“WFH” was an acronym that was not in my vernacular just two weeks ago, which is pretty funny because I actually do WFH, and have for the last 20 years. But now, we’re all doing it. It’s clear from all the Zoom calls I’ve been on in the last two weeks that some of us have pretty ...read more

• By Kristin Hostetter
  Mar 26, 2020

Skiers and snowboarders, we get it. You want to be outside right now. You weren't ready for the season to come to such an abrupt end, as it did in Colorado and virutally everywhere else. You're tempted to pull out your backcountry setup and keep the fun going yourself. Plenty of ...read more

• By Andrew Weaver
  Mar 26, 2020

The best of SNEWS: Top stories we've published recently Should Outdoor Retailer be cancelled?: We asked you if the OR Summer Market should go on as planned, be postponed, or be cancelled all together. Sixty percent agreed on one definitive answer. What do you think? Eddie Bauer ...read more

• By SNEWS
  Mar 26, 2020

As the White House resists calls to mandate the production of masks and other resources to fight the coronavirus, some companies have stepped up voluntarily to help. In the outdoor industry, Eddie Bauer and Flowfold are among the first. "Just a few days ago, we learned that some ...read more

• By Andrew Weaver
  Mar 25, 2020

As of today, our industry's largest gathering is still on the books for June 23-25 in Denver. But thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, it's pretty clear that the show will not go on as planned in just 13 weeks. Mountain Hardwear took a proactive stance: President Joe Vernachio and ...read more

• By Kristin Hostetter
  Mar 24, 2020

The best of SNEWS: Top stories we've published recently Incredible community support: In just four days, customers of Alpenglow Sports in Lake Tahoe purchased $75k in gift cards from the retailer to help keep cash flowing. (To help spread similar efforts, share our new campaign, ...read more

• By SNEWS
  Mar 23, 2020

Sometimes people will blow you away with kindness…if you just let them. The coronavirus crisis has had a crippling effect on so many retailers and small business owners and made them realize how vulnerable their businesses are unthinkably unexpected forces. Brendan Madigan, owner ...read more

• By Kristin Hostetter
  Mar 23, 2020

The best of SNEWS: Top stories we've published recently Save your local gear shop: We've launched a new campaign to keep independent retailers going through these uncertain times. Read a letter from SNEWS' editor-in-chief, Kristin Hostetter, about the initiative. In this ...read more

• By SNEWS
  Mar 23, 2020

The specter of layoffs and permanent closure hovers over small, independent outdoor retailers even in the best economic times. With the coronavirus dampening consumer spending and forcing temporary shutdowns, disaster scenarios are closing in for local shops whose every sale, ...read more

• By Andrew Weaver
  Mar 20, 2020

Jen Gurecki, founder and CEO of Coalition Snow and editor-in-chief of SISU magazine, doesn’t mince words. “I really just want to curl up in bed all day, and I’m having a hard time pulling myself away from CNN,” she says. Gurecki knows that she is far from alone, and that the ...read more

• By Kristin Hostetter
  Mar 20, 2020

We are living through a scary, confusing, and consequential moment. Many of us have never routinely considered the existential and ethical implications of, say, going to the supermarket or setting up a playdate for our kids. Life inside the pandemic has proven itself a minefield ...read more

• By Andrew Weaver
  Mar 19, 2020

When it became clear five days ago that the coronavirus pandemic was not just alarmist, but that it would be devastating for our country, the leadership at KEEN circled up (via ZOOM) to decide what the company could do to help. They talked about how they could leverage what ...read more

• By Kristin Hostetter
  Mar 19, 2020