Wild Rye Leans on Crowdfunding after Tariff Challenges
As tariffs continue to disrupt the Idaho-based cycling and snow apparel brand, founder Cassie Abel is receiving overwhelming…
Executive Edition June 30, 2025
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Natural Selection, X Games and Snow League Are Leading an Action Sports Event Boom – Why Now?
At a time when some of the industry’s biggest brands have struggled to thrive even before tariff turmoil,…
Executive Edition May 12, 2025
Wild Rye Expands Into Snow Outerwear
After growing sales by 40% this year and three years of product development, it was the right time…
News December 17, 2024
Evo Embarks on Major Expansion of Seattle Campus
I recently spent several hours with evo owner Bryce Phillips in the company’s home base of Seattle, seeing…
News July 25, 2024
Kent Outdoors Focused on Innovation and Growing Distribution, Says CEO Randy Hales
Randy Hales announced to his wife that he was planning to retire in 2018 after finishing a seven-and-a-half-year…
News July 22, 2024
Is Bike Retail on the Road to Recovery?
Encouraging quarterly results from Fox Factory, Shimano, MIPS, and Thule as well a favorable reports from Circana and…
Executive Edition May 13, 2024
Amer Sports Sells ENVE Composites to PV3 Investments
Amer Sports, parent company to Salomon, Arc’teryx, Atomic, and other brands, announced Tuesday that it has sold its…
News April 30, 2024
Revelyst Acquires Golf Simulator Platform, Takes Another Step Toward Separation
Revelyst, Vista Outdoor’s outdoor products segment, has acquired PinSeeker, a golf simulator and connectivity app company, Vista Outdoor…
News March 25, 2024
Vista Outdoor Rejects $2.9B Takeover Bid
Vista Outdoor today announced that its board of directors rejected MNC Capital’s offer made last week of an…
News March 4, 2024
Vista Outdoor Receives $2.9B Offer
Vista Outdoor told Texas investment firm MNC Capital Partners that the board expects to respond to its $2.9…
News March 1, 2024
Gear Picks from the Show Floor at OR Winter
The theme of Outdoor Retailer Winter was newness, and the exhibitors brought plenty of that to the show…
News January 18, 2024
