SGB Update Outdoor
Eagle Creek Sponsors Pacific Crest Trail P3 Program
As part of a joint effort between the Pacific Crest Trail Association and their partners, P3 will highlight 10 Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers to help promote and advocate for the trail.
KL Outdoor Merges With GSC Technologies
The manufacturers of Sun Dolphin kayaks and Future Beach kayaks will combine to form a single company.
Injinji Launches Redesigned Website
The company behind the Original Performance Toesock revealed its new site, a collaboration with San Diego marketing agency Digital Operative, along with two new product lines.
Outdoor Industry Association Releases The Outdoor Recreation Economy Report
The report shows the outdoor recreation economy generates $887 billion in consumer spending annually, sustains 7.6 million American jobs and generates $65.3 billion in federal tax revenue and $59.2 billion in state and local tax revenue each year.
Slackline Industries Partners With Trees For The Future
Each slackline will come with zero waste packaging – an eco-friendly, reusable mesh bag – and for each slackline sold, Trees for the Future will plant a tree to help build sustainable communities around the world.
OIA To Host Capitol Summit In Washington, DC On April 25-26
The 25h annual event brings together outdoor industry executives and emerging leaders in Washington, D.C., to represent their businesses and to lobby members of Congress and the administration to support industry recreation, trade and business priorities.
Scott Sports’ Ski Senior Product Manager Dies In Skiiing Accident
Scott Sports reported that Hervé Maneint, its ski & ski boot senior product manager, died in a skiing accident in Chamonix, France this past Friday afternoon.
Report: Sportsman’s Warehouse Steps Up As Bidder For Gander Mountain
Sportsman’s Warehouse is planning to make a bid in bankruptcy court to acquire up to 80 percent of Gander Mountain’s stores, sources told Bloomberg.
Sierra Designs Expands Packing It Out Partnership
The Colorado-based outdoor brand expanded its sponsorship agreement with the crew this year to include joint participation in a trail clean-up inspired by Packing It Out.
Grassroots Adds Three Retailers To Membership
The new Grassroots Outdoor Alliance retail members include Alpenglow Sports (Tahoe City, CA), Home Town Sports (McCall, ID) and Maine Sport Outfitters (Camden and Rockport, ME).
Senate And House Outdoor Recreation Caucuses Announced
The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) announced that for the first time ever, the United States Congress now has a bicameral, bipartisan caucus dedicated to the outdoor recreation industry
Outdoor Foundation Reports Increase In Outdoor Participation
Nearly half of all Americans, 48.6 percent of the population ages six and up, participated in at least one outdoor recreational activity in 2016, according to the Outdoor Foundation’s 2017 Outdoor Recreation Participation Topline Report.
Aluminati Skateboards Joins 1% For The Planet
Aluminati Skateboards joined 1% for the Planet, pledging to donate one percent of annual sales to support nonprofit organizations focused on the environment.
Eastern Outfitters Gains Bankruptcy Approval Of Sale To Sports Direct
Marking its entry into U.S. retailing, Sports Direct , the U.K.’s largest sporting goods chain, officially announced that it received approval to acquire Eastern Outfitters, the parent of Bob’s Stores and Eastern Mountain Sports, in a bankruptcy sale for $101 million in cash.
Canada Goose To Open Store In Chicago
Canada Goose is planning to open a two-level store in the Park Hyatt hotel in Chicago, according to the Chicago Tribune.
