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Article Thumbnail SNEWS Outdoor Summer 2010 web extras: Scouting memories from industry veterans Skip Yowell and Royal Robbins
In the SNEWS Outdoor summer 2010 magazine, we explored the relationship between the outdoor industry and the Boy Scouts, as the organization celebrates its 100th anniversary, in a special feature titled, “The Disappearing Partnership.” As a special web extra, industry veterans Skip Yowell of JanSport and Royal Robbins share their experiences as Boy Scouts as youths and how it influenced their entry into the outdoor industry.
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Article Thumbnail SNEWS Power Players: Meet 10 of the industry’s most influential people and find out what makes them tick
Jan 20, 2010
Insight and inspiration provide an edge that everybody can use in today’s business climate. That is the driving force behind the SNEWS Power Players -- an honor that acknowledges outdoor industry leaders for varied accomplishments in different industry sectors. Meet the new class of 10 for 2010.
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Article Thumbnail 2009 SNEWS Fitness Retailer Survey summary: Dealers sound off (Freebie access)
Jul 20, 2009
Even while scrambling to keep consumers coming in and business flowing, retailers still managed to flood our virtual gates to respond to the seventh-annual SNEWS® Fitness Retailer Survey—the only independent measure of the pulse of the fitness industry and of its specialty retailers. This 2009 summary of the SNEWS Retailer survey originally ran in the 2009 SNEWS magazine and is open to all subscribers, including Freebies.
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Article Thumbnail Young Guns: Peek into the minds of designers whose innovative ideas are changing the industry
Jul 6, 2009
What will outdoor gear look like in the future? Peek into the minds of these designers whose innovative ideas are changing the industry. Originally published in the SNEWS Outdoor Summer '09 magazine, this special web feature includes two additional profiles of designers Tae Kim and Alan Yiu, as well as expanded coverage from each designer -- Hanna Boone, Josh Guyot, Ian Ivarson, and Chris Miksovsky -- voicing his or her perspective on the outdoor industry's future. Also, look into the world of Project OR and its influence on student designers in a special added feature.
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Article Thumbnail Another 15 Power Players to keep your eye on in '09
Jan 20, 2009
In addition to the 10 Power Players named in our SNEWS Winter Outdoor magazine for 2009, SNEWS has also named 15 Power Players to "keep your eye on" in 2009. Keep in mind that the SNEWS Power Players list will become an annual honor -- one we hope is anticipated and will keep the industry talking. Make sure you stay abreast of SNEWS, so when we ask for nominations in late 2009 for the SNEWS 2010 Power Players list, your choice gets noticed.
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Article Thumbnail 2009 SNEWS Power Players: Learn from insights, advice and inspiration from 10 outdoor industry leaders.
Jan 19, 2009
Insight and inspiration provide an edge that everybody can use in these economic times. Both can be found by listening to people who have become business leaders. And that is the driving force behind the launch of the SNEWS Power Players -- an honor that will acknowledge outdoor industry leaders for varied accomplishments in different industry sectors. Inside these pages and on our website, contemplate their words to discover useful advice, tap into your own motivation, or find humorous and wise ways to overcome challenges.
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Article Thumbnail Friend or Foe -- Will Amazon.com help or hurt the outdoor industry?
Jan 16, 2009
Three years ago, when Rich Hill was vice president of sales at Patagonia, he wanted nothing to do with Amazon. The online mega-retailer would send bright-eyed representatives to pitch him at the Patagonia booth during the Outdoor Retailer trade shows. These were not your typical outdoor industry sales reps. They were kids who knew more about Silicon Valley than the Yosemite Valley, and as far as an industry vet and brand-savvy player like Hill was concerned, they had no future in the quickly evolving landscape of the outdoors and of online retail. Furthermore, the overriding image of Amazon in the outdoor industry was one that was no better than a virtual flea market. It had no place in the specialty retail sweet-spot where techie outdoor gear garners high margins and loyal customers. How times change....
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