L.L. Bean to Reopen Pop-up Shop in Natick Mall
L.L. Bean will be reopening its Natick Mall pop-up shop in Massachusetts June 30. The retailer opened its first-ever pop-up store in Natick for the 2013 holiday season activity at the kiosk-type shop exceeded expectations…
Trek Says Bike Featuring New Suspension Technology Headed to Dealers
Trek said a new suspension technology developed over the last five years in partnership with Penske Racing Shocks and Fox will become available at retail later this summer when its all-new Fuel EX 27.5 mountain bikes reaches dealers…
Black Diamond Given Year to Appoint More Independent Directors or Lose NASDAQ Listing
Black Diamond Inc. has been given a year to appoint a majority of independent directors to its board or risk losing its listing on the NASDAQ following shareholders' election last week of six company nominated directors…
Fox Head Inc. Names Millenacker as GM for US
Fox Head Inc. has named Michael Millenacker as general manager, USA. Millenacker will be assuming the leadership and management of all Fox US Business and will be reporting directly to Nick Adcock, CEO…
New Balance Introduces Authors Collection
New Balance is introducing a series of sneakers for their “Made in USA” collection that pays tribute to some of the greatest American novels ever written. Specific color combinations and choice materials will tell the story behind each shoe…
Bauer Seeks to Raise $110 Million in Stock Offering
Bauer Performance Sports Ltd., which is already listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, is pursuing a public offering of its common shares in the United States and Canada in a bid to raise gross proceeds of approximately $110 million…
Peter Schuster Joins Adidas Outdoor as Business Manager of Key Accounts
Adidas Outdoor announced Peter Schuster has become its business manager of key accounts for the U.S. Schuster worked with Oakley Inc., as director of sales for national accounts and national account channel sales manager for traditional sports and outdoor
Gregory Names the All Mountain Group as Sales Agency of the Year
Gregory Mountain Products has named the All Mountain Group as its sales agency of the Year for 2013…
Aerosoles Sold to Palladin Consumer Retail Partners
Palladin Consumer Retail Partners, LLC acquired Aerosoles…
Nemo Equipment Teams Up with New Sales Agencies
Nemo Equipment, Inc., the outdoor gear manufacturer, hired three new sales agencies…
Saxx Underwear Names Tim Bartels CEO
Saxx Underwear Co. hired Tim Bartels as its newly appointed chief executive officer, effective immediately. He most recently worked at Columbia Sportswear where he served as vice president of global footwear sales…
PeopleForBikes President to Help Govern New World Cycling Alliance
PeopleForBikes President Tim Blumenthal has been appointed to the international steering board for the World Cycling Alliance, which was launched at the Velo-city Global conference in Adelaide last month to create a global advocacy network that will lobby
Sportsman’s Warehouse Comps Fall in Fiscal Q1
Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings Inc. reported same store sales plunged 18.1 percent during the 13 weeks ended May 3, 2014 as a surge in firearms and ammunition sales fell off. Same-store sales in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013 had increased 20.
RECALL: Scott USA Recalls 2,000 Road Bikes
Scott USA is recalling about 2,000 of its 2014 model road bikes because the steering tube in the front fork can break, causing a fall hazard…
Report: Toms Puts Itself Up for Sale
According to the Financial Times, Toms Shoes has hired bankers to explore a sale of the company. The report said Toms could fetch as much as $600 million…
