Leatherman Tool Group Inc. appointed Bobbie Parisi vice president of marketing for its Leatherman brand effective Feb. 16. Parisi will be located at Leatherman's Portland, OR manufacturing headquarters and report to Leatherman Tool ...
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GU Energy Labs’ has named former Smith Optics executive Blair Clark as its new vice president of sales and announced several other changes to its sales organization. Jon Parker has been hired as senior regional sales manager for the ...
Gina Kavesh and Dorothy Nichols have been elected to fill two vacant positions on the USA Cycling Board of Directors, USAC announced this week. Kavesh is also a member of the USAC road committee and Nichols is a menber of the mountain ...
Knog is opening its second European office, this one in Germany and to be managed by David Burger. The Australian accessory brand opened its first European office last year, in France. Burger will be based in Heidelberg and plans to ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Dorothy Nichols has joined women’s bike apparel brand Shebeest as its national sales manager, heading up sales in the IBD and specialty sporting goods channels. Nichols, who will be based out of Denver, Colorado, will begin the new ...
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A leading group of trade associations and organizations announced today that the second annual "Imports Work Week" will take place during the week of May 6-10, 2013. Imports Work Week is an effort to draw attention to the essential role ...
Tags: Textile
A leading group of trade associations and organizations announced today that the second annual "Imports Work Week" will take place during the week of May 6-10, 2013. Imports Work Week is an effort to draw attention to the essential role ...
Tags: Textile, Textile Industry
Giant USA's general manager, Elysa Walk, is a new member of the Outdoor Industries Women's Coalition Board of Directors, the OIWC announced Wednesday. Walk joins the board for a two-year term along with Audrey Hicks, the CFO of Outdoor ...
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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 ...
The Outdoor Industries Women's Coalition has announced its education eeries schedule for 2013, which will primarily focus on mentoring. The series events are hosted at REI stores around the country and sponsored for a second year by ...
Tags: Outdoor Industries Women's Coalition, mentoring, gender equity
Polartec LLC, a leading global supplier of performance fabrics sold under the Polartec brand, announced the appointment of Gary Smith as Chief Executive Officer, and Joe Robinson as Chief Financial Officer, successfully completing the ...
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Janice Feldman JANICE FELDMAN'S AWARD-WINNING designs reflect influences far beyond her Southern California roots but circle back to those ecofriendly, sun-soaked philosophies. As founder and president of JANUS et Cie, her creations run ...
Tags: Outdoor Furniture