Industry News
Industry News Archive for dates of Sunday, June 17, 2018 thru Saturday, June 30, 2018
- Camping World Announces Plans to Expand RV Sales Locations by More than Thirty Percent through the Launch of Gander RV Sales, New Store Openings and Continued Acquisitions 06/28/2018 finance.yahoo.com - Camping World Holdings, Inc., network of RV-centric retail locations, announced plans to dramatically increase RV sales locations over the next 15 months through the launch of Gander RV Sales, new store openings...
- Vasque Selects Joel Lee To Lead Revamped Sales Team 06/27/2018 sgbonline.com - Vasque announced a restructuring of its sales team, with new global sales director Joel Lee at the helm. Moving forward, Lee will oversee the US sales manager position. Lee is an avid...
- VF Corporation Announces New Leadership Appointments at its The North Face® and Smartwool® Brands 06/26/2018 snewsnet.com - VF Corporation announced the appointment of Travis Campbell to the position of VP, GM The North Face, Americas. Campbell most recently served as President of VF’s Smartwoolbrand. Jennifer McLaren will succeed Campbell...
- Amazon Launches Try-Before-Buy Apparel Option 06/25/2018 insideoutdoor.com - Prime Wardrobe, Amazon’s try-before-you-buy (TBYB) program that it’s been testing for the past year, is now available to all U.S. Prime subscribers. The service lets members order up to eight items to...
- REI Invests Over $600,000 In Rewilding Five U.S. Cities This Year 06/25/2018 sgbonline.com - Five U.S. cities will see five urban and suburban areas transformed into areas for outdoor recreation, thanks in part to more than half a million dollars in grant funding from REI this...
- People Keep Finding Bodies in Joshua Tree 06/20/2018 outsideonline.com - Within a month, the remains of two people—one of them half-buried—were found inside the park's boundaries, a place with a storied relationship to death.
- American Outdoor Brands Q4 Revenues Sink 25 Percent 06/20/2018 sgbonline.com - American Outdoor Brands, the parent of Smith & Wesson, reported earnings before special items tumbled 58.2 percent in the fourth quarter ended April 30 on a 24.9 percent drop in revenues. Quarterly...
- Alterra Moves to Acquire Utah’s Solitude Mountain 06/20/2018 gearjunkie.com - Ikon parent Alterra Mountain Company confirmed it’s entering an agreement to purchase Solitude Mountain Resort in Utah. When the deal closes this fall, Solitude will be included in the 2018-19 Ikon Pass....
- Can American Brands Tap the Chinese Outdoor Market? 06/20/2018 outsideonline.com - Gear companies like Arc'teryx and Gore are desperately seeking ways to enter the approximately $15 billion Chinese outdoor market. They're making headway, but distributors say they still have a lot to learn.
- L.L.Bean starts tour of modular outdoors co-working space 06/20/2018 snewsnet.com - The 106-year-old Freeport, Maine-based retailer L.L. Bean, in partnership with co-working innovator, Industrious, just announced its “Be an Outsider at Work” initiative—a play on the company's "Be an Outsider" tagline—in four cities,...
- GoPro Names Facebook Executive to Board, Boosting Media Heft 06/20/2018 bloomberg.com - GoPro Inc. named Ty Ahmad-Taylor, VP of product marketing at Facebook, to its executive board. Prior to joining Facebook last year, he worked for consumer electronics company THX Ltd., Samsung Electronics Inc....
- L.L.Bean Launches First-Ever Outdoor Coworking Space 06/19/2018 sgbonline.com - L.L.Bean has partnered with leading coworking provider, Industrious, to launch an initiative called “Be an Outsider at Work.” Launching in NYC’s Madison Square Park on June 21, the first-ever outdoor co-working space...
