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Top Outdoor Trends for 2019

Mar 13, 2019

Fueled by an ever greater need for people to unplug from their daily lives, the outdoor market is experiencing unprecedented growth. People want to disconnect from the digital world and go back to nature. Outdoor enthusiasts want to ...

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Feds to Include Outdoor Rec Economy

Apr 20, 2016

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced the federal government will begin measuring and quantifying the ecoomic impact of the outdoor recreation economy when calculating gross domestic product. Jewell, who served as CEO for REI before ...

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G-Form Welcomes New Bike/Snow Sales Team Member

Apr 5, 2016

G-Form, makers of impact protection for athletes, added Steve Kwait to the quickly-expanding sales team. In his new position, Steve will contribute his bike and snow experience in sales and field marketing to help grow these existing sales ...

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Garmont Hires Great Lakes Reps

Mar 21, 2016

Garmont North America welcomed Specialty Sports Reps as its rep team for the Great Lakes region. “Garmont is being well received in the market with strong sell-in and sell-through,” said Bill Dodge, CEO of Garmont. “We ...

Tags: Garmont, Special Aports Reps, Great Lakes region

REI Sales Rise 9.3 Percent In 2015

Mar 16, 2016

REI reported sales reached a record $2.4 billion in 2015 after a second consecutive year of nearly double-digit growth. Sales increased 9.3 percent from $2.2 billion in 2014, or 11 percent when adjusting for an extra 53-week of sales ...

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Congress Passes Bill to Fund Outdoor Spending

Dec 16, 2015

Congress on Wednesday avoided a government shutdown by passing a bill that keeps the government running through mid-December, but leaves unresolved a divide over federal spending that threatens to resurface this winter with more perilous ...

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Edelrid North America Hires Sales and Marketing, Operations Team

Nov 11, 2015

Edelrid North America, the newly established North American distributorship for the global Edelrid brand, has hired Blair Williams as director of sales and marketing and Paul Nanawa as director of operations. Williams and Nanawa are both ...

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U. S. Trade Representative Releases Text of Trans Pacific Partnership

Nov 9, 2015

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released the full text of the Trans Pacific Partnership on Thursday, providing the sporting goods industry its first opportunity to vet the details of the potentially historic trade agreement. ...

Tags: Trans Pacific Partnership, sporting goods

PSU Taps Nolfi to Head Athletic & Outdoor Industry Program

Sep 16, 2015

Portland State University has appointed Jennifer Nolfi as the new director of Portland State University’s Athletic and Outdoor Industry Program. Nolfi, whose business experience has spanned the public and private sectors over the last ...

Tags: Athletic Industry, Outdoor Industry

Columbia Sportswear Adds Six More Stores to The Existing Six Already Operating in India

May 7, 2015

Columbia Sportswear Company’s has increased its pan India footprint by adding six more stores to the existing six already operating in India and took the store count to 12. Columbia Sportswear’s Indian distributor, Chogori ...

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Two US Senators Reintroduced a Bipartisan Legislation

May 5, 2015

Two US Senators - Kelly Ayotte and Maria Cantwell - have reintroduced a bipartisan legislation that would lower or eliminate outdated tariffs on recreational outerwear and support America's outdoor economy. On her official web page, ...

Tags: Outdoor Industry, outerwear

Key OIA Trade Bills Have a New Prosess in US Senate

Apr 29, 2015

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee passed legislation Wednesday evening that wlil give President Obama trade promotion authority, or TPA, a necessary step for his administration to conclude negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). ...

Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation

American Rec Is Acquired by Exxel Outdoors

Apr 7, 2015

Exxel Outdoors today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire American Recreation Products LLC (American Rec). The acquisition will combine the iconic outdoor brands of the American Rec portfolio, which includes Sierra ...

Tags: American Rec, outdoor space, Sporting Goods

Natural Textile Treatments Receives Investments From Patagonia

Apr 7, 2015

Patagonia, through its $20 Million & Change venture fund, announced a strategic investment in Beyond Surface Technologies, a chemical company focused on producing high-performance textile treatments based on natural raw materials. In its ...

Tags: Kina'Ole Solar, natural raw materials, Sporting Goods

Interior Secretary Offers Outdoor Industry Update on Obama Agenda

Apr 2, 2015

Outdoor Industry Association joined more than a dozen industry executives from the Pacific Northwest and several members of the Washington State Congressional delegation this past Monday for a roundtable conversation with U.S. Secretary of ...

Tags: Interior Secretary, Sporting Goods

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