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Outdoor Retailer delays Summer Market by 8 weeks to August 10-12
To ensure a “safe and successful in-person event” and meet the capacity requirements of the Colorado Convention Center amid ongoing Covid-19 precautions, Outdoor Retailer is altering its traditional show cycle and moving its Summer Market eight weeks back. Outdoor Retailer, a ...read more
The strategies behind the outdoor industry’s biggest Instagram accounts
As of October 2020, Instagram registered over a billion unique monthly users. If a picture truly is worth a thousand words, then a wide-reaching Instagram account is—well, it’s valuable. But how can outdoor companies make the most of an audience waiting on the other end of a ...read more
Watch the N-word webinar
Is it ever okay to use the N-word? There is, of course, no definitive answer to that question, as you'll discover when you watch this webinar. A few months back, rapper and climber Devin Dabney submitted an essay to Gym Climber magazine that was riddled with the N-word: It ...read more
Despite uncertainty, retailers prepare for a busy thru-hiking season on the Appalachian Trail
Four hundred seventy miles into a northbound trek on the Appalachian Trail, a hiker hits the town of Damascus, Virginia. Tired, thirsty, with battered poles and worn-down trail shoes, that hiker might stumble into a tan brick building sporting a sign that reads, in simple block ...read more
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Black-owned outdoor business spotlight: Slim Pickins Outfitters
In honor of Black History Month, we’re spotlighting one Black-owned outdoor business per day. You can read the complete series here. Owners: Jahmicah and Heather Dawes Year founded: 2016 What we do Slim Pickins Outfitters is a specialty outdoor retailer focused on building up ...read more
Behind the scenes at Thule’s first North American retail store
Amid Covid-related lockdowns and the limiting of guests inside stores, the past year has been difficult for outdoor retail. But one global brand is betting that brick-and-mortar remains a viable channel for moving goods and, perhaps more importantly, engaging consumers. Thule ...read more
Pocket Outdoor Media acquires Outside Magazine, Outside TV, Gaia GPS, athleteReg, and Peloton Magazine; Rebrands as Outside
There’s seismic news in the media, outdoor, endurance, and tech industries today. Pocket Outdoor Media (parent company to SNEWS, Backpacker, and nearly 30 other active living brands) announced news that will catapult the Boulder-based company into a powerful position in these ...read more
Black-owned outdoor business spotlight: R.E.Load
In honor of Black History Month, we’re spotlighting one Black-owned outdoor business per day. You can read the complete series here. Owners: Roland Burns and Ellie Lum Year founded: 1998 What R.E.Load makes Roland Burns and Ellie Lum launched R.E.Load over 20 years ago to design ...read more
VF promotes from within for Icebreaker’s new top exec
VF Corp. didn’t have to look too far when selecting a new global leader for its New Zealand-based outdoor apparel brand Icebreaker. The Denver-based company promoted from within, naming Jan Van Mossevelde—who had been serving as Icebreaker’s EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and ...read more
Black-owned outdoor business spotlight: Paskho
In honor of Black History Month, we’re spotlighting one Black-owned outdoor business per day. You can read the complete series here. Owner: Patrick Robinson Year founded: 2013 What Paskho does Paskho sells high-performance and eco-friendly apparel for men and women, such as ...read more
Black-owned outdoor business spotlight: Outerthere
In honor of Black History Month, we’re spotlighting one Black-owned outdoor business per day. You can read the complete series here. Owner: Al Berrios Year founded: 2013 What we do Since 2013, Outerthere.com has been working with tour operators, rental partners, and other guides ...read more
Industry Buzz: Two killed in Colorado avalanche, a guide for climate-conscious billionaires, new SIA board members, search-and-rescue award finalists, Stacy Bare's climbing journey
Industry headlines: Intriguing reads from around the web More avalanche deaths: A deadly avalanche season became deadlier over the weekend. [The Colorado Sun] Going green by spending green: How can climate-conscious billionaires make the most impact with their money? [Outside] ...read more
A Black-owned outdoor business in Kentucky faces a fundraising deadline
In order for Camp Bespoke to bring glamping to northern Kentucky, its owners will have to lock down some significant funding. “For us to be able to open with our twelve-unit footprint, we are fundraising for about $250,000,” Camp Bespoke founder and CEO Nicole Brassington said ...read more
Q4 2020: Outdoor industry earnings report
Callaway Golf Co. (NYSE: ELY) The parent company of outdoor apparel and gear brand Jack Wolfskin reported revenue grew 20.1 percent to $374.6 million in the fourth quarter, though the company reported a loss of $40.6 million in the period. CEO Chip Brewer said on the earnings ...read more
Black-owned outdoor business spotlight: Black Girls Do Bike
In honor of Black History Month, we’re spotlighting one Black-owned outdoor business per day. You can read the complete series here. Owner: Monica Garrison Year founded: 2013 What we do Black Girls Do Bike (BGDB) exists to inspire more women, specifically women of color, to ride ...read more
First Look: NuORDER Wholesale Software
In this episode of First Look, our Editor-in-Chief, Kristin Hostetter, sat down with Heath Wells to talk about how NuORDER is modernizing the wholesale process. Some topics we cover: The need for a wholesale platform like NuORDER How there are unique benefits to both brands and ...read more