Salomon

OGDEN, Utah (Sept. 17, 2020) – Today, Salomon announces the release of TransAmericana, a feature-length film that follows ultrarunner Rickey Gates on his 2017 journey to run across the Continental United States. Available online and at select live events in September, ...read more

OGDEN, Utah (Sept. 16, 2020) – Today, Salomon and REI announce a new series of virtual book club events with Salomon athletes and authors Jessie Diggins, Rickey Gates, Emelie Forsberg and Meredith Erickson. Once a month, consumers will be invited to read the monthly book and ...read more

Industry headlines: Intriguing reads from around the web Exxel Outdoors, parent company to Kelty, Sierra Designs, Ultimate Direction and others has acquired Compass 360, maker of fishing, hunting, and outdoor products. Darby Communications has been tapped to head up PR efforts ...read more

OGDEN, Utah (Aug. 26, 2020) — Today, Salomon announces the launch of the #BeautyBag campaign, the brand’s second Beauty Box Instagram contest for active women, as the latest step in its ongoing initiative to support the growing community of women in the outdoors. To participate, ...read more

OGDEN, Utah (April 20, 2020) — Today, Salomon, the four-season mountain brand, announces that it will shift from prototyping gear in its Annecy, France headquarters to developing reusable, non-medical grade face masks to fight the spread of COVID-19. The Annecy Design Center ...read more

We used to come to Outdoor Retailer just to ogle gear, but these days, we’re devoting just as much attention to our industry’s environmental and social impacts. “Responsibility” may have been the biggest buzzword from last week’s convention: Attendees rallied against climate ...read more

Combing through the season’s new gear can be like bushwhacking through a jungle: slow going. Consider us your personal guide. We spent weeks poring over press releases and product shots, watching embargoed videos, and asking questions about materials, features, and design. Then ...read more

Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected] New trade developments with Thailand and China: Outdoor Industry Association's Rich Harper provided an update this week, with news of the U.S. preserving ...read more

REI's stock rooms just got deeper. The retail giant announced last week that it will be enabling select brands to ship orders directly to customers, making it easier for customers to get the right products, colors, and sizes through REI.com. The new shipping program is starting ...read more

Every skier is on the hunt for the perfect boot, either for the backcountry or in-bounds. If their toes aren't crunched, they're cold, and vice versa. But we're certain there's a brand or more out there meeting customers' needs. Who does it best? ...read more

Gaze around at contests such as the GoPro Mountain Games and Red Bull Rampage, and you might think that only men play sports—on a professional level, anyway. Women’s sport sponsorship lags well behind men’s, and although comparative data is scarce, the one nation that did study ...read more

When the venerable Denali closed its doors in July 2019, leadership’s reason was that they “could not find a responsible path forward.” It got me wondering, what does it mean to be a responsible retailer today? To be successful, outdoor specialty shops have to offer much more ...read more

One of the outdoor industry's bright stars, Sam Coffey, died unexpectedly on Monday after suffering a series of strokes last week. He was 29. The Aspen Times reported—and confirmed through Olympic ski racer and Coffey's longtime friend Wiley Maple—that the skier suffered a ...read more

BOSTON (April 9, 2019)—To celebrate one of the greatest weeks in running, Runner’s World and Salomon are collaborating on a pop-up experience on Newbury Street in Boston called the Runner’s World Townhouse. Open from Friday, April 12, through Tuesday, April 16, the Townhouse will ...read more

An approach to a crag could be walking across a road or scrambling straight up scree, but either way, you want to feel safe and secure on asphalt or while traversing rocks. And you also don't want to be left lugging heavy, leather hiking boots up a route. These 11 brands seek to ...read more

While bike and outdoor specialty retail are below the national retail average of 3 percent, snow specialty has jumped up to 7 percent, The NPD Group's Bruce Dotterer reported during a Snowsports Industries America Industry + Intelligence webinar on Thursday. Following two ...read more

Established in 1979, Alpenglow Sports is Tahoe City, California’s prime shop for everything outdoor. When snow is falling, Alpenglow is a go-to shop for backcountry skiers and snowboarders. During the summer months, it switches gears and becomes a general outdoor goods shop for ...read more

Think about how you map your runs. Maybe it's down the street, to the park, around the park, and back. But it's doubtful your route includes running every single street in your city. After living in San Francisco on and off for his whole life, Salomon athlete Rickey Gates wanted ...read more

Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected]. Protect Our Winters launched POW Climb today with their newest alliance member, Tommy Caldwell, and with the support of new partners La Sportiva and the American ...read more

OGDEN, Utah (March 5, 2019) –Salomon athlete Rickey Gates set out to run every single street in San Francisco in order to get to know the city on a more personal level, after having lived there on and off for much of his life. For Gates, running is the perfect vehicle for ...read more