Despite all the doom and gloom that we hear about retail these days, we’ve seen some exciting new stores launch this year, each with its own unique spin on specialty outdoor retail. Here are some of the coolest: A new gear shop is born in Pittsburgh, PA A new gear shop is born ...read more

• By Kristen Kuchar
  Jan 2, 2018

The polls are still open! We love seeing and learning from the results of our weekly poll questions. As soon as you vote, the results are magically revealed, so you know whether you’re in the minority or the majority. These are the topics that got the most people talking this ...read more

• By Kristen Kuchar
  Dec 28, 2017

What a year in politics! This year in particular, politics and the outdoor industry were so intertwined, the SNEWS team definitely covered our share of controversial stories. Here are the top five: Utah asks Trump to rescind on Bears Ears NM, Patagonia pulls out of Outdoor ...read more

• By Kristen Kuchar
  Dec 27, 2017

The SNEWS team was so impressed this year by the number of outdoor retailers thinking outside the box, showing devotion to their community, and simply put, giving customers a cool shop to gear up for the great outdoors. Here are a few of our favorites:  Hometown Sports in McCall, ...read more

• By Kristen Kuchar
  Dec 26, 2017

The final Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City is behind us. And while the attendees we spoke with felt that the aisles of the Salt Palace were less crowded that usual (no official numbers have been released by the show), energy was high around the industry coming together to ...read more

• By Olivia Dwyer
  Aug 7, 2017

With months of buzz about Outdoor Retailer moving to a brand new city and so much time planning for the big show, it's almost hard to believe it's already over. Now that it's all said and done, we want to know – did Denver live up to the hype?  Take our quick poll to let us know ...read more

• By Kristen Kuchar
  Jan 30, 2018