REI will open its fifth flagship store in the Washington D.C. area in late 2016 at the site chosen by President Eisenhower for his inaugural ball and by the Beatles for their first concert in the U.S. The REI flagship will serve the fast ...
Tags: flagship store, Sporting Goods
Under the agreement that signed in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, China gives Switzerland an 8-billion-US-dollar investment quota under its Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor program, and the two sides plan to open a Chinese bank in ...
Tags: Financial System, banks
Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) reported early season skier visits at its 21 member resorts were approximately one percent off last year’s strong pace. The report covers visits between Opening Day (Oct. 17, 2014) through Dec. 31, ...
Tags: Ski, warm drinks, Sporting Goods
Kraft Barbecue Sauce has revamped line of sauces with recipes featuring high-quality ingredients like tomatoes, sweet molasses, cider vinegar and cane sugar. Kraft Barbecue Sauce wants to help grilling fans make something amazing with an ...
Tags: tomatoes, sweet molasses, cider vinegar, Agriculture
Nearly six in 10 younger skiers and snowboarders, or 59 percent, find on-site equipment rentals extremely important on a ski/snowboard vacation, compared to 42 percent of mature travelers, according to a customer survey by Wyndham Vacation ...
Tags: skiers, snowboarders, Sporting Goods
Vail Resorts reported season-to-date total lift ticket revenue at the company's nine mountain resorts, including an allocated portion of season pass revenue for each applicable period, was up 9.3 percent compared to the prior year ...
Tags: ski areas, Sporting Goods
Intrawest Resorts Holdings Inc. reported that sales of season pass and frequency products are up approximately 7 percent in units and 16 percent in dollars from the beginning of the ski season through Jan. 4 compared with the prior year ...
Bodacious Sales of Colorado has added New Mexico to its Tecnica/Blizzard sales territory. Jeff Sale and his team will manage Tecnica and Blizzard alpine and footwear products in Colorado and New Mexico. “Jeff and his team have been ...
Tags: footwear products, Sporting Goods
Head North America promoted Jon Rucker to SVP sales/marketing for Head USA Winter Sports. “Jon’s leadership has propelled our U.S. Winter Division to new heights. 2014 was a record year for us,” stated Kevin Kempin, ...
Many of Colorado's resorts recorded more than a foot of new snow in the last 48 hours, according to Colorado Ski Country USA, which said all 21 of its members ski areas and resorts reported fresh powder. Resorts near the Continental ...
Tags: ski areas, fresh powder, Sporting Goods
Point6, the maker of wool socks, appointed RM Sales and Avidd Sports to cover sales in the five-state Intermountain Rocky Mountain region, a leading market for the brand. Led by Rob McGregor and his team of four seasoned, independent ...
Tags: wool socks, Sporting Goods
As with all businesses that store significant quantities of petroleum-based fuel and oil at their facilities, New England ski resorts have a legal responsibility to create and implement updated oil spill prevention plans to be in compliance ...
Tags: Oil Spill Prevention, clean water regulations, Construction
B. Robinson Optical, Inc. will launch Revo's first ski goggle collection next fall featuring the brand's light management lenses at specialty boutiques and sport retailers nationwide as well as at Revo.com. B Robinson, which manufactures ...
Occupancy and revenue figures for the 2014-15 ski and snowboard season continued their upward trajectory at 19 mountain resorts in six western states last month. As of Nov. 30, “on-the-books” occupancy is up a sharp 9.7 ...
Tags: Bookings, Sporting Goods
The Faction Collective’s has completed a major expansion the sales force at its newly-launched Full Stack Supply Co. division, which manages design and distribution of its Faction Skis & Apparel as well as Roxy Skis. In North ...
Tags: Roxy, Full Stack, Sporting Goods