Innate Sees Big Opportunity Catering to Craft Brew Tribe
Innate, the Vancouver, BC designer of stainless steel food and drink containers, discovered tremendous opportunities for outdoor retailers while attending last week’s craft beer industry conference and trade show in Denver, CO…
Yue Yuen Factory Strike Continues
Workers on strike at some plants of Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings in Dongguan in the Guangdong province on Tuesday rejected management's latest offer in an ongoing labor dispute. With the strike at the world's largest maker of athletic shoes ente
FishAmerica Foundation Receives $5,300 Donation
The Fish America Foundation received a $5,300 donation from the Surfer’s Journal…
Veteran Outdoor Communicator Glenn Sapir to Retire from NSSF
Glenn Sapir, veteran outdoor communicator, has announced his retirement from his position of Director, Editorial Services, for the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), effective Friday, April 25…
Escalade’s Q1 Profits Rise 33 Percent
Escalade, Inc. announced that net income for the first quarter of 2014 was $2.3 million, or 16 cents per share compared to net income of $1.6 million, or 12 cents, for the same quarter in 2013. Consolidated net sales for the first quarter of 2014 were 7 p
Sportsman’s Warehouse IPO Prices Below Target Range
Shares of Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings, Inc. began trading at $9.50 a share Thursday on the NASDAQ, or below the $11 to $13 range the company was shooting for with the initial public offering…
Scandinavia’s Largest Ski Resort Operator Enters E-Commerce
The largest operator of ski resorts in Scandinavia is launching an online store for mountain sports products as part of a full blown multi-channel retailing strategy. SkiStar AB said the new online store will have much lowering marketing costs because it
Minus Easton, BRG Sports Turns Focus to Helmet Brands
Easton-Bell Sports Inc. closed the sale of its Easton baseball and softball business, refinanced its debt, officially changed its name and announced an agreement to sell Easton Cycling in a flurry of activity it says position it to invest more in its rem
Mountain Biking Gets Boost From State Parks’ Seeking Self Sufficiency
National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) agreements to establish high school mountain biking leagues in Alabama and Virginia marked several milestones for the non-profit and mountain biking at large…
NSSFand SAAMI Respond to California Challenge of Microstamping Suit
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and the Sporting Arms and Manufacturers Institute (SAAMI) have responded to the State of California's challenge to the industry's lawsuit against that state's microstamping law…
Musto Partners with Centerstone
Musto, the offshore sailing apparel and accessories brand, is collaborating with CenterStone Technologies, a leader in B2B e-commerce, to launch “Navigate.” Navigate is a customer interface tool that allows sales representatives, distributors
Adidas Promotes Mark King to Lead North America
The Adidas Group has appointed Mark King, who had been TaylorMade-Adidas Golf's CEO, as president of Adidas Group North America effective June 1. King succeeds Patrik Nilsson, who has decided to leave the company for personal reasons and will take on
Urban Outfitters Appoints New President of North America
Urban Outfitters Inc., the parent of the Anthropologie, Bhldn, Free People, Terrain and Urban Outfitters brands, has appointed Trish Donnelly as new president for the Urban Outfitters brand in North America. Donnelly was most recently served as president
EOTech Announces New Website Launch
EOTech, a Michigan based manufacturer of holographic weapon sights, has launch a newly revamped website…
Bullet Bunker Selects LAKE Strategic Marketing
LAKE Strategic Marketing, a brand marketing agency for the outdoors, has been selected by Gary Mol's Bullet Bunker, a system that stops – and contains – bullets shot at it, to serve as its agency of record…
