Industry News
Industry News Archive for dates of Saturday, June 30, 2018 thru Friday, July 13, 2018
- GoPro Celebrates Two Milestones 07/12/2018 sgbonline.com - GoPro Inc. has sold more than 30 million Hero cameras since the debut of the company’s first HD model in November 2009. GoPro has been the best-selling camera of any type for...
- Take a Walk in the Woods. Doctor’s Orders. 07/12/2018 nytimes.com - Some small studies, many conducted in Japan and Korea, suggest that spending time in nature, specifically in lush forests, might decrease stress and blood pressure (especially in middle-aged men), improve heart-rate variability...
- Scarpa North America Names Melanie Hood Marketing Manager 07/11/2018 sgbonline.com - Scarpa North America, maker of footwear for the full range of mountain sports, has named Melanie Hood as the company’s marketing manager. Hood worked as the marketing and development director at the...
- Ortovox Recalls Avalanche Transceivers 07/11/2018 insideoutdoor.com - Ortovox and the Consumer Products Safety Commission announced a recall of the company’s avalanche transceivers due to a software error that resulted in a failure to transmit the position of survivors of...
- Hydro Flask Growth Boosts Helen Of Troy’s Q1 07/10/2018 sgbonline.com - Established and raised in the Western U.S., Hydro Flask has successfully migrated eastward and even to Europe, an expansion that has helped drive parent company Helen of Troy Ltd.’s solid growth in...
- Reservations May Soon Be Required at Arches National Park 07/10/2018 gearjunkie.com - Big changes might be coming to Arches National Park. A recently proposed Traffic Congestion Management Plan aims to limit the number of vehicles entering during peak times.
- NDP Group: U.S. Outdoor Industry Sales See Decline 07/10/2018 insideoutdoor.com - Sales within the core U.S. outdoor industry spanning outdoor equipment, apparel, footwear, and accessories were $18.9 billion in the 12 months ending April 2018, a decline of 4 percent over the prior...
- Nike Swim Jumps On Board with The Red Paddle Co Dragon World Championships 07/06/2018 snewsnet.com - As part of a global, two-year partnership with the world’s leading inflatable paddle board company, Red Paddle Co, Nike Swim has been announced as the headline partner for this year’s Dragon World...
- The Terrible State of Our National Parks—in Photos 07/05/2018 outsideonline.com - Public lands are only becoming more loved, more used and in dire need of repair. Thanks to some photos provided by the National Parks Conservation Association, we got a peek at what...
- Judge throws out first lawsuit over L.L.Bean’s new return policy 07/05/2018 snewsnet.com - The case of an unhappy L.L.Bean customer in Illinois has been dismissed. On June 28, a federal judge ruled that Victor Bondi failed to establish that he'd suffered harm or was unhappy...
- Indoor Snow Slopes are Coming to America 07/05/2018 snowboarding.transworld.net - The first Western Hemisphere snow dome facility is set to open in East Rutherford, New Jersey in March of next year. Big Snow America will be an extension of the American Dream...
- World Surf League apologises for Facebook streaming issues 07/04/2018 sportspromedia.com - The World Surf League (WSL) has issued an apology to fans who have experienced issues when watching live streams of the global governing body’s events on Facebook. The WSL says it has...
- More than 70,000 Pounds of Trash Removed From Everest 07/03/2018 theadventureblog.blogspot.com - Efforts to clean up Mt. Everest from the Nepali side of the mountain have yielded a huge amount of waste. More than 32,000 kg (70,547 pounds) of garbage was collected and removed...
- Camping World to Launch 40 ‘Gander RV’ Stores in 2019 07/02/2018 gearjunkie.com - Camping World announced it would leverage the Gander brand to increase its RV footprint. It’s honing in on areas where Camping World is underpenetrated and has tremendous opportunity to grow its RV...
- Fatmap Is Like Google Earth (on Steroids) for Hikers 07/01/2018 outsideonline.com - Dozens of apps provide mapping, GPS navigation, topographic data, and other tools to find your way around the outdoors, but none offer the kind of three-dimensional depth and detail of Fatmap. Think...
