Industry News
Industry News Archive for dates of Friday, August 26, 2016 thru Thursday, September 8, 2016
- New CBS Show Pokes Fun at Outdoor Magazines, Millennials, and the Death of Print 09/07/2016 adventure-journal.com - “The Great Indoors,” mocks outdoor magazines, millennials, digital media, outdoor journalists of a certain age, clickbait, millennials, outdoor magazines… It’s set at a familiar-looking glossy title called Outdoor Limits, whose field editor...
- Patagonia’s Yvon Chouinard Revises ‘Let My People Go Surfing’ 09/06/2016 wwd.com - Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard is a reluctant businessman who owns a company that is steadily approaching $1 billion in annual sales. To show how he has balanced a thriving business with an...
- Who Are the Women I Should Know in the Outdoor Gear Industry? 09/02/2016 outsideonline.com - Joe Jackson and outsideonline.com tracked down 6 powerhouses at this year's Outdoor Retailer who own, manage, or design for some of our favorite brands.
- Amer Sports Hits The Gas 09/01/2016 sgbonline.com - Amer Sports will accelerate openings of Arc’teryx and Salomon stores in the United States and China as part of a strategic pivot aimed at leveraging strong organic growth in both countries,...
- OIA Endorses 15 Congressional Candidates 09/01/2016 sgbonline.com - Outdoor Industry Association Political Action Committee announced the first slate of Congressional candidates it is endorsing in the 2016 elections. These candidates understand the importance of the outdoor recreation economy locally and...
- Vista Outdoor Acquires Camp Chef For $74 Million 09/01/2016 foxbusiness.com - Vista Outdoor Inc. has acquired privately owned Camp Chef for $74 million. Camp Chef makes camp stoves, barbecue mills, pellet grills and other outdoor cooking equipment, along with cast=iron cookware and accessories....
- Remember That Plan to Build a Tram in the Grand Canyon? It Just Took a Step Forward 08/31/2016 adventure-journal.com - A few months ago, a proposed luxury resort with a tram from the rim of the Grand Canyon to the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers was turned down. But...
- Dream Job: Columbia Hiring ‘Directors Of Toughness’ 08/31/2016 gearjunkie.com - Columbia Sportswear began its search for two new Directors of Toughness. The dream job includes nine months of adventure while testing the brand’s gear and sharing the experience on social media. The...
- adidas Outdoor Sees More Than Sixty Percent Increase in Sales for Trail Running Footwear Year-to-Date in Pre-Orders 08/31/2016 outdoorindustry.org - adidas outdoor, the athletic brand in the outdoors, announced its pre-order sales for trail running footwear for spring 2017 increased more than 62 percent from last year. adidas Outdoor designers are focused...
- Bombs Planted in Kentucky Trail Cameras, ATF Warns 08/30/2016 adventure-journal.com - One man lost fingers in an explosion to an improvised explosive device placed in a trail camera, and at least nine more bombs were discovered along trails in Harlan County. Officials from...
- Travel Channel Announces Six-Part Mini-Series Focused on Everest Rescue Operations (Updated!) 08/30/2016 theadventureblog.blogspot.com - Everest will once again be the center of attention for an upcoming documentary television series set to air this fall. The Travel Channel announced that it will begin airing Everest Air on...
- Mountain Bike Pedal Strike Caused Wildfire Near Mammoth 08/29/2016 adventure-journal.com - Things are dry in the Eastern Sierra. So dry that all it took to begin a wildfire on August 5 along the Lower Rock Creek singletrack trail north of Bishop and south...
- Should Brands Follow Birkenstock In Cutting Off Amazon? 08/29/2016 sgbonline.com - Birkenstock will no longer sell on Amazon.com, nor with third-party merchants that do business on the site, beginning January 1. Birkenstock officials said a rampant increase in counterfeits and overall unauthorized selling...
- ‘Adventure Capitalists’ TV Show: Like ‘Shark Tank’ For Outdoor Inventors 08/29/2016 gearjunkie.com - A new business-reality TV show, CNBC’s Adventure Capitalists, can turn upstart inventors into major outdoor-industry innovators with loads of venture capital, or deny their idea on the spot. Entrepreneurs hock their prototype...
- 2016 SFIA State of the Industry Report Reveals Industry Growth Despite Major Disruption 08/29/2016 sfia.org - The three fastest growing sports in terms of 3-year participation rates remain unchanged. Stand Up Paddling, Adventure Racing and MMA for Competition are quickly transitioning from fads in to sustainable sports categories.
- Vista Outdoor Restructures Outdoor Group 08/26/2016 sgbonline.com - Vista Outdoor has restructured its Outdoor Group, including new leadership for some of its recently acquired brands. Kelly Grindle, president of Outdoor Products, outlined three new market areas for the group: Outdoor...
- Billabong Loses $23.7 Million More 08/26/2016 boardistan.com - It’s been a rough year for the beleaguered Billabong. Last year they were back on the come-up with a profit of $4.2 million, but this year Billabong said more than two-thirds of...
- Sports Authority Revised Exec Bonuses Draw Fire 08/26/2016 sgbonline.com - Sports Authority’s remaining key execs have come up with a new plan calling for $1.53 million in bonuses as incentives to optimize the wind-down of its bankruptcy process. But the U.S. Justice...
- Oops — Some Conservatives Don’t Want Feds to Give Land to States After All 08/26/2016 adventure-journal.com - Sportsmen are discovering that states do a lousy job of managing lands, with great benefits for just a few. Conservationist Dean Finnerty and his fellow sportsmen are petitioning lawmakers, writing opinion columns...
- Obama Designates Massive Pacific Ocean Preserve 08/26/2016 gearjunkie.com - A marine area nearly four times the size of California and home to more than 7,000 marine species was protected by presidential proclamation. President Barack Obama’s executive order will more than quadruple...
