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Fitbit ‘s Q3 Crushes Guidance
Fitbit Inc. reported revenues catapulted 168 percent year-over-year, easily exceeding the high end of its guidance while adjusted EBITDA nearly doubled. The company significantly lifted its guidance for the year and also announced plans for secondary offe
Columbia Sportswear CEO Sees No Fourth Quarter Slowdown
Columbia Sportswear Co. sold a record amount of outdoor apparel and footwear in the third quarter and sees no signs of a slowdown in the fourth quarter, CEO Tim Boyle told analysts Thursday. In fact, the owner of the Columbia, Sorel, Prana and Mountain Ha
MidwayUSA Hosts Baldridge Award Examiners
MidwayUSA, an online retailer of shooting, hunting and outdoor products, recently hosted examiners from the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program for three days at their…
Moosejaw Opens Pop-Up Location in Downtown Detroit
Moosejaw opened a new seasonal shop for the holidays Oct. 16 in the heart of downtown Detroit’s Woodward Avenue Retail District that features a wide assortment of The North Face and Patagonia…
Johnson Outdoors Acquires Diving Technology Venture
Johnson Outdoors Inc. acquired Seabear Diving Technology, a start-up specializing in underwater instrumentation…
Garmin’s Q3 Earnings Fall Fitness Margins Narrow
Garmin Ltd. reported revenues in its Fitness segment grew 23 percent in the third quarter ended Sept. 26 while sales in its outdoor segment slipped 5 percent. The company's consolidated adjusted earnings slid 33 percent, however, as rising R&D and ad
Lids Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Lids will celebrate its 20th anniversary alongside customers and fans alike with special in-store events across 13 markets on Nov. 3…
Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk Raises over $1.4 Million
The Skechers Foundation announced that it has reached a new donation record for the 2015 Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk – surpassing this year’s $1.2 million goal to raise more than $1.4 million for children with special needs and education..
Modell’s to Donate Portion of Women’s Mets sales to Breast Cancer Research
Modell’s Sporting Goods said that beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 10 percent of any women’s New York Mets merchandise sold at Modell’s and on Modells.com will be donated tothe Breast Cancer Research Foundation until Saturday, Oct. 31…
Big 5 Sporting Goods Re-evaluates Store Openings as it Misses Q3 Expectations
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. Q3 sales inched up 1.9 percent to $270.1 million, but same-store sales decreased 0.4 percent…
GoPro’s Disappoints with 43 Percent Q3 Growth
GoPro Inc. reported its sales rose 43.0 percent to $400.3 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, or about 8 percent shy of analysts’ consensus estimates…
ABEO Footwear Partners with Celebrity Chef Anne Burrell
ABEO biomechanical footwear, the comfort footwear brand, has announced celebrity Chef Anne Burrell, host of Food Network’s “Worst Cooks in America,” as their new brand ambassador…
Foot Locker Partners with Asics America on Running Film
Foot Locker, Inc. announced that “The Push,” created by filmmaker Evan Kelman and featuring Marco Reininger, was selected as the winner of the “Real Lives. Real Runners,” film contest. The Push” will air nationally on Sunday, Nov. 1, during the television
Made in America Award Applications Due Oct. 30
Outdoor companies committed to domestic manufacturing have until Friday Oct. 30, to submit their “made in America” story for the 2016 American Made Outdoor Gear Award, which will be announced at Outdoor Retailer in January…
Research Shows Bike Shops Hemorrhaging Customers
The number of American consumers visiting a bike shop declined by 17 percent from 2012 to 2014, according to the latest edition of the American Bicyclist Study Retail Landscape Report…
