ryden began his career at Levi Strauss & Co., where he spent more than 25 years serving in leadership roles in sales and marketing and then regional and global supply chain organization. Bryden later became VP of operations and supply ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
The European outdoor industry's annual sales at retail exceeded €10 billion in 2012, according to the latest edition of The State of the Trade report released by the European Outdoor Group (EOG). At a wholesale level, sell-in figures ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, Apparel
Columbia Sportswear Company, a leading innovator in active outdoor apparel, footwear, accessories and equipment, announced that its joint venture with Swire Resources Ltd. commenced operation as planned on January 1, 2014. Also, as ...
Tags: Sportswear, Apparel
Columbia Sportswear Company said its joint venture with Swire Resources Ltd. commenced operation as planned on Jan. 1, 2014. Also, as previously planned and announced, 29-year Swire Resources veteran Samson Wong was appointed president of ...
Tags: Columbia Sportswear Company, Swire Resources, Samson Wong
Selk’bag USA, Inc. announced it will create a line of Marvel character Selk’bags to be marketed starting in 2014. The bags will feature characters from Marvel’s popular Spider-Man and Avengers Super Hero franchises. Much ...
Tags: Selk'Bag, Character Goods
Q-Outdoor, a division within Quality Bicycle Products, has cobbled together two assortments of outdoor products for bike shops to consider bringing in as a seasonal buy. The selections include 'cross and fat bike-related accessories. ...
Tags: bike, Transportation
The board of directors authorized a 14 percent increase in the company's regular quarterly dividend to $0.25 per share from the prior $0.22 per share, payable on December 2, 2013 to shareholders of record on November 14, 2013. About ...
Tags: Columbia Sportswear, Apparel
INVISTA’s CORDURA brand expands its durable line of fabrics in its head-to-toe product portfolio with CORDURA Lite Plus and CORDURA Air Flow Technology (AFT) fabrics—debuting them at this year’s 2013 Outdoor Retailer ...
Tags: Cordura, Fabrics, Outdoor Retailer
The FabricLink Network (FLN), focused on some of the most interesting “smart” trends and technologies in textiles, is proud to help introduce this year’s inaugural Industrial Design Center at Summer Market. This opening ...
The Outdoor Industry Women's Coalition will launch its 2nd annual Spring Auction on?Thursday. The online auction will run for ten days and supporters can bid on items including a Burton snowboard, six-day river rafting trip, wine tasting ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
Yakima?Products Inc. has hired outdoor and sporting goods industry veteran Jason McGibbon as senior director of sales, North America. He will also be a member of Yakima's executive team. McGibbon is responsible for driving the execution ...
Tags: Transportation
Skins Compression has appointed Johnny West as its new North American general manager. West will lead the Skins North America team and be responsible for planning and implementing strategic brand and marketing initiatives at the retail ...
The outdoor industries’ DWR (durable water repellency) market is set for a revolution in 2013, spearheaded by greener technologies. One of the key factors driving change: two of the leading innovators in the industry have joined ...
When ISPO MUNICH opens its doors from February 3rd to 6th, 2013, the trade show once again offers its visitors plenty of opportunities to expand their know how, gain new inspiration and actively maintain their professional network with the ...