Industry News
Industry News Archive for dates of Monday, July 15, 2019 thru Sunday, July 28, 2019
- Columbia Sportswear Company Reports Record Second Quarter and First Half 2019 Financial Results; Updates Full Year 2019 Financial Outlook 07/25/2019 businesswire.com - Columbia Sportswear Company announced second quarter 2019 financial results for the period ended June 30, 2019. Net sales increased 9% compared to second quarter 2018, to a record $526.2 million. Operating income...
- Granite Gear Names New Public Relations Manager 07/24/2019 sgbonline.com - Granite Gear, manufacturer of backpacks, portage packs and travel gear, named Julie Bacon as public relations manager. Bacon will lead strategy behind media relations, the Grounds Keepers Program and email campaigns. Bacon...
- Vans And North Face Both Clicking for VF Corp 07/24/2019 sgbonline.com - VF Corp raised its outlook for the year on accelerated momentum at Vans and renewed momentum at The North Face in the first quarter. In the quarter ended June 29, revenue from...
- These Trail Donation “Parking” Meters Are Raking it in 07/23/2019 adventure-journal.com - Steamboat Springs, Colorado uprooted ten old parking meters from their “urban” homes and repurposed them as voluntary trail donation meters. Should hikers, bikers, equestrians, trail runners, or other trail users feel compelled...
- Black Diamond cuts 70 positions and transitions manufacturing out of Utah 07/23/2019 snewsnet.com - Black Diamond laid off 70 employees last week in its manufacturing division of the Salt Lake City, Utah, headquarters, a 22% reduction of the Utah workforce and 53% of the manufacturing division....
- Vail Goes Big With Peak Resorts Acquisition 07/22/2019 sgbonline.com - Vail Resorts Inc., a Broomfield, CO-based ski resort and real estate behemoth, grew even bigger Monday morning with the (estimated) $264 million acquisition of Wildwood, MO-based Peak Resorts Inc. The purchase adds...
- Thule’s Q2 Revenues Climb 7 Percent 07/18/2019 sgbonline.com - Thule Group reported earnings rose 8.9% in the second quarter on a 7.3% revenue gain. Sales for the quarter amounted to SEK 2,311m (2,155), corresponding to an increase of 7.3%. Adjusted for...
- Is Artificial Snow the Answer to Saving Antarctica From Climate Change? 07/18/2019 adventureblog.net - A new scientific paper makes a radical proposal on how we can save Antarctica from climate change. According to the report, artificial snow could help stem the damage warmer temperatures created in...
- Yosemite’s Historic Hotel is the Ahwahnee Once Again 07/16/2019 adventureblog.net - A major dispute involving the names of some historic sites inside Yosemite National Park has ended, and now those sites –– including the legendary Ahwahnee Hotel –– will have their names restored....
- National Park Visitation Is Soaring, But Ranger Numbers Are Plummeting—What’s Going On? 07/16/2019 adventure-journal.com - Despite their importance, the ranks of NPS law enforcement rangers are beginning to dwindle, especially compared with the record-breaking amounts of visitors streaming into the parks. Meanwhile, park attendance is absolutely soaring…so...
- Leaving DC: BLM Will Move Headquarters to Colorado 07/15/2019 gearjunkie.com - Senator Cory Gardner announced the Bureau of Land Management will relocate its headquarters and roughly one-fifth of its Washington D.C. staff out of its Capitol Hill home into Grand Junction. Sen. Gardner...
