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October 29, 2024
Idaho Ski Resort Doubles Its Real Estate With 500 Acre Acquisition
Earlier this month, Tamarack Resort, Idaho, announced that it had doubled its developable acreage by acquiring 500 acres of land contiguous to the resort. The land connects to 300 acres Tamarack acquired in 2019, meaning that, in total, the resort’s land real estate development holdings have expanded by 800 acres....
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October 29, 2024
VF Stock Surges After Q2 Sales Beat, Profit Swing
The parent company to Vans, The North Face and more brands reported that revenues for the quarter were down 6 percent to $2.8 billion, which surpassed the expectations of analysts surveyed by Yahoo Finance and represented improvement from Q1. Adjusted EPS was 60 cents compared to 63 cents in the...
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October 29, 2024
Vans Just Turned a Classic Sneaker Into a Trail-Ready Hiking Shoe
As one of the most iconic sneakers in Vans’s entire oeuvre, the Old Skool has inspired plenty of revamps over the years. Now the brand’s premium OTW subdivision sees the shoe transformed into a rugged trail-ready hiker. The OTW Old Skool 36 Trail Vibram brings a bounty of technical features to the Old Skool...
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October 28, 2024
Camping World Profits Plummet in Third Quarter on Lower ASPs
Camping World Holdings Inc. profits fell 73.9 percent in the third quarter ended September 30 due in part to lower average selling prices on new and used RVs. On a positive note, combined new and used same-store unit sales returned to positive growth. SGB
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October 25, 2024
Hoka Sends Sales Surging at Deckers Brands in Second Quarter
Deckers Brands raised its 2025 guidance after net sales skyrocketed in the second quarter ending Sept. 30, helped by impressive results from Hoka and growth in both wholesale and direct-to-consumer sales. Net sales at the parent company of Hoka, Ugg and Teva grew by 20% to $1.311 billion compared to...
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October 25, 2024
EXEC: Fenix Outdoor Hopes for Better Times Ahead as Q3 Continues Downward Trend
Fenix Outdoor International AG, the parent of Fjällräven, Royal Robbins, Hanwag, and Fenix Outdoor brands, reported a disappointing third quarter but noted that it saw better times ahead. SGB Media
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October 23, 2024
Winnebago Reports Decreased Q4 & FY2024 Revenues
Revenues were $720.9 million, a decrease of 6.5% compared to $771.0 million in the fourth quarter of last year, driven primarily by product mix, partially offset by higher unit volume. Gross profit was $94.2 million, a decrease of 26.1% compared to $127.5 million in the fourth quarter of last year....
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October 23, 2024
A Hiker Got Trapped Upside Down Between Boulders for 7 Hours Trying to Get Her Phone
Most people have a hard time parting ways with their phone these days but there are some cases where cutting the proverbial umbilical cord should be an obvious call.Take, for example, a woman who dropped her phone in an opening between boulders in New South Wales, Australia and decided to...
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October 19, 2024
Ancient DNA suggests our love for carbs goes back 800,000+ years
Our craving for bread, pasta, and potatoes may be more than just a cultural preference – it could be encoded in our DNA. Research reveals that our ability to digest starchy foods has much deeper roots than previously thought, potentially explaining why so many of us find carbohydrates irresistible. By...
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October 19, 2024
Former Olympian wanted on murder, drug trafficking charges
Ryan Wedding, a Canadian and former snowboarding Olympian, is wanted by the FBI after unsealed federal court documents allege Wedding ran a massive drug operation that shipped vast amounts of cocaine across the Americas. CNN
