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Colorado Sky Country Visits Down 7.4 Percent Season to Date
Colorado Ski Country USA’s (CSCUSA) 22 member resorts reported a 5.2 percent decrease in skier visitation from Jan. 1 through Feb. 29 compared to the first two months of 2011. For the 2011/12 season to date, visitation is down 7.4 percent compared t
Club Ride Adds Two Staff
Club Ride Apparel LLC, which designs and delivers innovative, fashion-oriented cycling apparel for casual lifestyle use, has hired India Wysong as account service manager and Ben Bradley to head up marketing and public relations activities…
Sole Incorporates Soles4Souls into Warranty Policy
Sole has incorporated donating to Soles4Souls into its official 90-day satisfaction guarantee, product return policy. Going forward customers who are nut fully satisfied with their SOLE custom footbeds and other products can send them directly to Soles4So
Edwin Watts Golf Opens First Retail Shop in Iowa
Edwin Watts Golf Shops, LLC announced the acquisition of a Golf Headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, establishing the first-ever Edwin Watts Golf Shop in the state of Iowa. This acquisition supports the company’s strategic growth strategy, further e
American Rec Names New Territory Sales Manager
American Rec has added outdoor industry veteran Dan Eubank to their inside team of dedicated territory sales managers tasked with assisting current Kelty, Sierra Designs, Slumberjack, Wenzel, and Ultimate Direction clients and opening new accounts through
Bushnell Hires Senior Product Manager for Outdoor Accessories
Bushnell Outdoor Products hired Vince Abrams as the new senior product manager for Bushnell Outdoor Accessories. Abrams will be responsible for managing all aspects of product development for the company's outdoor accessories brands: Butler Creek, Ho
Columbia Trims Staff in Anticipation of Slower Growth in the Back Half
The other shoe dropped at Columbia Sportswear this week when its hometown newspaper reported it was cutting 80 positions, or nearly 2 percent of its workforce worldwide, to bring costs in line with lower growth expectations…
Dakine Names Welsh as Snow Team Manager
Dakine has hired Mark Welsh as its new snow team manager, where he will manage all functions related to Dakine’s snow team including representing the brand at various contests and events, organizing team photo shoots and promoting the company throug
NASGW Adds Board Members
Laurie Aronson, president and CEO of Lipseys LLC., Baton Rouge, LA and Michael Halleron, vice president of Business Development at Chattanooga Shooting Supplies Inc. Chattanooga, TN have joined the board of directors of the National Association of Sportin
Puma Canada to Roll Out Shops Inside The Bay
Puma Canada will launch Sportlifestyle shops in 10 of the most prominent Bay locations across Canada beginning this weekend…
Dick’s SG Launches ‘UNTOUCHABLE Moment Sweepstakes’ Offering
To support the recent launch of its new Mind, Body and Equipment marketing campaign, Dick's Sporting Goods is introducing its “UNTOUCHABLE Moment Sweepstakes,” giving one consumer will have the chance to gear up with his/her sports hero. The “UNTOUCH
Columbia Sportswear Trims Workforce
Layoffs continued at Columbia Sportswear this week as it cut 80 positions, or nearly 2 percent of its workforce worldwide, to bring costs in line with lower growth expectations for 2012, The Oregonian newspaper reported…
Report: Columbia Sportswear Expected to Lay Off About 80
According to The Oregonian, Columbia Sportswear has laid off about approximately 80 employees. Company spokesman Ron Parham told the newspaper that most of the layoffs occurred at its Portland headquarters and in Europe as Columbia reaches a 2 percent lab
Nike Apologizes for ‘Black and Tan’ Sneaker Name
Nike Inc. has apologized for its new shoe, SB Dunk Low, which had been unofficially nicknamed, the “Black and Tan.” The Black and Tan was also a name given to the British paramilitary force that smothered an Irish uprising in the 1920s…
Retailer Container Imports Forecast to Jump This Month
Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to jump 10 percent in March compared with the same month last year as retail rebuild inventory after a flat 2011, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report releas
