Companies like Patagonia, REI, KEEN, and others who have taken positions on social, environmental, and political issues might be poised to see more shoppers who align with their stances, according to a new survey by The NPD Group.The “Holiday Purchase Intentions Survey” also ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines:Have a news tip? Email us at snewsedit@aimmedia.com Look for the hashtag #LeaveLessOR during Outdoor Retailer Winter Market. Boulder-based EcoVessel is launching an initiative to reduce single-use plastic at the ...read more
“I’m so glad you could meet me in my jail,” Sarah Uhl says, leaning in for a hug. The one-room brick building she welcomes me into has been her art studio for the past year. But, once upon a time, it was the place Carbondale, Colorado, locked up its public troublemakers. Leaning ...read more
Outdoor Industry Association is asking for a favor. But not a favor that solely benefits the association—one that could positively impact everyone who enjoys the outdoors.On Monday, expect to see a flurry of #VoteTheOutdoors posts on social media from outdoorists, brands, and ...read more
After only one full day of mourning the Land and Water Conservation Fund's expiration, hope is restored in the program's future.Today, Sen. Maria Cantwell's (D-Washington) legislation to permanently reauthorize and fully fund the LWCF passed through both Senate and House ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines:Have a news tip? Email us at snewsedit@aimmedia.comIt's October and Congress didn't reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which means the 50-year conservation legacy has expired. This is a major blow to ...read more
After 50 years of funding recreation projects across the country, the Land and Water Conservation Fund has expired because Congress did not reauthorize it before Sunday.“We are extremely disappointed that Congress is letting one of the most popular and bipartisan programs which ...read more
More than 280 outdoor-focused businesses have joined The Conservation Alliance and Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) in sending a letter asking Congress to permanently reauthorize and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund, expiring on Sunday.And to ensure their message ...read more
First of all, admission to all national parks is $0. That's right. It's free to enter on Saturday, whether you're going to Yosemite National Park or Acadia National Park. This year is the 25th anniversary of National Public Lands Day as well as the 50th anniversary of the ...read more
We all know that the outdoor recreation is an economic powerhouse. And on Thursday, the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recognized that too. A final report shows that it accounts for 2.2 percent ($412 billion) of the 2016 U.S. Gross Domestic Product.The final report ...read more
Should Congress approve President Donald Trump's nomination, Raymond David Vela would be the first Latino superintendent of the National Park Service.Vela, a 28-year career veteran of the NPS, is the current chief of Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park and the John D. ...read more
A half-century-old preservation program that has funded city parks and playgrounds, mountain bike and hiking trails, rock climbing areas, and other public land projects is set to expire at the end of September.That is, unless Congress reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation ...read more
Maybe you’ve seen the photos on social media or maybe you’ve taken one yourself while smiling inside the KEEN Call to Action phone booth, still holding a yellow telephone to your ear after you’ve left a message urging your senator in Washington D.C. to support public lands.The ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines:Have a news tip? Email us at snewsedit@aimmedia.com.Snowsports Industries America is seeking speakers and industry experts for Industry + Intelligence events slated for October and November, and at the Outdoor ...read more
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is the kind of guy who will stand up in front of a room of outdoor industry professionals, realize he’s overdressed, pause to take off his tie, and then keep speaking as if nothing happened. Before he was governor, before he and three friends ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines:Have a news tip? Email us at snewsedit@aimmedia.com.Heartbreaking news: A D.C. couple who was biking around the globe was killed in an attack in Tajikistan on Sunday. The two 29-year-olds—Jay Austin and Lauren ...read more
Elevator Pitches are written by the company and edited for space and clarity. They do not express the opinions of SNEWS or its editors.Ride the elevator with Andrew Bydlon, one of the filmmakers of the 7 Generations film.The 7 Generations film aims to bring awareness to two ...read more
As the title sponsor and education provider of the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2018 trade show, Outdoor Industry Association offered lunch-and-learn panels each day of the show. The topics varied, but were all informed by OIA’s three pillar focus areas: policy, participation, ...read more
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, columnist, and author Timothy Egan spent years covering the West—past and present—as a correspondent for The New York Times. His books have covered everything from the origins of the U.S. Forest Service to exploration of the Pacific Northwest to ...read more
If Outdoor Retailer Summer Market's event lineup was any indication, the outdoor industry is putting diversity issues front and center. From a lack of ethnic diversity in leadership positions and brand marketing to cultural appropriation of native designs and symbols, our ...read more
Keep up by 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.Look who made the Today Show on Tuesday morning: Honey Stinger Cracker n' Nut Butter Bars, which we happen to be fairly addicted to ...read more
On Aug. 1, Indigenous Women Hike Founder Jolie Varela and a dozen other indigenous women will take their first steps on the 210-mile-long Nuumu Poyo, more widely known as the John Muir Trail in the Eastern Sierra Nevadas. The three-week journey is unlike anything Varela has done ...read more
A business hive in a mountain bike haven with a watering hole and holistic health care: It sounds like an ideal recipe for productivity and fun. Pending zoning approval, Yeti Cycles will build a brand new headquarters and factory in Golden, Colorado, with adjacent acres that will ...read more
If Fitpacking Owner Steve Silberberg paid his guides a set rate for every hour they spent in the backcountry while leading multi-day trips through national parks and forests, he wouldn't have enough money leftover to pay for anything else.President Donald Trump on May 25 ...read more