales were up 0.5% as strong sales in Western Canada were offset by decreases in Eastern-based stores, which were impacted by unseasonably warm weather. In the franchise business, predominantly lo
Helly Hansen Hires New VP of Sales and Marketing
Helly Hansen tapped Russ Rowan to drive its image and revenues in the U.S. through a newly created vice president of sales and marketing position based in Bellevue, Wash. Rowan is a 15-year winter sports, outdoor and cycling industry sales veteran. He joi
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