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Nordica USA Announces Departure of Andy Hare
Andy Hare will depart Nordica USA after more than 18 years with the company to help run a family business, Nordica USA President Peter Weaver announced…
Shoes.com Reports Record Revenue in Q1
Shoes.com reported record financial and operating results for its first quarter ended Mar. 31. Gross revenue increased 89 percent year over year to $60 million. Gross profit margins remained robust at 44.5 percent…
Goldwin’s Fiscal 2015 Sales Rise Nearly 5 Percent
Goldwin Inc., the Japanese company that sells ski and compression wear in the United States and distributes The North Face and other outdoor brands in Asia, reported net sales grew 4.6 percent to ¥57.4 billion ($522 mm) in fiscal year ended March 31…
SmartWool to Sponsor Ragnar Events
SmartWool has partnered with Ragnar Events and three of the country’s most popular trail race series. The Steamboat Springs, Colorado-based brand will serve as the official sock supplier to the 2015 Gnar Runners, Steamboat Springs Running and Vail M
Afro Outdoor CEO Named California State Parks Commissioner
Outdoor Afro Founder and CEO Rue Mapp, who has worked with Keen Footwear and REI to reconnect African Americans to the outdoors and eachother, has been appointed a Commissioner of California State Parks…

Life is Good Teams Up with Camp Southern Ground
Life is Good is teaming up with Camp Southern Ground, the project of three-time Grammy winner Zac Brown, at Hangout Music Fest. The partnership will offer a limited-edition t-shirt…
Bridgedale North America Hires Two Reps
Bridgedale North America, which recently opened a new office in Toronto, has recruited two new sales representatives to cover the outdoor, ski, trail and running sectors in specific US territories…
Outdoor Nation Enrolls 59 Schools in Outdoor Nation Campus Challenge
Outdoor Nation announced that 59 schools representing 30 states will participate in its 2015 Outdoor Nation Campus Challenge. The industry supported competition aims to reach 500 colleges and universities by…
Asics America Q1 Sales Up 5 Percent in Currency-Neutral Terms
Asics America Group (AAG), which includes the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil, reported sales rose 1.8 percent in the first quarter and expanded 5.0 percent on a currency-neutral basis. Asics America Corp. (U.S. only) showed a steady positive 6.9
Backcountry.com Grew Full-Price Sales in First Quarter
Backcountry.com grew revenues and profits in the first quarter ended March 31 by deriving a higher percentage of its sales from its full-price sites compared with a year ago, Liberty Venture Group reported…
Gaiam’s Say Decision to Trim Catalog Resulted in Flat Q1 Sales
Gaiam Inc. reported its decision to prune its catalog caused its net revenue to come in flat in the first quarter ended March 31 compared with a year earlier…
Fox Factory Cycling Sales Up 5.7 Percent in First Quarter
Fox Factory Holding Corp. reported its sales of suspension products and other bicycling components grew 5.7 percent in the fiscal first quarter ended March 31 compared with a year earlier…
Struktur Conference Kicks off Wednesday in Portland
XRD Technology, which makes premium flexible and repeated impact protection materials, is serving as title sponsor for the second annual Struktur conference, which caters to designers of products for the active and outdoor recreation markets, kicking off
Luxottica’s Q1 Revenues Climb Double-Digits
Luxottica Group, the parent of Oakley and Sunglass Hut, reported sales rose 22 percent in the first quarter while profits rose 34 percent…