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News briefsPets are Clif Bar's new target group
Clif Bar & Company announced Dec. 13 the launch of the Trailblazers Incubator, an internal new venture group based at Clif Bar headquarters in Emeryville, California, designed ”to deliver disruptive innovation and create sustainable business opportunities” and new growth strategies. This includes expanding into new categories. Led by chief innovation ...
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News briefsBiden announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022
While the Winter Olympics won’t get really interesting for the outdoor segment until 2026, when ski mountaineering will be part of the Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo Games for the first time with sprint, individual and mixed-relay events, it’s still worth noting that the U.S. has just announced a diplomatic boycott ...
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News briefsOIA welcomes President Biden’s infrastructure bill as important step to build climate-forward economy
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a key element of his domestic spending agenda, providing billions of dollars to state and local governments to upgrade outdated ...
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News briefsFirst Arc’teryx ReBird Service Center opens in New York
Arc’teryx has opened the first ReBird™ Service Center in its brand-new New York City store location on Broadway. As the brand’s sixth store in New York, the Broadway location is the first of its kind to offer Arc’teryx retail sales as well as free product evaluation, on-site care and training, ...
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News briefsGOA launches nonprofit trade association for independent U.S. retailers
The Grassroots Outdoor Alliance has launched a new nonprofit trade association to share and collect data and support mid-sized, independent American outdoor retailers within the industry. The new Indie Outdoor group is open to all brands and organizations in the U.S. that serve the independent outdoor industry, including rep groups ...
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News briefsKatadyn North America appoints new president
Chris Voxland, VP of operations for the outdoor company since 2001, has been promoted to president of Katadyn North America, headquartered in Rocklin, California, to lead the company’s growth in new channels, demographics and markets. Voxland is expected to drive the brand’s goal of building product lines and managing sustainable ...
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News briefsVista makes Investor’s Business Daily’s top 100 ESG list
Vista Outdoor is ranked 39th on Investor’s Business Daily’s 2021 Best ESG Companies list, which recognizes the top 100 companies with outstanding Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings in addition to strong fundamentals and technical stock performance. This is the first year Vista Outdoor has made the list. From the ...
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Montane with new country manager and PR agency for the U.S.
British outdoor apparel brand Montane has announced a new brand initiative for the U.S. market. Effective immediately, industry veteran Mike Downing of Boulder, Colorado, will assume the role of country manager for the U.S., overseeing all wholesale, professional and direct sales for Montane’s apparel and gear collection. Downing will work ...
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News briefsSwiss e-bike pioneer Flyer takes off in North America
Like the German mountain bike manufacturer Propain Bicycles, Swiss e-bike pioneer Flyer AG, part of Europe’s largest bicycle buying group ZEG (Germany), is also using this year’s U.S. bicycle festival Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California (Oct. 7-10), to enter the U.S. market. Flyer is not only eyeing the ...
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Amer plans to upgrade its distribution center in Utah
Amer Sports is reportedly offering to invest $30 million to upgrade its U.S. operations in Ogden, Utah, creating between 100 and 155 new jobs over ten years, in exchange for various local and state tax incentives worth a total of $4.08 million. The investments would include a budget of $2.46 ...
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News briefsDTC e-bike brand Cowboy heads to the U.S.
DTC e-bike brand Cowboy announced on Sept. 23 at the Micromobility America Conference in San Francisco that it is expanding its business to the U.S. At the same time, the Belgian brand is expanding in Europe: the addition of Sweden and Denmark brings the number of served country markets to ...
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News briefsEquipment sales in the U.S. up 23% in first semester
The NPD Group reports that areas of the U.S. outdoor and sports industry experienced unprecedented highs over the past year and a half, as consumers sought refuge outdoors during the pandemic. This behavior is not a flash in the pan; in fact, equipment sales at sports specialty retail grew by ...
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American outdoor industry body launches workforce assessment
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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U.S. snowsports industry pleads for joint climate action
Snowsports Industries America (SIA), the U.S.-based winter industry’s trade association, calls on “every winter outdoor industry business” to join ClimateUnited, SIA’s initiative to unite and empower the winter outdoor industry to lead on climate. In his appeal, SIA’s head of advocacy, Chris Steinkamp, cited the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
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Carrera launches DTC webshop in the U.S.
Safilo is taking another step towards its digital transformation by launching a new e-commerce platform for its house brand Carrera in the U.S. The launch of the dedicated website, us.carreraworld.com, coincides with the 65th anniversary of the brand. The Carrera direct-to-consumer site is already live and offers an assortment of ...
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ArticleNew legislation in the U.S. could help the environment – and boost e-bike sales
U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (Democrats, Hawaii) and Ed Markey (Democrats, Massachusetts) have introduced the Electric Bicycle Incentive Kickstart for the Environment Act in the U.S. Senate, a bill that would prioritize electric bicycles as a zero-emission mode of transportation by making them more affordable and accessible to all Americans. If ...
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Outdoor Industry Association with new executives
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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News briefsU.S. wholesaler QBP adds Benno Bikes to portfolio
U.S. bicycle wholesaler Quality Bicycle Products (QBP) will be the sole domestic distributor for California-based Benno Bikes’ bicycles, parts and accessories, beginning with the 2022 model year. With home market distribution centers in Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Colorado, QBP serves a network of more than 5,000 independent bicycle dealers across ...
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ArticleU.S. debut of German-Austrian Nox Cycles
German-Austrian e-bike manufacturer Nox Cycles Austria GmbH, which once emerged from Berlin-based Hawk Bike Sales GmbH, is expanding not only from the DACH region into other EU countries but also toward the Americas. While it has already gained a foothold in South America two years ago through an importer in ...
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News briefs7mesh grows distribution network
Founded by former managers of Canadian outdoor company Arc’teryx, technical bikewear supplier 7mesh Industries Inc. (aka 7mesh Apparel) is not only experiencing strong sales growth but is also expanding internationally with new agencies. In Europe, for example, the Canadians were able to sign up Lyon Equipment Ltd. and Ski a ...
