The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) is a membership-driven trade organization for the outdoor industry. OIA was founded in 1989 by a group of 14 visionary outdoor industry pioneers who created the association to be a unified, collaborative, pre-competitive voice to help guide the industry. Today, OIA is the voice of the outdoor recreation industry, both locally and in Washington D.C., serving more than 1,200 manufacturers, retailers distributors, suppliers, sales representatives, nonprofits and outdoorists.
Don't go a day without reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines:Have a news tip? We've created a new form where you can submit tips and story ideas. We'll be checking it often to ensure we don't miss anything.Hundreds of people gathered on Monday in the Bay area to ...read more
Western State Colorado University joins a handful of other colleges recognizing students’ desire to get a degree that’s useful in the outdoor industry, which generates an estimated $887 billion annually.The university in Gunnison, Colorado, is offering a new two-year, online MBA ...read more
Start your week off right with Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines:Have a news tip? We've created a new form where you can submit tips and story ideas. We'll be checking it often to ensure we don't miss anything.Everest update: Mountaineers Willie Benegas and Matt Moniz ...read more
End your week with Industry Buzz. Here are today's must-read headlines:Have a news tip? We've created a new form where you can submit tips and story ideas. We'll be checking it often to ensure we don't miss anything.We like to bike, so of course we like bike-friendly cities. ...read more
TGIF. We can't wait to get outside this weekend. You? Before calling it a day, catch up on the latest news. Here are today's must-read headlines:Have a hot news blurb for Industry Buzz? Or a burning story idea for another one of our columns? We've created a new form where you can ...read more
It’s so easy to be cynical about politics and politicians these days. If your only connection to what goes on in Washington D.C. is CNN, Fox, and MSNBC, it can feel epicly depressing, like nothing gets done, nothing ever changes, and all our elected officials are just tools being ...read more
Today, a congressional committee said "yes" to protecting more outdoor recreation areas.The Recreation Not Red-Tape (RNR) Act passed through its first round of votes in the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, chaired by one of the bill’s sponsors, Utah Rep. ...read more
Washington, D.C. — After accepting an award from Outdoor Industry Association on Tuesday night, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper dropped a few hints to a political publication about a potential presidential run.On the first day of Capitol Summit, OIA awarded Hickenlooper with the ...read more
If you read anything today, make it Industry Buzz. Here are the latest headlines: Do you have buzzworthy news tips? Email us at SNEWSedit@aimmedia.com.Together we are a force! About 120 members of our industry—including our own Editor-in-Chief, Kristin Hostetter—are gathered at ...read more
The Outdoor Industry Association didn't show up empty-handed to lobby in Washington D.C. this week.Staff brought with them Outdoor Recreation Economy reports for all 435 congressional districts—the first sets of data of their kind that show the power of a vast multi-billion ...read more
Happy Monday! If you read anything today, make it Industry Buzz. Here are the latest headlines: Do you have buzzworthy news tips? Email us at SNEWSedit@aimmedia.com.Stewart Brandborg, who led the Wilderness Society during a critical time for the wilderness movement from 1964 to ...read more
If you read anything today, make it Industry Buzz. Here are the latest headlines:Do you have buzzworthy news tips? Email us at SNEWSedit@aimmedia.com.President Donald Trump has directed his top trade and economic advisers to consider re-entering the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a ...read more
The National Park Service on Thursday unveiled slight increases of about $5 at all parks, a little more than a week after the U.S. Department of the Interior backed off plans to impose massive fee hikes at 17 of the most popular.Starting June 1, prices will rise at the 117 sites ...read more
REI is holding brands accountable to sustainable practices.On Monday, the cooperative debuted Product Sustainability Standards that will soon apply to more than 1,000 small and large brands sold by the outdoor retailer. “Some, like prAna and Patagonia, are on the leading edge in ...read more
When Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President Land Tawney reflects on the history of land and wildlife preservation in the U.S., he notes how great things have been accomplished during times of darkness.In the early 1900’s market killers were wiping out big game to put food on ...read more
Thanks for checking out our second Industry Buzz column. You might have read the SNEWS column called "Movin' & Shakin" several years ago, and it's kind of like that with a new twist. It will still feature people, products, and companies making changes, but you also can read about ...read more
A workshop at a Utah school is ablaze with sparks as a young designer welds together the skeleton of a burly roof rack meant to sit atop an even burlier overland vehicle. The idea is that the rack will lug equipment or will be the mount for a rooftop tent—perfect for four-wheeled ...read more
It’ll be 15 days before we know how hard tariffs on imports from China will hit the outdoor industry.President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. would impose $50 billion in unilateral tariffs on a wide range of consumer goods imported from China as punishment for ...read more
President Donald Trump yesterday ordered sharp tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, which for the outdoor industry could mean higher costs for tent poles, camping stoves, skis and snowboards, and other hard goods.Trump unveiled plans to place a 25 percent tax on imported steel ...read more
Everyone knows that some of the outdoor industry’s top brands are led by strong females — Rose Marcario of Patagonia, Sue Rechner of Merrell, Donna Carpenter of Burton, Rue Mapp of Outdoor Afro, Amy Roberts of Outdoor Industry Association, Deanne Buck of Camber Outdoors, and ...read more
You don’t have to think very hard to come up with examples of how social media has been weaponized to spread harm. But a panel at Outdoor Retailer on Saturday Day 3 explored effective ways to flip the script and use the powerful tools of social media to accomplish good things for ...read more
The day before the show—packed with news conferences, keynotes, education seminars, and summits — has turned into a day that you almost can’t afford to miss. Energy was high in and around Denver’s convention center, as brands assembled their exhibits and outdoorists swarmed the ...read more
