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Article Thumbnail Menashas resigns from PIA as it continues merger talks with TAPS
Oct 24, 2008
Matt Menashas, president and CEO of the Paddlesports Industry Association (formerly the Professional Paddlesports Association), announced his resignation in an Oct. 17 press release, making public what had been whispered as likely weeks earlier.
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Article Thumbnail Outdoor financials: GSI posts Q3 net loss
Oct 22, 2008
GSI posted a Q3 net loss.
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Article Thumbnail Did you hear?...New entrepreneurs don't miss out -- ispo BrandNew Awards application deadline near
Oct 21, 2008
Considered the world's biggest start-up competition for young entrepreneurs in the sports equipment sector, the ispo BrandNew Awards is accepting applications until Oct. 28. ispo offers winning companies and finalists the chance to exhibit in the BrandNew Village during the ispo winter 09 show on Feb. 1-4.
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Article Thumbnail Nau relaunching website, new product and Partners for Change program
Oct 20, 2008
Less than six months after Nau's vision collapsed under the weight of an ambitious business plan that did not have the necessary financial support to go forward, and a mere four months after Horny Toad announced it was acquiring Nau's assets, Nau is rolling out a redesigned website, relaunching a scaled-back Partners for Change program, and debuting a fall '08 line that the company says represents the best of its original designs plus a little bit more.
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Article Thumbnail Outdoor financials: VF 3Q profit up, cuts 4Q outlook, plus Johnson Outdoors
Oct 20, 2008
VF's 3Q profit rose, and the company cut its 4Q outlook, while Johnson Outdoors entered into an interim agreement over debts.
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Article Thumbnail SNEWS® Live: Student designers compete for top honors in Project OR contest during Summer Market
Oct 20, 2008
Leading design students from across the country compete in a 48-hour contest to discover the outdoor industry's next top talent.
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Article Thumbnail The North Face positioning brand for market leadership into the future
Oct 17, 2008
In August, The North Face's research, design and development team was restructured around four specific outdoor activity segments the company identified as being important to its future and necessary to support sustained growth -- outdoor, action sports, performance athletic and youth. Steve Rendle, president of The North Face, told SNEWS® that the idea was the result of 18 months of work that led to a restructure plan to "expand our business opportunities and strengthen our ability as a company to bring the best product possible to the consumer by focusing on an activity-based business structure. In addition, we will be able, as a result of this change, expand logically into new specialty points of distribution, increasing our touch-points with a broader consumer base."
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Article Thumbnail Outdoor financials: Sport Chalet tops list of biggest price decliners on Nasdaq
Oct 14, 2008
Sport Chalet topped the list of biggest price decliners on Nasdaq.
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Article Thumbnail Only 3 days left to complete your SNEWS Specialty Outdoor Retailer Survey
Oct 13, 2008
Only three days left to ensure your voice is heard in the annual SNEWS® Outdoor Retailer Survey. Your opinion as a retailer is valuable and it's easy to participate. You can take the survey quickly and easily online, sending us the results electronically AND you'll also qualify for a thank-you gift. Just go to: www.snewsnet.com/outdoorsurvey. Results are due by midnight Oct. 15, 2008, so we can tabulate them in time to include in the January 2009 SNEWS Outdoor magazine
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Article Thumbnail Grivel North America -- over and out
Oct 13, 2008
Grivel North America ceased distributing Grivel products on Sept. 1, but made the news official that it was shutting down for good on Sept. 15 with letters to dealers, to SNEWS and via a posting on its website.
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Grassroots Outdoor Alliance Reduces Its Carbon Footprint at Fall Show
Dec 16, 2011
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Hydrapak Expands Partnership Reach with UltrAspire
Dec 16, 2011
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High Sierra Adds Kyle Kilcherman As Director of Sales - Sporting Goods
Dec 15, 2011
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Jackson Kayak's New Cuda Fishing Boat Craves Open Water
Dec 15, 2011
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REVO Sunglasses Partners with Corey Rich Photography
Dec 15, 2011
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La Sportiva Launches Ski Mountaineering Apparel
Dec 14, 2011
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Outdoor: Movin' & Shakin' - Igloo names a new president; plus new hires at Backcountry.com, Leisure Trends, Mountain Hardwear, American Rec and more ...
Dec 19, 2011
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Outdoor Retailer Winter Market Planning Guide is live, in full digital glory
Dec 16, 2011
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Family business still going strong nearly 30 years later
Dec 16, 2011
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