Cargo bike company Yuba Bicycles has signed a multi-year agreement with Outdoor Gear Canada that makes OGC the exclusive Canadian distributor of Yuba’s cargo bikes and accessories. “OGC will raise Yuba’s visibility in ...
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Where the only person you are competing against is yourself. Pushing yourself that little bit further, practicing until you get it right, gives you a great sense of achievement. There is a sport out there for you. Don't worry about ...
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Eastern Mountain Sports, one of the nation's largest outdoor retailers, will host a grand opening of its Lynnfield, MA store on September 27-29, located in the new Market Street Lynnfield Plaza. The 8,900 square foot store will feature an ...
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Outdoor gear and apparel retailer Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) named Jerry Stritzke as the company's president and CEO following an extensive national search. Stritzke most recently served as president and COO for Coach, a leading ...
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BOISE, ID (BRAIN) — Multi-sport retailer Idaho Mountain Touring has opened a second location in Meridian, just west of its downtown Boise store. The 6,000-square-foot Meridian store, which opened in June, is a full-service shop, ...
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Outdoor Gear Canada has been named Tern's exclusive distributor in Canada, Tern announced Wednesday. Tern's folding bicycles will join OGC's other bike lines: BMC, Intense, Linus and Opus. OGC is taking over Canadian distribution from ...
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The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame has announced its 2013 inductees and has announced a planned move from Crested Butte to Marin County, California. The Hall was founded in Crested Butte in 1988 and is located in a small storefront along the ...
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Sealy adds gel latex to its Optimum specialty sleep line. ARCHDALE, N.C. - Bedding major Sealy is seeking to optimize its specialty sleep business with the introduction of a new gel latex line under its Optimum by Sealy Posturepedic ...
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When Tropical Storm Andrea roared up the East Coast recently dropping buckets of rain, it underscored the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's forecast that 2013 will have an extremely active hurricane season with 13 to 20 ...
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Vittoria Industries North America and Outdoor Gear Canada have each agreed to distribute Vittoria and Geax tires and Selle Italia saddles in Canada, the companies announced Tuesday. OGC will stock all brands in its Montréal and ...
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Noisy dishwashers aren't a bother if your kitchen is separated from the rest of your living area. But that isn't the case with most homes today where open plans are the preferred configuration. That's why dishwasher manufacturers put a ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes consumer and off-grid products integrated with flexible, lightweight thin-film photovoltaic modules based on copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS), has partnered with ...
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Aerogels, developed in the 1930s and first used as insulating materials in industrial and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) applications, now are finding their way into outdoor apparel, footwear and other outdoor gear. ...
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Superstorm Sandy blew down more trees in New York and New Jersey than any previous storm on record, experts say. And since then there have been several damaging storms across the nation, including one yesterday that knocked down many trees ...
Product Architects Inc.,the maker of the Polar Bottle insulated sport bottles, recently added several new employees. Bryce Richardson joined the company as a sales associate, concentrating primarily on bringing in new custom bottle ...
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