SIMA’s 2010 Boot Camps will get started on February 25th with the Women’s Market, and will continue on with a series of seminars throughout the coming months, including the following topics: More in the 2010 SIMA Boot Camp Series Green...(read all)

New: 7Skygreenroom, European Park Conference, Retail Station and ispo eLounge European Fashion Award “FASH 2010”: “Privacy” of fashion Always of interest: ispo Best Ager Gallery, Runner’s World Action Point, board_isp...(read all)

Nike announced today that Nicolas M㼬ler has signed on to its boots and outerwear program and Austin Smith, who signed on to the boot program in ‘08, will now be rocking Nike outerwear. M㼬ler, who was head to toe with Burton, is sti...(read all)

The Federal Trade Commission is updating its environmental marketing guidelines for the first time since 1998 and is expected to give them teeth. According to the New York Times: The agency’s Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Clai...(read all)

Kevin Pearce has been transferred from a Salt Lake City hospital to one in Denver specializing in brain injuries. According to the Associated Press: An update Thursday says Pearce is making “excellent strides” since the accident left him...(read all)

SnowSports Industry of America Snow Show—January 29, 2010— The North Face, the world’s premier supplier of authentic, innovative and technically advanced outdoor apparel, equipment and footwear, today announced snowboarder Xavier de...(read all)

Chaos Headwear announced Sam Adams of Western States Sales Marketing, (WA, OR, UT, NV, MT) the “Rep of the Year Award.”  The award is based on set sales criteria for 2009: most new accounts, most pre-season orders and re-orders, co...(read all)

Johnson Outdoors Inc. announced net sales of $70.5 million for the first fiscal quarter ended Jan. 1, 2010, up 1.0% from net sales of $69.8 million for the prior year quarter.  Favorable currency translation had a positive 3.3 percent impac...(read all)

Eider was founded as mountaineering brand in 1962 by a French tailor and started out producing “eider” down jackets for expeditions, has since diversified into manufacturing ski and outdoor apparel. The Lafuma Group in Europe has created...(read all)

Joe Vernachio has been promoted to Spyder’s Chief Operating Officer post and immediately assumes responsibility for all Spyder operations. Vernachio previously held positions as Executive Vice President of Product and VP of Development and Prod...(read all)

The North Face, the world’s premier supplier of authentic, innovative and technically advanced outdoor apparel, equipment and footwear, today announced open registration for the 2010 The North Face Endurance Challenge presented by Gore-Tex, and...(read all)

The Alpine Rescue Team based in Evergreen, CO has chosen Millet as its outerwear provider for its sixty-five member team. The team took it one step further and fully embroidered the jackets with Alpine’s name/ logo’s/ rescue insignia. A...(read all)

Retail Innovation Group officially launched The Clymb, www.TheClymb.com -  an online private sale network built to deliver insider pricing to its members on the most sought-after performance apparel, footwear and gear.  Since its soft bet...(read all)

After a three-month review, Mizuno USA, Inc., has named BooneOakley, Charlotte, NC, as advertising agency of record.  Initial work, breaking in Fall 2010, will combine traditional and especially online media in an effort to attract sports enthus...(read all)

Dillard’s, Inc. reports merchandise sales  for the four weeks ended January 30, 2010 were $3.5 million compared to sales for the four weeks ended Jan. 31, 2009 of $3.9 million. Total sales decreased 6%. Sales in comparable stores decreased...(read all)

The Buckle, Inc. said same-store sales for the four-week period ended January 30, 2010 decreased 1.2% from comparable store net sales for the four-week period ended January 31, 2009. Net sales for the four-week fiscal month ended January 30, 2010 inc...(read all)

Seventy-eight companies nationwide have received Federal Trade Commission letters warning that they may be breaking the law by selling clothing and other textile products that are labeled and advertised as “bamboo,” but actually are made...(read all)