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How coronavirus is disrupting the outdoor industry
A little less than a month after outdoor companies with Chinese supply chains got some relief from a preliminary trade deal, they’re now reeling from work stoppages caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Large outdoor apparel companies VF Corp. and Columbia Sportswear are losing ...read more
A new kind of ski resort embraces the backcountry
In the 84 years since the first mechanical ski lift opened in Sun Valley, Idaho, the U.S. has never seen a ski resort with no form of motorized transport. On February 15, that will change with the opening of Bluebird Backcountry, a “human-powered” resort 20 miles north of ...read more
GearHeads Outdoor Store takes home the 2020 CoolShop Award!
The people have spoken. One month ago, we asked you to vote on the coolest retail shop in the nation from our list of 15 standouts featured in last year’s #CoolShop column. We received more than 42,000 votes—the largest poll participation in SNEWS history—and the results are in. ...read more
Industry Buzz: Danish design, Emerald slumps, OIA Capitol Summit, Protecting America's Wilderness Act
Here are today's top headlines: Danish innovation: Architect Bjarke Ingels has designed an enormous, whimsical, completely unique synthetic ski slope atop a waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen. [Outside Online] New record: With the help of groups like the North Carolina Outdoor ...read more
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Learn how to sell trekking poles
Whether they’re used to help reduce knee pain while hiking downhill, add balance while trekking, or to pitch an ultralight tent, trekking poles can be a great addition to a hiker’s gear closet. But there’s more to the category than ensuring he has the right length pole. With ...read more
Industry Buzz: Timberland HQ murder, a Mercedes-Benz camper, Fjällräven's new flagship store, Trump administration lies
Murder at Timberland: A 20-year-old security guard was charged with the murder of a female Timberland employee at the company's New Hampshire headquarters on Monday. Job alert: The Conservation Alliance is hiring a Government Affairs Director and a Communications Manager. The ...read more
Evo: When retail is so much more than retail
Evo’s story starts like many outdoor endeavors: Bryce Phillips as a college student was slinging ski gear out of his apartments in Seattle and Whistler in the ‘90s and launched the website evogear.com in 2001. The former professional skier’s startup business merged outdoor, ...read more
Murder at Timberland's New Hampshire headquarters
A 20-year-old security guard, Robert Pavao, was charged with second-degree murder on Monday for the stabbing death of a 46-year-old woman at the headquarters of Timberland, in Stratham, New Hampshire. The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon, with multiple law enforcement ...read more
Industry Buzz: OIA's new leader, Bears Ears, L.L.Bean, skiing in jeans, GearJunkie's new podcast, The Big Gear Show
Here are today's top headlines: New leadership: OIA has concluded its six-month search for an executive director and named Lise Aangeenbrug as the new head of the organization. Aangeenbrug will transition from her role as head of the Outdoor Foundation, the OIA’s philanthropic ...read more
Brands get into the documentary film biz
What do wild salmon have to do with selling puffies? More than you’d think, says Alex Lowther, Patagonia’s creative director and producer of the brand’s 2019 documentary film Artifishal. Like Patagonia’s eight other feature-length environmental documentaries, Artifishal serves a ...read more
Outdoor Industry Association announces its new executive director
After a six-month search, Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) has announced its next executive director. Aangeenbrug currently serves as executive director of the Outdoor Foundation, OIA’s philanthropic arm that focuses on getting kids and families outside. OIA vetted almost 400 ...read more
What's your personal plastic pledge for 2020?
The anti-plastic warriors were out in force at last week’s Outdoor Retailer Snow Show. Exhibiting members of the Plastic Impact Alliance, a coalition of more than 350 outdoor companies working to eliminate the industry's dependence on single-use plastic, displayed PIA signage at ...read more
This free online course will help you sell more tech T-shirts in your store
Most avid outdoor adventurers know to leave the cotton at home during any aerobic activity. Yet there are tons of people who wear what they have, not knowing the benefits of a T-shirt made from a technical fabric like wool or polyester. It’s time to enlighten them. With SNEWS’ ...read more
The challenges of inclusivity: Priced out of participation
This story is the third of three examining how the path to equity and inclusivity in the outdoor industry is full of halting steps. Diversity is an easy sell. Make the outdoors more welcoming? Sure thing. Be more progressive? Done. Widen the industry's consumer base? But of ...read more
Industry Buzz: Today's top stories in the outdoor industry
Here are today's top headlines. That’s a wrap: Voting closes today for our 2020 #CoolShop Award, with an announcement of the winner coming this Friday. The shop with the most votes from our list of 15 finalists will win $500 to throw a staff appreciation party, a custom banner ...read more
If we had to identify one major theme from Outdoor Retailer Snow Show, it would be "responsibility"
We used to come to Outdoor Retailer just to ogle gear, but these days, we’re devoting just as much attention to our industry’s environmental and social impacts. “Responsibility” may have been the biggest buzzword from last week’s convention: Attendees rallied against climate ...read more