Goldwin Inc, which holds the rights to license and/or distribute 23 sporting goods brands in Japan and other Asian markets, reported profits grew more than twice as fast as sales in the six months ended Sept. 30…
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Coalition Asks Attorney General for Lead Bullet Consideration
Twenty five outdoor organizations have endorsed a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder seeking policy action regarding the threat to the use of traditional lead ammunition…
Remington Partners with Special Forces Charitable Trust
Remington Arms Company announces its partnership with the Special Forces Charitable Trust (SFCT) as its primary military charity…
Point6 Appoints Director of Sales
Point6, the maker of merino wool socks, announced Jim Holleman as the company’s North American director of sales, effective immediately. Holleman has worked as director of sales, west at Raleigh America, as well as director of sales at Look Cycle US
Western Mountain Resorts Poised for Record Winter
With nearly half of all bookings already made for the upcoming winter, the mountain lodging industry in the western U.S. is in a position to post record-breaking numbers according to the most recent data released by the Denver-based DestiMetrics…
Vibram Introduces Bode Miller Olympic Commercial
Vibram has launched a commercial featuring the Olympic and World Cup champion skier Bode Miller. The effort shows Miller training in Vibram's FiveFingers shoes for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics…
Life Is Good Ready to Launch New Retail Concept
Life Is Good moved Friday into a new store in Foxborough, MA featuring its new retailing concept, which includes a coffee bar, multi-touch coffee table and screen and iPads in a bid to entice customers to hang out…
NRF Forecasts Decline in Thanksgiving Weekend Store Traffic
Fewer people plan to shop over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, which falls as late as the calendar allows for the first time since 2002, according to a preliminary survey commissioned by the National Retail Federation…
OIA Sustainability Working Group Wins Green Supply Chain Award
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) announced that the OIA Sustainability Working Group (SWG) was presented with the 2013 Green Supply Chain Award, which recognizes companies making green or sustainability a core part of their supply chain strategy…
Knife Rights’ Knife Owners’ Protection Act Introduced in Congress
Knife Rights' Knife Owners' Protection Act, H.R.3478 (KOPA), was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives today by sponsor Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ)…
Callaway Golf Redeems Preferred Stock
On Nov. 13, Callaway Golf Company completed the previously announced redemption of its 7.50 percent Series B cumulative perpetual convertible preferred stock…
Escalade Acquires DMI Sports
Escalade, Inc. announced the acquisition of the indoor games business of DMI Sports, marketers of Arachnid, Nodor and Winmau darting, Prince and Head table tennis, and Minnesota Fats billiards. The DMI Sports indoor games business will become part of Esc
Electric Run Going International with Help from Active Networks
San Diego-based Electric Run is expanding into more than 20 countries in major cities including, London, Dublin, Milan, Amsterdam, Berlin, Barcelona, Tokyo and Dubai, according to The Active Network, Inc., a cloud-based event registration service provider
Sherpa Adventure Gear Hires Mid-Atlantic/New England Rep
Sherpa Adventure Gear announced that sales and outdoor industry veteran Ray Ferrand has joined its sales team, effective immediately…
SIA Launches B2B Directory
SnowSports Industries America (SIA) has launched the website SnowSportsB2B.org, where retailers, manufacturers and resorts can browse SIA’s B2B resources…
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