Gander Mountain Co. filed a lawsuit against its credit card issuer, Columbus, Ohio-based World Financial Network National Bank over its credit card approval policies. The outdoor retailer claims a proposed new policy will deny customers with good cre...(read all)

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation reported net sales of $406.2 million for the fiscal year ended April 30th, 2010, up $71.2 million, or 21.3%, compared with net sales of $335.0 million for the prior fiscal year. In the Firearm Division, net sal...(read all)

Billabong International Limited has reached an agreement to acquire West 49 Inc., Canada's leading action sport retailer. The Australian-surf apparel giant plans to acquire West 49 for C$1.30 (U.S. $1.24) per share, for an enterprise value of approxi...(read all)

Buff, Inc., known for their innovative, versatile and multifunctional headwear, will provide 100 assorted Buff? headwear to the Up 4 Wellness hiking series hosted by Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. The series will benefit the Teton Wellness Institute,...(read all)

Clif Bar & Company, the leading maker of all-natural and organic food and performance nutrition for athletes, is pleased to announce the selling of family-owned common stock to its employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Employ...(read all)

RIBZ USA, a San Diego-based developer of outdoor and active lifestyle accessories, will launch distribution of its patented RIBZ front pack to include a broad range of retailers, including mainstream and specialty sporting goods retailers, beginning...(read all)

Kelty is supporting the Eagle Mount Therapeutic Recreation charitable organization with a donation of 60 Mistral sleeping bags through “Today’s” Al Roker and his “Lend a Hand” project. The Bozeman, Mont.-based Eagle Mou...(read all)

The Taiwan Bicycle Exporters Association (TBEA) has committed $50,000 per year for three years to the Bikes Belong Foundation. The investment will go toward Bikes Belong’s Bicycling Design Best Practices Project, which works to increase bicycle...(read all)

Somnio Running has moved from using independent sales reps in different parts of the country to hiring its own dedicated sales reps that will focus on both the specialty running and comfort shoe markets in all regions across the country. "The n...(read all)

Consumers purchased $952 million in used sporting goods equipment in 2009, according to a report just released by the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA). This was a 2% decline from $969 million in used equipment purchases in 2008. This is the...(read all)

Glove maker Manzella Productions named Mike Fowler, former VP of operations for Uncle Dan's in Chicago, as its new national sales director. At Uncle Dan's, Fowler headed up purchasing and development and was responsbile for sales achievement, opera...(read all)

Confluence Watersports welcomes Kaustubh Deshpande as the new vice president and chief financial operator for the multi-brand paddlesports company. Kaustubh will lead the finance and accounting departments. “We are pleased to have Kaustubh joi...(read all)

Cascade Designs, Inc., the Seattle-based industry leader in the design and manufacture of premier outdoor equipment, has donated $5,000 to Big City Mountaineers, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to enhance the lives of under-resourced urban tee...(read all)

The European Outdoor Group’s Sustainability Working Group (SWG) is inviting all attendees at OutDoor to join them for breakfast, on two days, with the aim of working together in providing a common industry sustainability solution. Continuing...(read all)

National Geographic Entertainment (NGE) today announces a promotional partnership with The North Face, supplier of authentic, innovative and technically advanced outdoor apparel, equipment and footwear, and national outdoor gear and apparel retailer...(read all)