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“Bring a Friend” Ski and Snowboard Challenge to Start Dec. 1, 2012
Organizers of the January Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month are offering more incentives for newcomers to learn how to ski or snowboard this winter. The national “Bring a Friend Challenge” start date has been moved forward to Dec. 1, 2012; it e
Exxel Outdoors Promotes Upham to VP of Sales
Exxel Outdoors has promoted Tory Upham to vice president of sales. As the company’s national sales director for the past year, Upham increased Exxel’s domestic sales by 15 percent and grew its sales force by adding an eastern states sales mana
OIA Launches Letter Writing Campaign to Preserve Duty Relief
Outdoor Industry Association urged its members to contact the Obama Administration and their Congressional delegations in coming days to express their opposition to the Administration's plans to end duty relief on imported outdoor footwear and other
PGA TOUR Superstore Awards $10,000 to The First Tee of Metropolitan New York
PGA TOUR Superstore has awarded a $10,000 grant to The First Tee of Metropolitan New York, which positively impacts the lives of more than 5,000 young people in Essex County and across the metro area by providing educational programs…
Henry Repeating Arms Rebounding from Hurricane Sandy Damage
Henry Repeating Arms said it has made substantial progress toward a full recovery from significant damage sustained from Hurricane Sandy…
Shoe Carnival’s Q3 Impresses, Outlook Disappoints
Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported record earnings in the third quarter but shares still fell last week after the family shoe chain provided weaker-than-expected guidance for the final quarter of the year…
Brown Shoe Co. Lifts FY Guidance After Healthy Q3
Brown Shoe Company, Inc., the parent of Famous Footwear, reported sales inched up 2.6 percent in the third quarter to $732.2 million from $713.8 million a year earlier. Famous Footwear's comps were up 6.8 percent. Excluding exited brands, net sales w
SandP rates Bass Pro Group’s Term Loan ‘BB-‘
Bass Pro Group LLC is proposing to issue a $900 million term loan B due 2019. Standard & Poors said it is assigning its 'BB-' issue-level rating on the term loan, with a recovery rating of '3'.
Simms Fishing Occupies New Headquarters
Simms Fishing Products completed its move into its new corporate headquarters at 177 Garden Drive, Bozeman, MT 59718 on-budget and with zero down-time…
European Pedelec Industry Hails Rulilng by European Parliment
The European Parliament voted Tuesday for a clear separation between active and passive transport in a move hailed by the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF), which had been lobbying for such a ruling to keep pedelec bikes from being regulated as mot
Lululemon Settles Yoga Patent Lawsuits
Lululemon Athletica, Calvin Klein, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PVH Corp., and G-III Apparel Group, Ltd., a Calvin Klein, Inc. licensee for Calvin Klein Performance, have entered into a settlement agreement that will resolve the pending design paten
Billabong Executive Considers Buyout Bid
The Board of Billabong International Ltd. announced that it has received notice from Paul Naude that he intends to stand aside temporarily from his current roles as a director of Billabong and president of the Americas in order to investigate the possibi
PrimaLoft Appoints Sue Rechner to Board of Directors
PrimaLoft, Inc. appointed Sue Rechner, president and CEO of Confluence Watersports, to its board of directors, effective immediately. Rechner additionally serves on the board of directors for the Outdoor Industry Association and the Outdoor Foundation…
Osprey Packs Donated to Storm Victims and Clean-Up Workers
Osprey Packs, Inc. donated assorted technical backpacks worth $4,300 to the Humanitarian International Services Group to help with its clean up efforts in the wake of Superstorm Sandy…
Modell’s Opens News Stores in, Plainview, Bronx and Astor Place
Modell’s Sporting Goods will celebrate the grand opening of three new stores in the coming days with locations in Plainview, The Bronx and Astor Place, bringing their total to 153 storefronts…
