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How the pandemic will affect the future of guiding
Outdoor guides and adventure travel companies are known to adapt to any situation. A thunderstorm sweeps through camp; a client rolls his ankle on a talus field; your co-guide suffers from altitude sickness at basecamp. Guides are no strangers to mitigating risk in the field, and ...read more
Get your best new products featured in The Voice
We know you've got amazing new products coming down the line for Fall/Winter 2021 that you can't wait to get in front of retailers and the rest of the outdoor industry. Here's your chance. "The Voice 50" is our highly coveted, semiannual selection of the best products the ...read more
Looking into the crystal ball of snow sports this winter
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, the travel slush fund will save skiing this winter. Unable or unwilling to book expensive air-travel vacations to the Alps (Americans need not apply), Canadian Rockies (ditto because we’re such maskless hosers), and perhaps even the Mountain West ...read more
How healthy are the industry's supply chains right now?
Speaking with brands about their challenges with supply chains this year, you hear the word "whiplash" thrown around pretty often. "Roller coaster" comes up a lot, too. Both feel highly appropriate. In March and April, as retailers shut down and consumer demand for outdoor ...read more
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The SHOT Show on for January in Las Vegas. Several outdoor brands say they'll show up—safely.
There's no question we're all eager to get back to in-person trade shows. Virtual events have come a long way this year, but as we've seen after multiple valiant attempts at replacing the real thing, people are still desperately hungry to meet and do business face to face. ...read more
Industry Buzz: Missing hiker found, wildfire update, climate change on the ballot, Camber's new board leaders, CABDA show postponed, payment plans for outdoor gear
Industry headlines: Intriguing reads from around the web Missing hiker found alive: A 38-year-old woman who went missing in Zion National Park almost two weeks ago was discovered alive over the weekend. [CNN] Climate change and the election: Follow this comprehensive guide to ...read more
Video: Straight Talk with Jeremy Jones
In this edition of Straight Talk, Editorial Director Kristin Hostetter sits down for a free-wheeling Zoom conversation with Jeremy Jones, pro snowboarder and founder of Protect Our Winters and Jones Snowboards. The two, who are first cousins, talk about how Jones’ new ...read more
Industry Buzz: Tommy Caldwell says Trump will "ruin rock climbing," The North Face invests $7M in diversity, REI opens used gear pop-ups, virus outbreak at L.L.Bean
Industry headlines: Intriguing reads from around the web Tommy Caldwell bashes Trump: The president is going to “ruin rock climbing,” the pro climber wrote in a recent op-ed. [Rock and Ice] The North Face invests in diversity: The brand has put $7 million into a new initiative ...read more
Musings from Peter Sachs, part 2
2020 will go down as the year of the pivot. The year of Zoom. The year of social distancing, masks, hand sanitizer. The year that we didn’t think we’d ever adapt, but we did. Remember a million years ago when we last convened for Outdoor Retailer Winter Market + Snow Show last ...read more
Poll: When will you travel to an in-person trade show?
When it comes to trade shows, we're still in limbo across most of the industry. The old way of doing business—thousands of people gathering in a convention center—is still a long way off. Outdoor Retailer announced yesterday that its winter trade show, originally scheduled for ...read more
Industry Buzz: Shop owners take a stand against hate, a lawsuit that might change Everest travel, man stalked by mountain lion, the value of reps, Zappos/L.L.Bean partnership
Industry headlines: Intriguing reads from around the web Taking a stand: Sunlight Sports in Cody, Wyoming, posted an admirable and unequivocal message on Facebook this week. Customers who exhibit intolerant, hateful behavior will no longer be welcome in the store, the owners ...read more
Outdoor Retailer will try another virtual show this January. Introducing OR Winter Online.
It was hard not to see this coming. Outdoor Retailer announced today that, in light of ongoing challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic, the 2021 Snow Show will adapt to a completely virtual format, just as the 2020 Summer Market did in July. The original show, scheduled ...read more
Steve Murray named president of The North Face
VF Corporation announced today that, as part of wider organizational changes meant to better align the company's leadership, Steve Murray will be promoted to global brand president of The North Face. Murray replaces former TNF president Arne Arens, who will leave VF to pursue ...read more
The sale of MEC can proceed, a judge ruled. The company will shed 15 percent of its staff as a result.
Despite a large grassroots effort organized in recent weeks to save the struggling Canadian co-op MEC from being sold to an American investment firm, it appears the acquisition will proceed. This month, British Columbia supreme court justice Shelley Fitzpatrick green-lighted the ...read more
William Perry Pendley, illegitimate leader of the Bureau of Land Management, refuses to step aside
The Bureau of Land Management's controversial acting director, William Perry Pendley, has refused to comply with a judge's order requiring that he step down from his post at the agency—a job he has held unlawfully for more than 400 days. Brian Morris of the U.S. District Court ...read more
Industry Buzz: “Reparations” for Black customers, an obit for Powder magazine, girl suffers burns at Yellowstone, BIPOC bicycle grants, a new mother-daughter gear shop
Industry headlines: Intriguing reads from around the web “Reparations” for Black customers: Rivendell Bicycle Works in California has implemented a program to offer Black consumers a 45 percent discount on bikes and frames, an effort the brand is calling its “Black Reparations ...read more