All Outdoor Industry Association articles – Page 2

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    OIA with new board members

    2022-08-31T14:31:00Z

    The members of the U.S. Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) have elected two new directors: Sara Ellis, global product specialist for W.L. Gore & Associates, and José G. González, founder of Latino Outdoors and partner at Avarna Group. They will begin their three-year terms in September and join two returning directors, ...

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    OIA and Patagonia release statements on Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante lawsuit

    2022-08-30T08:47:00Z

    The U.S. Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) released a statement on the state of Utah’s decision to file a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s decision to restore the boundaries of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments under the Antiquities Act after former President Trump cut protections for those areas ...

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    U.S. outdoor industry study examines recreation and outdoor companies’ hiring challenges

    2022-08-05T09:06:00Z

    The Oregon State University’s center for the outdoor recreation economy, with support from Basecamp Outdoor, Path to Peak education and consulting and the Confluence of States, has conducted a new Outdoor Industry Workforce Assessment for the American Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable. The study aims to ...

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    Earth Day 2022: “Invest in our planet”

    2022-04-22T09:42:00Z

    The applause for the smartest Earth Day campaign certainly goes to Allbirds. At www.keeptheamazonprime.com, a “global e-commerce platform you can’t live without,” the shoe manufacturer promotes donations for the Amazon. Every donation is doubled by Allbirds. EOCA has also launched a fundraising campaign for Earth Day: “A number of EOCA ...

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    Outdoor Retailer returns to Utah

    2022-03-23T20:45:00Z

    Outdoor Retailer is returning to Salt Lake City, Utah. The last show in Denver will be OR Summer from June 9-11, 2022.

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    OIA opens entry phase for 2022 UK Outdoor Industry Awards

    2022-03-21T13:05:00Z

    Returning on the stage as a live display at the Outdoor Trade Show, held in Liverpool in June 2022, the UK Outdoor Industry Awards will spotlight the most innovative products of the years in different categories. The products applied to the competition that is organized by the Outdoor Industry Association ...

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    Klean Kanteen launches industry’s first recycled stainless steel product

    2022-01-27T14:22:00Z

    Klean Kanteen, the Californian climate-neutral certified, family and employee-owned specialist for sustainable drinkware, is switching to certified 18/8 stainless steel, which is made from 90 percent recycled stainless steel. The company is thus revolutionizing its production, which in the future will be based almost entirely on recycled materials. By using ...

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    Review: Slide/OTS Winter trade show 2022

    2022-01-24T08:21:00Z

    The British Snowsport Tradeshow happened in central England last week, on the Welsh border, to allow relatively easy travel for everyone to reach the event. Building on previous events, the exhibition had also combined with the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), so those outdoor brands had a chance to demonstrate their ...

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    OR Snow Show releases redesigned hall plan and new Resource Center information hub

    2021-12-07T11:19:00Z

    The Outdoor Retailer Snow Show, taking place Jan. 26-28, 2022, in Denver, Colorado, has unveiled its in-person education program and a redesigned floor plan centered around the “Resource Center,” a new information hub that provides access to industry knowledge from experts who will be on hand to answer questions and ...

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    OIA welcomes President Biden’s infrastructure bill as important step to build climate-forward economy

    2021-11-17T12:45:00Z

    The leading U.S. trade association for the outdoor industry, the Colorado-based Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), released a statement in response to President Joe Biden’s signing of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, a key element of his domestic spending agenda, providing billions of dollars to state and local governments to upgrade outdated ...

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    Early-bird bookings for Slide and OTS close mid October

    2021-09-14T08:48:00Z

    The Slide and Outdoor Trade Show Winter, planned for Oct. 18-20 at the Telford International Centre, U.K., reports increasing demand for its exhibition space. According to the organizing company Rare Management, two-thirds of the space is already booked. For brands wanting to take advantage of reduced booking rates, time is ...

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    American outdoor industry body launches workforce assessment

    2021-09-01T06:19:00Z

    The Washington, D.C.-based Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), the nonprofit trade body of the outdoor industry in the U.S., and several partner organizations have launched the Outdoor Industry Workforce Assessment. The voluntary survey, open to the leadership and management teams of companies and organizations in the outdoor recreation industry, will gather ...

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    Klean Kanteen moves to recycled stainless steel

    2021-08-02T13:15:00Z

    California-based company Klean Kanteen, the provider of drinkware and food solutions, has announced the use of recycled stainless steel in its TKWide and Straw collections beginning with its 2022 product offering and plans to expand the program to 95 percent recycled steel by 2023. The share of ...

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    Outdoor Industry Association with new executives

    2021-07-09T09:20:00Z

    The U.S. Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) has named Arlene Charles chief operating officer and Kelly Davis director of research. Charles has served as general manager for Girls Inc. of Columbus and Phenix Russell as well as COO for the YWCA of Greater Atlanta and has more than 30 years of ...

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    Climate Action Corps publishes Progress Report, aims to become climate positive industry by 2030

    2021-06-30T09:05:00Z

    The U.S. Outdoor Industry Association’s (OIA) Climate Action Corps, launched in January 2020, unveiled its first Annual Impact Report to mark year one progress and announced an unprecedented goal to become the world’s first climate-positive industry by 2030. To address the threat of climate change, a diverse group of more ...

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    OIA announces board election results

    2021-06-15T07:31:00Z

    The U.S. Outdoor Industry Association’s (OIA) annual board elections ended May 28 with the election of Toad&Co CMO Sarah Matt and Merrell CMO Janice Tennan as new board members. They will begin their three-year terms in July. The election also resulted in the re-election of BioLite CEO and co-founder Jonathan ...

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    U.S. outdoor industry applauds governmental proposal to expand funding for Great American Outdoors Act

    2021-06-14T05:52:00Z

    U.S. Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) has welcomed the U.S. Departments of Interior and Agriculture’s Fiscal Year 2022 proposal to allocate $2.8 billion in funding for projects authorized in the Great American Outdoors Act, a landmark conservation legislation. OIA applauded the Biden Administration’s continued commitment to outdoor recreation and business and ...

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    U.S. companies demand climate action from Biden administration

    2021-04-15T11:22:00Z

    310 U.S. businesses have signed an open letter demanding that the Biden Administration makes every effort to achieve a 50 percent reduction in emissions by 2030. The open letter was organized by the We Mean Business Coalition, a global coalition of nonprofits working with businesses around the world to take ...

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    U.S. outdoor community supports Biden’s staff pick

    2021-03-16T11:20:00Z

    In the Trump years, public and political activism by prominent players in the outdoor community has become almost a tradition – whether it was the move of the Outdoor Retailer trade show from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Denver, Colorado, in 2017 in protest of the Bears Ears National Monument ...

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    U.S. Outdoor Foundation names new managing director

    2020-10-01T12:36:00Z

    The Outdoor Foundation (OF), the philanthropic arm of the U.S. Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), has named Stephanie Maez its new managing director. Maez is a longtime strategic policy advocate and nonprofit executive and a former state legislator from New Mexico. Maez currently serves as the senior fellow for race and ...