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Vibram to Launch After-market Sole Venture at OR
Vibram will launch the North American version of an initiative that seeks to sell outsoles as an after-market upgrade to existing shoes at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market…
Deckers Brands Q1 Results Marred by Exchange Rates
Deckers Brands reported sales increased 1.1 percent in its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, but were up 4.5 percent in currency-neutral terms. Exchange rates also trimmed its gross margin by 200 basis points and led to a widening of its second quarter
Zamst to Sponsor Area Code Baseball
Zamst, the maker of sports bracing and support equipment, renewed its nationwide sponsorship with Area Code Baseball. Within the partnership, Zamst will provide, sport specific, high performance products at Area Code Baseball events, in addition to digita
City Sports to Sell “Free Brady” T-Shirts
City Sports, a Boston based specialty sports retailer, has ordered and plans to sell thousands of “Free Brady” t-shirts that will be sold in most of its nine Boston locations and on-line beginning this weekend…
Big 5’s Q2 Slowed by Drought Conditions
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. reported earnings rose 4.0 percent in the second quarter on a 1.7 percent comp-store gain. Results were in line with previous guidance but management indicated that drought conditions in its core California markets was continuin
Earlier ORWM Dates Causes Industry to Scramble
News that Outdoor Retailer moving its upcoming winter market show two weeks earlier has led to elation from some in the outdoor specialty community but some trepidation and annoyance as well…
City Sports Appoints Marty Hanaka CEO
City Sports appointed veteran retail executive Marty Hanaka as its CEO. Hanaka replaces Eddie Albertian, who left the company in June. In an interview with Sports Executive Weekly, Hanaka said Albertian, who had been leading the chain since September 2012
Amer Sports Builds Sales, Trims Losses in Q2
Amer Sports, which owns the Salomon, Wilson, Arc'teryx and Suunto brands, reported net sales excluding recently acquired Louisville Slugger grew 7 percent in currency-neutral (c-n) terms in the second quarter ended June 30…
Jarden Outdoor Q2 Earnings Fall on Flat Sales
Jarden Corp. reported sales in its Outdoor Solutions group, which includes Coleman, Rawlings, K2 and several fishing brands, dipped 0.2 percent to $753.3 million in the second quarter ended June 30 compared with the same quarter a year earlier. Segment ea
Balega Shifts 15 Percent of Sock Production to North Carolina
Balega International expects to source 15 percent of its performance socks from the United States thanks to a new partnership with a Hickory, NC manufacturer…
Boys Scouts of America Drops Ban of Openly Gay Adult Leaders
The Boys Scouts of America has removed its national restriction on openly gay adult leaders and employees in a move that could make it more a more palatable…
CamelBak and Osprey Settle Patent Dispute
CamelBak Products Inc. and Osprey Packs Inc. have settled a patent infringement dispute with a confidential agreement, the two companies announced Tuesday…
Fleet Feet Sports Launches The Power of Running
Fleet Feet Sports announced the launch of its “The Power of Running” campaign. The national marketing initiative, a celebration of all that running together, running for good, running to inspire, and running for fun, does in local communities,
RootsRated Eyes Growth with New COO Hire
RootsRated.com, an online guide to local outdoor adventures launched by several outdoor specialty retailers, hired a tech executive with startup experience as its COO…
Vibram Names Two Reps for Finished Goods Business
Vibram named Jeff Laney as a brand representative for the Rocky Mountain territory and Jonah Salloway as representative in the South Central territory…
