Skechers signed Demi Lovato, multi-platinum selling recording artist and actress, to appear in the footwear company’s global marketing and social media campaigns through 2016. Lovato, known for hit singles, “Give Your Heart a ...
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Vasque renewed its partnership with FloydFest for its 13th annual music and outdoor adventure festival along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Floyd, VA, July 23 27. This year’s theme is Revolutionary and Vasque is asking attendees to Find ...
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North Castle Partners and its co-investors have agreed to sell Ignite USA, LLC, which makes thermal mugs and hydration bottles under the Contigo and Avex brands, to Newell Rubbermaid for a purchase price of $308 million. ADVERTISEMENT ...
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AVEX, makers of performance water bottles and travel mugs, announced an acquisition by Newell Rubbermaid. Newell Rubbermaid has signed a $308 million deal with North Castle Partners, set to take effect in September, to purchase Ignite ...
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The majority shareholder of the Spanish company IASA (owner of the brands ASTORE and TERNUA) has acquired Lorpen, a company based in Navarra, Spain. Lorpen is dedicated to the design, manufacture and marketing of technical socks for ...
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Sales of outdoor products look to be picking up steam this summer as sales of outdoor footwear, apparel and hardgoods increased 6.8 percent to $1.18 billion in the five-week fiscal month of June. The growth trend for the month represented ...
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Implus has acquired DryGuy, a leading supplier of footwear dryers and thermal layering systems. This latest addition to the Implus family of brands will fall under the company’s Outdoor Division, which also includes Yaktrax, ...
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Sierra Designs has hired outdoor industry veteran Bill Conradt to the head of global sales position. Brining years of industry experience Conradt will join a crew of industry vets and young innovators working to redefine life in the ...
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Scott and Kona are among the bike brands that will be available at the first Eastern Outdoor Reps Association's (EORA) New England and Mid-Atlantic Regional Summer Market Show Aug. 25-27 at the Killington Resort in Vermont. ...
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Academy Sports + Outdoors will open four stores in the Orlando, FL area in 2015. The four stores will be located in Kissimmee, Lake Mary, Waterford Lakes and Melbourne. In addition, Academy has formed a multi-year partnership with the Univ. ...
Adidas Outdoor has extended its DryDye apparel collection, which consists of shirts dyed using an innovative waterless techology, for Spring 2015. ADVERTISEMENT Both Adidas and Nike have funded waterless dye technologies as part of ...
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Keen, Inc. hired its first in-house VP of creative, Michael Minter. It also announced the launch of its new Innovation Lab based in Portland, OR. He was most recently global creative director/global director of marketing at Sanuk. Keen said ...
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The Board of Directors and Employee Owners of STI International, Inc. announced that Greg Mooney has been appointed president and CEO. Mooney brings with him branded outdoor products leadership experience encompassing sales, marketing, and ...
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Princeton Tec has named Brian McKinney as its outdoor division manager. McKinney is stepping in for longtime employee Justin Kline who will be shifting his focus to leading International sales for the brand. ADVERTISEMENT McKinney will ...
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Tabar, Inc., a private label technical sport glove design and production firm which has built handwear for the outdoor and sports markets for more than 32 years, is merging with Fownes Brothers & Co., Inc., a 236-year-old company in the ...
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