Sports News and Press Releases about Outdoor Industry Business
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May 26, 2020
The Orvis Company Appoints Simon Perkins President
MANCHESTER, Vt. (May 26, 2020) —Orvis, the family-owned outdoor retailer, announces the appointment of Simon Perkins to president, effective immediately. Perkins will assume full strategic and operational leadership of the company as president, and is the third generation of the Perkins family to lead Orvis since 1965. Outgoing president/CEO Bill...
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May 14, 2020
Cast-and-Blast Apparel Brand Duck Camp Names rygr Agency of Record
AUSTIN, Texas (May 14, 2020) — Duck Camp, the cast-and-blast brand devoted to creating premium outdoor gear that will withstand the test of time in the field, names rygr, an integrated marketing agency, its agency of record. rygr will lead public relations and affiliate marketing efforts for Duck Camp, effective immediately....
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May 12, 2020
CAKE and Polestar Announce Expanded Brand Partnership
(Stockholm, Sweden – May 12, 2020)– CAKE, the Swedish manufacturer of lightweight electric motorcycles, and Polestar, the electric performance automobile brand owned by Volvo Car Group and Zhejiang Geely Holding, today announced an expanded brand partnership to showcase CAKE’s electric motorcycles into Polestar’s showrooms in Europe, to start. The two...
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May 11, 2020
Kris McDivitt Tompkins and Timmy O’Neill to Speak at The Conservation Alliance (at Home) Breakfast
Bend, Ore., May 11, 2020– Climber and comedian Timmy O’Neill will interview conservationist Kris McDivitt Tompkins during the first ever Conservation Alliance (at Home) Breakfast taking place on May 21 at 10:00 a.m. PST. This Conservation Alliance event will be live-streamed and available to all registered attendees. Tompkins and O’Neill...
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May 11, 2020
Royal Robbins Announces Key New Sales and Marketing Hires
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (May 11, 2020)– Royal Robbins announces two executive leadership team hires, effective immediately. Tom Janettas joins Royal Robbins as the new Director of Sales and Anne Soderstrom has been hired as Director of Marketing. “As we continue to face uncertainty in the world, I’m confident that our new...
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May 6, 2020
Kitsbow Announces Addition of Andrew Chmar to Board of Directors
Old Fort, N.C. (May 6, 2020) — Kitsbow, maker of premium cycling clothing, and most recently PPE to equip medical workers and first responders fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, today announces that Andrew Chmar has joined Kitsbow’s Board of Directors. An expert logician having served in the U.S. Army for more than...
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April 30, 2020
HeiQ offers proprietary “Viroblock” to CHT, JINTEX & Piedmont
Striving to help advance the global fight against coronavirus on textiles, HeiQ recently launched HeiQ Viroblock NPJ03, an antimicrobial textile treatment proven effective against human coronavirus (229E) in face mask testing, significantly enhancing the antiviral log reduction from 2.90 of untreated face masks to 4.5, a 30 times improvement with...
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April 29, 2020
Stio Hires Senior Sourcing & Production Leader
JACKSON, Wyo. (April 29, 2020) – Jackson Hole-based outdoor apparel brand Stio is pleased to announce its senior sourcing & production manager hire. Gena Calegari joins Stio’s dynamic product development team from Old Navy, bringing nearly twenty years of experience in apparel production with exposure to the entirety of the creation cycle...
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April 20, 2020
Merrell Names Alex Brown as Vice President of U.S. Sales
ROCKFORD, Mich. (April 20, 2020) — Merrell has announced the appointment of Alex Brown to the position of Vice President of U.S. Sales reporting directly to Merrell’s global brand president, Chris Hufnagel. Alex joins Merrell after having spent his entire career in the outdoor and active lifestyle industry, most recently...
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March 30, 2020
Cotopaxi Announces #OneUtah Campaign
Salt Lake City, UT, March 30, 2020- The Utah community is unique in the way it comes together in times of crisis. At the first sign of the COVID-19 crisis, the Utah business community rallied together and coordinated between community and civic leaders to explore how best to help the...