November 17, 2022

Outdoor Retailer Announces Winter Programming Transformation with New Leadership Conference and New Dates

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, California – (November 17, 2022) /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - Outdoor Retailer announced a fresh format in its approach to serving the outdoor and winter sports marketplace. Through the introduction of new events and a shift in future dates, Outdoor Retailer will provide more opportunities for the industry to...

November 17, 2022

Outside Inc makes 12% workforce cut on advertising slowdown

Outside Inc – the parent publisher to VeloNews, CyclingTips, PinkBike, B2B Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, plus the Trailforks platform – has announced a number of staff layoffs this week. Among those laid off are senior journalists across the portfolio Caley Fretz, Dave Rome, Matt de Neef and Daniel Benson,...

November 17, 2022

Polartec Commits to Net-Zero Future

Spartanburg, S.C. (November 17, 2022) /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ – Polartec® — the premium creator of innovative and sustainable textile solutions — announces its parent organization Milliken & Company now holds approved science-based net-zero targets. Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a U.N.-backed collective dedicated to helping companies set emission reduction targets consistent with...

November 17, 2022

Biofuel on Bachelor: Oregon Resort Announces New Wood-Fired Heating System

With wood-based heating solutions for several of its buildings, Bend, Oregon’s Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort will soon go back to the future. In it, parent company POWDR said the resort’s new 3,412 MBH (1000 kW) boiler will heat four of its base area facilities with an estimated 1,000 tons of...

November 17, 2022

Spy+ Optic Happy Boost Lens Named to Time Magazine Best Inventions Of 2022 List

Carlsbad, Calif. /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - Time Magazine has chosen the critically acclaimed SPY+ Optic HAPPY BOOST™ Lens Technology as one of its annual Best Inventions of 2022 winners. Launched earlier this year in the SPY+ sunglass collection and now available in its premium snow goggles, HAPPY BOOST is a proprietary...

November 17, 2022

Women-Led Wednesday Reports a Record 650 Brands Banding Together to Inspire Conscious Shopping this Holiday Season

Sun Valley, ID /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - Women-Led Wednesday announces the fifth installment of its annual shopping holiday created to encourage conscious consumerism in support of women-led brands, and this year, is excited to welcome more than 650 companies to its directory leading up to the holiday on Nov. 23, 2022. Brands...

November 16, 2022

Boardriders Cuts More than 150 Jobs

Boardriders, which is in the midst of a sale process, cut 170 jobs today in a move to reduce costs and become more nimble. Boardriders is home to the Billabong, Quiksilver, RVCA, Roxy, DC Shoes, Element and VonZipper brands and is one of the largest and most important companies in...

November 16, 2022

RECCO Selects Verde Brand Communications as North America Public Relations Partner

Stockholm, Sweden - (November 16, 2022) /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ – As the brand expands awareness of its technologies to make people more searchable in the outdoors, RECCO selected Verde Brand Communications as its public-relations and brand-communications partner in North America. RECCO is well-known worldwide as a technology tool that can help locate people...

November 16, 2022

Rob Leo Joins Oboz Footwear as VP of Finance

Bozeman, Mont., (November 16, 2022)/OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ – Oboz Footwear, the True to the Trail® outdoor footwear company headquartered in Bozeman, has hired Rob Leo as its VP of Finance. Leo joins Oboz from Skullcandy Inc. “Rob brings a wealth of knowledge, great ideas and enthusiasm to our finance team,” said Amy Beck, Oboz Footwear president. “At...

November 16, 2022

Heliconia Brings in James McBeath as the New Director of In4adventure.com

November 16, 2022 /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ – Heliconia, the video production company behind award-winning TV series such as Epic Trails, Facing Waves and Adventure Cities, is excited to announce the hiring of long-time industry marketer, James McBeath. McBeath joined the team earlier this month as Director of Heliconia’s new In4adventure.com project, overseeing its...