Big Agnes has hired six new employees, including two former managers from Eastern Mountain Sports, to support growth fueled by strong demand for new category launches, including its mtnGLO Collection of tents and camp accessories featuring integrated LED
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SAF Launches Media Campaign Against Obama
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has launched a national media campaign and petition effort to head off a possible executive order by President Barack Obama to implement the United Nations small arms treaty…
Costa Appoints VP of Product Development
Costa Sunglasses announced the addition of John Sanchez as vice president of product development. Sanchez most recently held the position as president of Zeal Optics…
Eagle Creek Hires Nedra Fabito as VP of Product Management
Eagle Creek appointed Nedra Fabito as VP of product management…
Freedom Group Logs Q3 Loss
Freedom Group, the parent of Remington, reported a loss of $6.4 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 28, against earnings of $30.6 million a year earlier. Sales slid 27.1 percent to $253.6 million from $347.1 million a year ago, according to a filing
USSA Named Sponsor of NSSF 2015 Industry Summit
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) announces that U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance (USSA) has signed on as a Silver Sponsor of NSSF's 2015 Industry Summit…
Remington Issues Correction of CNBC Reporting
On December 6, 2014 the Remington Arms Company issued a release stating that CNBC reported inaccuracies regarding the recent settlement involve the trigger mechanism on certain rifles…
Sportsman’s Warehouse Says Manufacturers’ Price Cuts Helped Maintain Firearms Margins in Q3
Mid-teens growth at its Camping and Fishing departments, sales from new stores and price cuts by gun manufacturers helped Utah-based Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings Inc. increase its gross margins and beat its earnings guidance in the third quarter en
Tilly’s Sees Glimpses of Improving Teen Spending in Third Quarter Results
Tilly’s Inc. reported glimpses of improvement in the teen market in the third quarter ended Nov. 1, when its same-store sales fell 1.2 percent, or half the rate of a year earlier…
Men’s Drives 11th Consecutive Quarter of Comps Growth at PacSun
Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. reported sales grew 4.7 percent in the third quarter ended Nov. 2 as a 4.0 percent increase in same-store sales and higher merchandise margins more than offset having 15 fewer stores compared with the same period in 2013
Feds Clears Way for ATK to Spin Off Vista Outdoor
Alliant Techsystems Inc.'s (ATK) plan to spin-off Bushnell optics and a dozen firearms brands took a step closer to reality Friday morning when the U.S. Department of Justice unconditionally cleared the proposed merger of ATK's Aerospace and Def
Smith and Wesson’s Earnings Slide
Smith & Wesson reported earnings slid 70.3 percent in the second quarter, to $5.05 million, or 9 cents a share. Revenues slumped 22.1 percent. Sales of long guns, primarily modern sporting rifles, declined 50.3 percent while handgun sales declined 15.0 p
Remington Parent Logs Q3 Loss
Freedom Group, the parent of Remington, reported a loss of $6.4 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 28, against earnings of $30.6 million a year earlier, according to a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Sales slid 27.1 percent to $25
SureFire Appoints New VP of Marketing
SureFire, LLC, a manufacturer of illumination tools, suppressors and tactical products, has appointed Jeff Barger as vice president of marketing and commercial/consumer sales…
Europe’s Bike Lobby Targets Euro 2 billion in Potential Subsidies
The European Cycling Federation has identified €2 billion of government funds that could be used to subsidize bicycling infrastructure and use through 2020, or three times the amount available during the previous six years…
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