American Rec of Boulder, CO has hired Steve Randall as the director of field sales for its Kelty and SJK brands…
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Leki Renews Contract with Lindsey Vonn
Leki inked an athlete sponsorship renewal agreement with two-time Olympic Medalist and four-time World Cup Champion Lindsey Vonn to last through the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea…
RSG Acquires Gribble’s Running Sports
The Running Specialty Group (RSG) has acquired Kansas City-based Garry Gribble’s Running Sports, which operates five locations and expands RSG’s national footprint to Kansas and Missouri…
Pacific Brands Sells Footwear, Apparel Businesses
Pacific Brands entered into three unconditional agreements to sell its Brand Collective business in the Footwear, Apparel and Sport categories. Its wholly-owned footwear brands, Volley, Grosby and Julius Marlow, will be sold to a PE firm. The licenses for
Sportsman’s Warehouse to Open First North Dakota Store
Sportsman's Warehouse is expanding its operations to include a new retail location in Williston, North Dakota with plans to open in the summer of 2015…
GoLite Enters Liquidation
GoLite LLC began liquidating Friday after no bidders emerged to buy the company as a going concern. Hilco Merchant Resources LLC, which served as the company's stalking horse bidder, kicked off going-out-of-business sales at GoLite's six remaini
Havaianas Buoys Alpargatas Q3 Results As Brazilian Economy Slows
Alpargatas reported growing overseas demand for its sandal brands and domestic demand for Mizuno and Timberland footwear tempered a post-World Cup, pre-election economic swoon in its native Brazil in the third quarter…
Ugg Opens First High-Tech Concept Store In Washington, D.C.
Deckers Brands announced the grand opening of its first-ever Ugg Australia technology-driven concept store, located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Centered exclusively on the consumer, the new store serves as Deckers' second “Innovation
Princeton Tec to Celebrate 40th Anniversary at DEMA
Princeton Tec will be showcasing its diverse line of lighting products – as well as some throw-back memorabilia – to celebrate its 40th anniversary at the upcoming Diving Equipment & Marketing Association (DEMA) show…
America Product Showcase Returning to Outdoor Retailer
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and Outdoor Retailer will partner for a second time to present the Made in America Product Showcase at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2015, held on January 21-24, 2015 in Salt Lake City…
Rock/Creek Installs RootsRated.com Kiosk in Store
Rock/Creek Outfitters in Chattanooga, TN has become the first retailer to install a RootsRated.com iPad Kiosk that lets shoppers review staff picks for nearby outdoor activities and destinations, as well as other store content…
Adidas Snags NYC FC Kit Deal
New York City FC, which will become Major League Soccer's newest team next year, named Adidas as its official partner and kit supplier. Adidas will manufacture the soon-to-be-revealed New York City FC first team uniform, to be worn on the pitch durin
Kroenke Acquires InterMedia Outdoors Holdings
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, LLC has acquired InterMedia Outdoors Holdings, Inc., (InterMedia Outdoors) from InterMedia Partners VII, L.P., a private equity investment fund…
Mountain Hardwear Brings Ueli Steck to States
Mountain Hardwear is sponsoring a speaking tour featuring legendary speed climber and Mountain Hardwear athlete, Ueli Steck. Steck will share stunning photos and accounts from his record-setting climbs of some of the world’s highest peaks with audi
Liberty Safe Weighs on Q3 Results at Compass Diversified Holdings
Plummeting sales of gun safes again dragged down results at Compass Diversified Holdings Inc.'s Branded Consumer businesses in the third quarter, despite double-digit growth at Ergobaby. At CamelBak, declining military sales continued to overshadow s
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