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RumbaTime Partners with Attack Athletics
RumbaTime, the athletic watch company, announced its licensed product partnership with Attack Athletics and owner and CEO of Attack Athletics, Tim Grover…
Movement N.A. Hires Pale Morning Media
The new Colorado-based distributors of Movement Skis, a Swiss big mountain freeride and freestyle ski collection, has selected Pale Morning Media as their new public relations agency of record…
Jack Wolfskin’s Sales Rise 21% in 2010
Jack Wolfskin, Germany's dominant domestic outdoor clothing and equipment brand, saw sales increase 21% in its 2010 fiscal year, but did not disclose profits. The company was being shopped by its private equity owners as recently as last summer, acco
Johnson Outdoors Narrows Fiscal First Quarter Loss on Cost-Cutting Measures
Johnson Outdoors said “transformative actions,” during the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 – including higher volumes, improved operating efficiencies and sustained cost reductions – significantly moderated losses for what is traditionally the w
Vaude Teams with China’s Kailas in China
Kailas, a Chinese outdoor gear company, has taken charge of the German outdoor company Vaude’s distribution activities in China as part of a broader pact that will include close collaboration with suppliers and joint development work and licensing a
DSW to Merge With Retail Ventures, Raises Outlook
DSW Inc. and its largest shareholder, Retail Ventures, Inc. announced that the two companies have signed a definitive merger agreement providing for RVI to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of DSW…
Asics’ Motoi Oyama Elected President of WFSGI
Motoi Oyama, the president of Asics, was elected president of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) for a three-year term…
Lafuma Fiscal Q1 Growth Undercut by China Business
Lafuma Group’s sales edged up 1.9% to €52.4 million ($71 mm) in its fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 31 from a year earlier. Excluding the costs of a transition to a new partnership in China, growth for the quarter would have been 3%…
Sanitas Group Named Mountainsmith Agency of 2010
Mountainsmith said the Sanitas Group has won its 2010 Anvil Award for Agency of the Year. In a flat market, the group, headed up by industry veterans Keith Reis and Andy Anderson, led a surge in sales and market share in their Rocky Mountain territory to
Summit Hut General Manager Acquires Business from Founder
David Baker, who founded Summit Hut in 1969, has sold the landmark Tucson outdoor retailer to long-time employee Dana Davis. Baker will stay on to guide Davis through the transition over the next 18 months…
AFIRM Inaugural Fitness Tour Sees Healthy Attendance
Last week's inaugural AFIRM Fitness Showcase Tour (February 3-4; Sheraton Gateway Hotel; Atlanta, GA) saw a healthy number of attendees, according to the organizers…
Apparel Execs Mull Mixed Input Cost News
Apparel executives concerned about growing margin pressure got mixed news last week on the cost front. On the one hand, textile mills lead a long list of industries paying increased prices in January, according to the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Bu
Bushnell Taps Arnhold as PR Manager
Bushnell has hired Paul Arnhold as its new Public Relations Manager in the Marketing Department, effective Jan. 28, 2011…
Timbuk2 Partners with Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
Timbuk2, the maker of messenger bags, announced its sponsorship of the Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth Pro Cycling team…
Gander Mtn. Announces ‘Revolution’ in Firearms Training
Gander Mountain called its new civilian training facitlity a “pioneering development” in the firearms industry with opening of the first Gander Mtn. Academy(TM) in Lake Mary, FL…
