Premier Golf Acquires Women’s Golf & Travel Concierge
Golf travel company adds peer business, focusing on providing packages and information on golf schools and clinics for women and their families.
Mission Ready To Acquire Outerwear Maker Wild Things
Defense consulting firm to pay $4.5 million for military and outdoor apparel and gear brand, growing its manufacturing and product capabilities.
Halfords Group Plc Releases Summer Results
The UK retailer reported same-store sales surged in the seven weeks ended Aug. 19 as customers splurged on bikes, roof top boxes and other summer vacation gear.
Dick’s Sporting Goods Sets Opening For Three Stores
Stores will open in Longview, TX; Oxford, MS and Washington D.C.
Performance Sports Group Shareholder Walks
Sagard’s chairman, who had planned to join PSG’s board in August, may consider other strategic options for its 17 percent stake in the maker of team sports gear.
HanesBrands Donates Apparel to Flood Victims in Louisiana
More than 23,000 items of clothing are being donated to residents affected by devastating flooding in Louisiana.
Smith & Wesson’s Q1 Revenues Climb 40 Percent
Earnings vaulted 126.4 percent in its fiscal first quarter ended July 31.
Confluence Outdoor Invades Surf Expo
The company is sending six of its eight paddle sports brands to the trade show, which is opening its floor to kayak, canoe and paddle markets for the first time.
PBS News Program to Profile E-bike Entrepreneur
Chris Nolte, a disabled Iraq war veteran who founded Propel Electric Bikes, will be featured in a Nightly Business Review segment that will air Sept. 2.
OIA Endorses 15 Congressional Candidates
Outdoor Industry Association Political Action Committee (OIAPAC) announced the first slate of Congressional candidates it is endorsing in the 2016 elections. “These candidates understand the importance of the outdoor recreation economy locally and across the nation and support the outdoor industry’s policy agenda in Washington, D.C.,” OIA’s Senior Director of Government Affairs and OIAPAC Treasurer […]
RECALL: 70 Salewa Wild Country Syncros Harnesses
Excess materials on the left waist belt tab of the climbing harnesses can cause them to loosen, posing a fall hazard to the user, according to Salewa North America.
Taiwanese Vendors Showcase E-bike Innovations
Stronger chains, foldable e-bikes and more powerful lights were among the products Taiwanese bicycle companies showcased on the first day of Eurobike.
Lululemon Q2 Profit Shines, But Sales Lag
The yoga lifestyle brand and retailer increased sales by 14 percent to $514.5 million, but that came in about $1 million short of Wall Street’s estimates.
New Report Finds Adult Obesity Rates Decreased In Four States
U.S. adult obesity rates decreased in four states (Minnesota, Montana, New York and Ohio), increased in two (Kansas and Kentucky) and remained stable in the rest, between 2014 and 2015, according to The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America.
Gander Mountain Opens First Store in Philadelphia Market
The location in Warrington will be the 12th Gander Mountain location in Pennsylvania.
