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Riddell Diversifies With Kollege Town Acquisition
Riddell, best known for its football helmets, is expanding further into apparel with its acquisition of Wisconsin-based Kollege Town Sports…
UN Applauds OIA’s Sustainability Work
The United Nations has recognized Outdoor Industry Association as among a handful of companies and associations moving the needle on global sustainability…
Kevin Plank to Sell Stock Worth Over $100MM
Kevin Plank, Under Armour's chairman and CEO, entered into a pre-arranged stock trading plan to sell up to 1,125,000 shares of the company's class B common stock that he personally owns as well up to 125,000 shares of the Class B stock held by h
Andy Clarke Takes Strategy Post at Toole Design Group
Andy Clarke, who resigned as CEO at the League of American Bicyclists after 11 years in July, has joined the Washington DC-based planning, engineering and landscape architecture firm Toole Design Group as director of strategy…
Orage Opens Flagship in Montreal
Orage opened its first flagship store in Montreal. The outerwear brand is also launching a new advertising campaign called, Original Journey…
DSW CEO to Retire, Cuts Guidance
DSW Inc.’s Michael R. MacDonald will retire as CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2016. He will be succeeded by Roger Rawlins, EVP and chief innovation officer. The shoe retailer also sharply lowered its guidance for the year…
Thule’s Q3 Results Marred by Declining Camera Market
Thule Group reported net sales for the third quarter reached SEK 1.34 billion, up 3.0 percent in currency-neutral terms, as sales of new bike racks, strollers and packs easily offset lower sales of camera bags Case Logic…
Bauer Sets Layoffs at Distribution Facility
Performance Sports Group Ltd. said 59 employees of Bauer are expected to be terminated between January and February 2016 due to the closing of a distribution facility in Mississauga, Ontario…
Sturm Ruger’s Q3 Earnings Jump
Sturm, Ruger and Company Inc. reported earnings in the third quarter rose 76 percent to $12.0 million on a 23 percent increasing in net sales…
Regional Specialty Outdoor Retailer Expands
Alpine Shop, a St. Louis-based outdoor retailer, has signed a letter of intent to purchase The Pathfinder, a specialty outdoor store in Manhattan, Kan…
Thule’s Declining Camera Bag Sales Dilute Q3 Gains
Thule Group reported that sales at its Outdoor&Bags segment declined 2.7 percent in the Americas in currency-neutral (c-n) terms in the third quarter as big box consumer electronics retailers in the United States slashed their assortment of camera bags…
Ortovox Adds Two U.S. Sales Agencies
Ortovox, the German mountain gear brand that is launching its apparel line in North America this fall, has added two new agencies to its roster…
Fitbit to Donate $1 Million Across Three Charities With FitForGood
Fitbit unveiled FitForGood, a charitable platform inviting Fitbit fans to get fit for a good cause…
Boot Barn Rebrands Former Sheplers Stores in Texas
Boot Barn Holdings Inc. has remodeled eight former Sheplers' stores in Dallas-Fort Worth and rebranded the locations to Boot Barn…
Sherpa Adventure Gear Hires Noel Lemke as Pacific Northwest Rep
Sherpa Adventure Gear hired Noel Lemke as its Pacific Northwest representative, covering Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana…
