SGB Update Outdoor
Burton Snowboards Opens Two New Partner Stores in US
Burton Snowboards announced the opening of two new East Coast partner stores. The first is in the DC metro area and the second is a pop-up Burton partner store in northern New Jersey. Both new stores were opened in partnership with local retailers…
Body Glove Signs On as Multi-Year Title Sponsor of Epic Big Wave Surfing Contest
Body Glove International has signed a multi-year title sponsorship in support of Mavericks Invitational, the world's premier, high adrenaline, big wave surfing event…
National Shooting Sports Foundation Announces Staff Changes
The NSSF has added a new VP/CFO and made changes in its multimedia and meeting planning departments.
NRF Survey Foreshadows Dip in Holiday Spending Budgets
U.S. consumers will spend slightly less on average this holiday season, according to a holiday consumer spending survey conducted for the National Retail Foundation since the federal government shutdown began Oct. 1…
Leisure Trends’ CRM Division Becomes Ascent CRM
Leisure Trends, which earlier this week agreed to sell its RetailTrak and Consumer Research divisions to The NPD Group, announced plans to spin off its CRM Division into Ascent CRM, LLC…
Planet Dog Obtains License to Make Life is Good Branded Pet Products
Planet Dog has procured an exclusive license to design, develop and manufacture a complete line of pet products for Life is Good that will be sold through both companies' dealers in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean…
Ugg Prevails in Counterfeit Suit Against Dutch Firm
Deckers Outdoor Corporation has won a lawsuit filed against it by Dutch footwear manufacturer Intermedium Shoes over the sale of Ugg copycat boots…
Callaway Golf Apparel E-Commerce Site Launched
Perry Ellis International, Inc. has launched a new website for Callaway Golf Apparel. The callawayapparel.com site offers customers…
Western Mountain Resorts See Double-Digit Bookings Growth Through Sept. 30
On-the-books occupancy at mountain resorts in the western United States for the October through March 2014 period was tracking 11.3 percent ahead of the same period a year ago, according to data collected through Sept. 30 by Denver-based DestiMetrics…
The NPD Group To Acquire Leisure Trends
The NPD Group, Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire the retail sales tracking and consumer research businesses of Leisure Trends, the Boulder, CO-based provider of market research for the sports and recreation industries. Charlie Cooper, formerly presi
Outdoor Sales Marketing Names Apparel and Accessory Team
Outdoor Sports Marketing (OSM) named the three people who will staff its Apparel and Accessory team, which is being created as part of a new business model the rep agency has created to provide more sales, retail, merchandising, inventory management, desi
Nike Launches Nike+ Fuel Lab
Nike, Inc. announced the creation of Nike+ Fuel Lab, an evolution of its popular Nike+ Accelerator program. Based in San Francisco, the 2014 Nike+ Fuel Lab is designed for tech companies with an existing product offering and a desire to help people live
Outdoor Industry Urges Congress Not to Let Budget Impasse Carry Into Holidays
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and 41 outdoor companies have submitted a letter to Congress, urging a resolution to the government shutdown and expressing concern about the detrimental short- and long-term ramifications of the shutdown to businesses a
Asia Bike Proves it Can Stand on its Own
The first stand-alone edition of the Asia Bike Trade Show, which concluded in Nanjing, China last week, drew more than 11,000 people and 394 exhibitors, indicating it can succeed separate from the Asia Outdoor show held in July…
Wolverinie Worldwide Eyes $4 Billion by 2018
Driven by Merrell and Sperry Top-Sider, Wolverine Worldwide projected last week that its revenues would reach $4.1 billion by 2018, up from $2.7 billion projected for the current year. The goal, offered at its annual investor meeting, represents a compoun
