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REI Appoints First Chief Creative Officer
REI hired Ben Steele as the company's first chief creative officer. Steele most recently served as executive creative director at Hornall Anderson in Seattle, a globally recognized brand experience design agency with additional offices in London and
Active Ride Shop to Open Two Stores in California
Active Ride Shop announced the grand opening of two new retail stores in Southern California this month. These openings mark the next steps in the company’s strategic growth plan…
Burton Hosts World’s Largest Street Snowboarding Contest in Tokyo
Burton will officially kick-off winter in Tokyo, Japan on Nov. 15 by hosting the world’s largest street snowboarding contest: the 4th annual Burton Rail Days presented by MINI…
Retail Imports Set Records Despite Continuing West Coast Port Issues
Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to slow down this month following record levels seen in September and October as retailers rushed to bring merchandise into the country ahead of a possible shutdown of West
Feedback Sports Adds Marketing Support
Feedback Sports has hired Katie Macarelli as their first marketing coordinator, where she will help the marketing team become more proactive…
Kroenke Acquires InterMedia Outdoors Holdings
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, LLC has acquired InterMedia Outdoors Holdings, Inc., (InterMedia Outdoors) from InterMedia Partners VII, L.P., a private equity investment fund…
Compass Diversified Commences Share Offering
Compass Diversified Holdings, which is the majority owner of Camelbak Products, Ergobaby and Liberty Safe, has commenced a public offering of 6,000,000 trust shares that could raise as much as $125 million to help it pay down debt…
GoPro Files for Secondary Offering
GoPro Inc., which went public in June, filed plans Monday for an offering of $800 million in shares. The company plans to offer $100 million in shares, while current shareholders will sell the remaining $700 million…
Liberty Safe Weighs on Q3 Results at Compass Diversified Holdings
Plummeting sales of gun safes again dragged down results at Compass Diversified Holdings Inc.'s Branded Consumer businesses in the third quarter, despite double-digit growth at Ergobaby. At CamelBak, declining military sales continued to overshadow s
Puma’s Q3 Profit Slides, Sales Show Some Recovery
Puma SE reported third-quarter earnings slumped 45 percent, largely due to marketing investments to supports its Forever Faster global marketing campaign and currency fluctuations. But earnings came in line with internal expectation and sales were slightl
OIA Reports Candidates Backed by PAC Fared Well
Outdoor Industry Association reported that 14 of the 17 U.S. Congressional candidates supported by the OIA Political Action Committee won in Tuesday's mid-term Congressional elections, while two lost, and one race…
NSSF and U.S. IBP Program Partner Again at SHOT
For the second consecutive year, the National Shooting Sports Foundation's annual Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show) is participating in the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Buyer Program (IBP)…
Adams Sells Remaining Brands to Schutt, Starts Liquidating
Schutt Sports acquired the Adams, Trace, Bolco Bases, Neumann Gloves and Bucks Belts brands and accompanying spring 2015 inventory last week, in a deal that clears the way fro Adams USA Inc. to liquidate. Schutt, which acquired Adams USA's football h
Fox Says Competing MTB Brands Gained Market Share in Third Quarter
Fox Factory Holding Corp.'s sales of mountain bike products declined 8.1 percent in the third quarter due to incursions by competitors, lower than expected sell through of Fox equipped bikes and lingering industry supply chain issues outside its cont
Adidas’ Q3 Profits Slide on Currency/Golf Challenges
Adidas AG reported third-quarter profits slid 11 percent due to negative currency effects and a continuing slide at its golf division. Currency-neutral (c-n) sales increased 9 percent. In currency-neutral (c-n) terms, sales increased 9 percent, including
