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Late Snowfall Tempers Declines at Mountain Resorts

Overdue snowfall in many regions of the United States helped boost February bookings enough to limit the decline in overall actual occupancy during the month to 2 percent at mountain resorts tracked by MTRiP…

Dakine Names Welsh as Snow Team Manager

Dakine has hired Mark Welsh as its new snow team manager, where he will manage all functions related to Dakine’s snow team including representing the brand at various contests and events, organizing team photo shoots and promoting the company throug

Athleta To Sponsor U.S. Women’s Water Polo Team

Athleta, the women's sports and active lifestyle apparel brand owned by Gap Inc., announced its official 2012 sponsorship of the USA Women's Water Polo Team. Starting now through the rest of the year, the brand will provide the team with dry-lan

NASGW Adds Board Members

Laurie Aronson, president and CEO of Lipseys LLC., Baton Rouge, LA and Michael Halleron, vice president of Business Development at Chattanooga Shooting Supplies Inc. Chattanooga, TN have joined the board of directors of the National Association of Sportin

REI Says Expansion, Warm Winter Stunted 2011 Profits

REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) reported flat net income of $30.2 million in 2011 on net sales to $1.8 billion, up 8.4 percent from 2010 as investments in the business and warm weather in the winter ate into profit margins during the critical holiday s

Outdoor Retailer Introduces New Marketing Team

Outdoor Retailer officially announced members of its new marketing team, which it hired just before its winter show in January. Member of the team, seen here posing with Man vs. Wild star Bear Grllys, are…

Bicycles Drive Profits at Dorel Industries in 2011

The success of Cannondale’s latest innovations helped propel Cycling Sports Group (CSG) to 25 percent sales growth in 2011, despite a decline in fourth quarter sales caused largely by the decision to ship new models a quarter earlier than last year,

Kokatat Hires Horsnell as Midwest Rep

Kokatat hired John Horsnell to join its sales team serving the Midwest territory including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin…

Nikwax NA Names Michael Down 2011 Rep of the Year

Nikwax North America has dedicated another ROY (Rep of the Year) award inductee into their hall of fame, naming Michael Down of Mystery Mountain Enterprises as the top dog for 2011…

Zumiez’s Q4 Profits Climb 25 Percent

Zumiez Inc. reported net income in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 increased 24.9 percent to $18.7 million, or 60 cents per share, from $15.0 million, or 49 cents, in the fourth quarter of the prior fiscal year. Total sales increased 17.7 percent to $18

Adams Golf Sees 12 Percent Revenue Gain in 2011

Adams Golf reported record net sales of $96.5 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2011, as compared to $86.2 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2010, an increase of 12 percent year-over-year. The company realized a net profit of $14.5 million, or $1.79 p