All USA articles – Page 6
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News briefsSkwala, a new apparel brand for fly fishermen, launches in Montana
A team of industry veterans has launched Skwala, a new fly fishing apparel brand, based in Bozeman, Montana. Kevin Sloan, founder and chief executive, led the Sitka Gear business for nearly 10 years. Rick Hohne, who is also part of the team behind the new brand, was previously senior director ...
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News briefsDometic acquires two U.S. mobile power solutions brands
Swedish company Dometic has entered into an agreement to acquire Treeline Capital LLC. Treeline is a leading provider of value-added technical service and aftermarket products and mobile power solutions for the North American marine market under the CDI Electronics and Balmar brands. Through these brands, Treeline serves the rapidly growing ...
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News briefsLast minute cancellation of the world’s largest sportfishing show
The 2022 Long Beach Fred Hall Show, which was due to take place on March 2-6 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California, has been canceled at the last minute due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The organizer of the show, Duncan McIntosh Co., said in a ...
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U.S. outdoor brand Nemo keeps growing, plans new hires in 2022
Nemo, a New Hampshire-based outdoor camping gear company, says it has nearly doubled its team in the past two years despite the pandemic and plans to add six positions in 2022. The brand is approaching its 20th anniversary and sees the steady growth not only as a positive indicator of ...
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ArticleGOA reports 29 percent growth at U.S. specialty independent outdoor retail in 2021
The independent U.S. retail organization Grassroots Outdoor Alliance (GOA) has released sales data showing a significant increase in holiday season sales and a record-breaking two-year sales increase. Compared to 2020, Grassroots members – currently, a total of 99 independent retailers across 196 locations – in the U.S. saw a 29 ...
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News briefsEcco USA with new CEO
Source: Ecco USA Tom Berry Danish footwear brand Ecco has appointed Tom Berry as president and CEO of Ecco USA, based in Londonderry, New Hampshire, effective immediately. After more than 20 years with the brand, former president Dave Quel had announced his retirement last summer, with CFO ...
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News briefsClarus appoints GM for Rhino-Rack USA
Utah-based Clarus Corp. has appointed Greg Heichelbech as the new GM of Rhino-Rack USA, the U.S. branch of Australian overlanding company Rhino-Rack, which Clarus acquired in the summer of 2021. Heichelbech has over 30 years of leadership, operations, and sales and marketing experience working in the branded aftermarket, powersports and ...
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ArticleU.S. retail and experience brand Evo acquires snowsports retail and rental chain Rhythm Japan
Rhythm Japan, a Japanese snowsports retail group established in Niseko in 2005 by two Australian snowsports professionals, has been 100 percent acquired by Seattle-based outdoor retail and experience brand Evo. Evo operates 9 stores in the U.S. and Canada, two All Together skateparks, as well as lodging and travel businesses, ...
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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 ...
