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New Era Cap Opens Premium Team Store at Dodger Stadium
New Era announced the opening of the 'New Era Team Store' located in the right field pavilion plaza of Dodger Stadium. The store is more than 2,200 square feet…
Jarden Outdoor’s First Quarter Earnings Off Double Digits
Jarden Corporation reported earnings at its Outdoor Solutions segment fell 22.3 percent to $55.3 million in the traditionally slow quarter ended March 31, when sales fell off 1.6 percent. While sales by its snow sports brands (K2, Madshus, Marker, Marmot
Jarden Outdoor Maintains Growth Targets Despite Q1 Declines
Jarden Corporation reported sales dipped at its Outdoor Solutions segment in the quarter ended March 31, in part because poor stocking by one major retailer affected sell through of some of its products…
RSG Acquires Detroit’s Running Fit
The Running Specialty Group (RSG)announced Thursday that it had acquired eight specialty running stores in Greater Detroit, Ann Arbor and Traverse City from co-owners Randy Step and Steve Angerman to become part of the Running Specialty Group (RSG). This
VF Outdoor Canada to Distribute SmartWool Starting in 2015
SmartWool LLC will begin operating in Canada through parent company VF Corp’s Canadian platform, VF Outdoor Canada in 2015. SmartWool will join The North Face, Vans, Reef and Jansport to take advantage of the logistical, planning and back office sup
Scott Sports Announces Departures and New USA EVP
Scott Sports announced that long time executive vice president, Larry Morton, and winter sales and soft goods manager, Shauna Unser, will no longer be with Scott Sports. The multi-divisional brand also announced that John Quinn will be the new USA executi
Emu Hires PR Firm
Turner PR, a national public relations and digital media firm specializing in active lifestyle, outdoor, streetwear and fashion brands as well as travel, tourism and real estate, announced the addition of Australian footwear and apparel brand Emu to the a
W.L. Gore Awards $25,000 to Five Expeditions
W. L. Gore & Associates awarded $25,000 in grants to five expeditions through its Gore-Tex Shipton-Tilman Grant program…
Hoka One One Becomes Presenting Sponsor of 2014 Adrian Martinez Classic
Hoka One One, a division of Deckers Outdoor Corp., has signed on as presenting sponsor of the 2014 Adrian Martinez Classic, a meet that features a series of middle distance contests including 800 Meter, Mile and 5,000 Meter races…
REI to Relocate Dallas Store in 2015
REI will relocate its Dallas store in 2015 to a new shopping center being developed by Half Price Books, the nation's largest family-owned new and used bookstore chain…
SilencerCo and Noveske Announce Partnership
To start with, every Noveske rifle going forward will feature a SilencerCo muzzle device, a Trifecta RS flash hider or muzzle brake and will be ready to mount a SilencerCo silencer…
Eagle Imports Names Laura Burgess Marketing as Agency of Record
Eagle Imports, Inc., the exclusive distributor of Metro Arms, Bersa and Comanche firearms products, has hired Laura Burgess Marketing (LBM) as their agency of record…
Harsh U.S. Weather, Exchange Rates Dampen Luxottica’s Q1 Results
Luxottica Group reported net sales declined 1.2 percent to €1.84 billion ($2.52 bn) in the first quarter as exchange rates trimmed sales by more than -5 percent, compounding challenges presented by harsh weather in North America that curbed sales of
Big 5’s Q1 Stung by Warm Winter
Hit by particular weakness in its firearms & ammunition as well as winter-related categories, Big 5 Sporting Goods reported earnings tumbled 72.0 percent in its first quarter ended Mar. 30, to $2.1 million, or 9 cents per diluted share…
Cutter and Buck Appoints CEO
Joel Freet, previously the head of the corporate business for Cutter & Buck, has been named the chief executive officer. He replaces Jens Petersson, who has transitioned into a role in group executive management at parent company, New Wave Group AB…
