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Canoecopia Reports Near Record Attendance, Solid Sales
More than 20,000 people attended Canoecopia March 8-10, marking an encouraging kick off to the spring paddlesports season, said Darren Bush, owner of Rutabaga Paddlesports the Wisconsin retailer that produces the show…
Adventure Medical Kits Partners with Adventure Racing Series
Adventure Medical Kits and Darn Tough has been named the exclusive lightweight safety gear and sock respectively of the North American Adventure Racing Series (NAARS).
Slytech to Use Hydrapak Reservoir in Pack Line
Slytech, which makes protective gear for ski and snowboard racers, has selected Hydrapak to supply it with a 1-liter hydration reservoir for the second version of the Slytech Skin Hydrapro XT…
Nielsen Puts Outdoor Retailer, Other Trade Shows Up for Sale
Nielsen Holdings NV has hired an investment banker to seek buyers for its trade show business, according to a report first published by Debtwire and picked up by The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Reuters. Nielsen Expositions, which owns Outdoor Retai
Escalade Sports Partners With Northern Group
Escalade Sports has partnered with Northern Group to represent its portfolio of brands and products to major retailers within the Midwest region…
Topo Athletic Names U.S. Sales Reps
Topo Athletic, the footwear start-up launched by the former CEO of Vibram FiveFingers, named six sales agencies who will help launch the brand this summer…
Fits Socks Partners with National Park Foundation
Inspired by the beauty of the national parks, Fits Sock Company and the National Parks Foundation have teamed up to create a limited edition National Park inspired sock line that gives a portion of proceeds back to the Parks.
Bernard Leifer of The SG Companies Named to LIMA Licensing Hall of Fame
The Board of Directors of the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association (LIMA) has selected Bernard Leifer, president and CEO of The SG Companies, for induction into the LIMA Licensing Industry Hall of Fame…
Foot Locker Slam Dunks Q4
Riding a robust basketball business but also seeing ongoing growth in running, Foot Locker Inc. reported comps climbed 7.9 percent in the fourth quarter. Excluding non-recurring charges in both periods, earnings rose 32.1 percent in the quarter, to $111 m
Etnies Reaches 200,000 Tree-Planting Milestone
Etnies, the skateboarder-owned and operated global action sports footwear and apparel company, planted the first seed back in 2011 when it initiated its Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree reforestation program and has since sprouted more than 200,000 trees in Cost
2XU Sponsors Alpine Ski Racer Ted Ligety
2XU has signed an exclusive compression sponsorship with Olympic gold medalist and world champion Alpine ski racer Ted Ligety…
Smith and Wesson’s Quarterly Earnings Triple
Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. reported sales from continuing operations for the third quarter were $136.2 million, up 38.8 percent from the third quarter last year. Earnings improved to $14.6 million, or 22 cents a share, from $4.4 million, or 7 cents a ye
Wide Open Spaces Launches Private Sale Site for Sportsmen
Wide Open Spaces, a VC-backed social commerce company founded by two social media entrepreneurs, launched Openseason.com, a private sales site targeting the $90 billion hunting and fishing market…
NRF Welcomes Bill to Repeal of Employer Mandate Provision of Healthcare Law
The National Retail Federation welcomed introduction of House and Senate legislation that would repeal the employer mandate provision of the health care reform law scheduled to take effect next year.
Vail Inc. Reports Dougle-Digit Gains Across Mountain Segment in Q4
Vail Resorts Inc. reported Retail/rental revenues increased by $9.9 million, or 13.4 percent in the second quarter ended Jan. 31, due in large part to increases in rental revenue; strong growth in retail sales generated from O2 Gearshop, our recently acqu
