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Asia Outdoor show claims ‘largest’ tag
The fifth Asia Outdoor show in late July in Nanjing, China claimed a new attendance record of 16,326 trade visitors and 359 exhibitors, following the trend of high growth experienced in the booming Chinese market.
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US records strong sales
June sales rose 13 percent in the outdoor segment (outdoor chains, outdoor specialty and online), according to sales data from Leisure Trends' Outdoor Retail.
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Capital punishment in mud
The inaugural Capital Punishment MTB Enduro held in the ACT in late May turns into a mud fest with heavy rain and “horrendous” conditions.
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Recharge via your gumboots
Mobile phone users won’t run out of power at music festivals thanks to the launch of gumboots that can recharge your handset.
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Camping World joins ARL
Camping World Australia members have agreed to merge with Melbourne-based Associated Retailers Limited, the parent body of the Compleat Angler group and of sports retailing groups Sports Power and Sportscene.
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SOTA show: ‘all facing up to the challenges’
Always a factor in chilly Canberra, the weather for the National May Outdoor Trade show (or SOTA as it is known) came up trumps until the time came to pull down all those hundreds of tents and load the kayaks. And then came the rain, reports Editor Maggie Coleman
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BCF and Ray’s marry up
Super Cheap Auto Group (owner of BCF Boating, Camping and Fishing) has entered into an agreement to acquire outdoor leisure retailer, Ray’s Outdoors, for $54 million.
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Outdoor fair: 'great new products'
IWA & OutdoorClassics 2010 broke records again for hunting and shooting sports, classic outdoor activities and law enforcement equipment with 1,141 exhibitors from 55 countries.
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SOTA show to celebrate silver
This year’s National May Outdoor trade show (better known in the industry as the SOTA show) will be celebrating its 25th anniversary but celebrations will be low key.
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Positive vibes at Outdoor Retailer show
The early January Outdoor Retailer show held in Las Vegas, showed that there is general optimism going into 2010, after a very difficult year for US retailers, reports Sportslink’s European correspondent, Munich-based Hank Aldrich.
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Camping grounds full as budgets tighten
The industry is still gathering figures but anecdotally, Christmas / New Year has been another great season for the camping and outdoor leisure area of the marketplace.
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Endurance race names dates
For the third year, The North Face invites runners to take on one of the toughest running events of the year, The North Face 100, to be held in the Blue Mountains in early May.
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Skins chases around the city
Skins has signed up as a major sponsor of urban adventure race series, City Chase which will be held in Melbourne next March.
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Muster been a good cause for BCF
The BCF brandmark was front and centre at the National Music Muster last weekend after the Boating Camping Fishing retailing group signed up as a major sponsor.
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Apple Isle hosts Wildwater world cup
The first six-race Wildwater world cup to be held in Australia is attracting elite paddkers and teams from the major white water nations, say organisers, Canoe Tasmania.
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Show focus on apparel, footwear
With exhibitor and visitor numbers up, the European OutDoor show was rated a success by most, according to Sportslink’s European correspondent Hank Aldrich who spent three days at the Friedrichshafen Messe.
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SOTA show to stay put
The National May Outdoor Show 2009 in Canberra received the thumbs up from exhibitors and visitors, and after months of canvassing and discussions, the committee decided to keep the event in Canberra.
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Just tri-ing a new event
Events company t3 Events is launching a new challenge, the Just Tri It Triathlons, which will focus on fun and fitness, catering for all ages and fitness levels.
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Great show: now the dilemma
The National May Outdoor Show just ended in Canberra received the thumbs up from exhibitors and visitors, but now a decision on the location of the 2010 show has to be made.
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BCF says yeehaa!
Music fans will know of the annual Muster festival, held annually in the Amamoor state forest near Gympie in south-eastern Queensland.
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Getting ready for the SOTA show
All roads lead to Canberra in early May for the National May Outdoor Trade Show (or as it is known to most, the SOTA show).
Each year, the show at the EPIC centre attracts more visitors and exhibition spaces are filled.
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Optimism for Outdoor show
Among the many changes in hand for Outdoor 2009 is the return of Adidas as an exhibitor and the expansion of the show facilities at Friedrichshafen, Germany including two new halls and a new press centre.
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BCF launches into SA
Expanding outdoor retailer BCF has opened its first SA store, in Richmond, with another planned for Gepps Crossing in June.
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Tackling 100 of the toughest kilometres
Outdoor footwear, apparel and equipment brand, The North Face, will again host one of the toughest endurance trail runs on the Australian outdoor calendar, The North Face 100.
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Have a heart, and a hole — later!
The charity trade golf day planned for the outdoor industry on March 20 has been postponed due to the Victorian bush fires, says organiser John Elliott of Nike ACG.
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Retailer launches podcasts
Paddy Pallin, retailer of outdoor and travel equipment and clothing, is to release podcasts every week, with the option for customers to receive RSS feeds.
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Study on boosting skiing
With reports of decreasing equipment sales, lack of interest by the younger generation and changing environmental and economical conditions, it is time for the ski industry to find new ways to generate revenue.
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Technical dressing for the outdoors
The North Face provides an extensive line of performance apparel, equipment and footwear for Australasian outdoor enthusiasts, with one of the main categories for the 42 year-old brand reported to be trail running.
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That's the (nomad 22) spirit!
Taking a bike trip across Australia just seems like a great idea to John Elliott, eternal optimist and distributor of Nike ACG brand in Australia.
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Anaconda opens Frankston store
Outdoor adventure retailer Anaconda opens its new Frankston store in mid-October, making three in Victoria and 12 overall.
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Thumbs up for green Outdoor show
Mid-July saw a huge influx of visitors to Friedrichshafen, on Germany’s Lake Constance where OutDoor 2008 reported a 12 per cent increase in visitor numbers, reports SportsLink’s European correspondent Hank Aldrich.
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Lucky Simon wins a car
Retailer Simon Dickson was the lucky winner of the Holden Barina given away at the SOTA show in Canberra in early May by Outdoor Survival Australia.
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Flaik wins design award
A performance tracking device for snowsports has won the Australian international design awards’ top prize.
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Spida’s foot is big enough
One of the AFL’s big men, Peter ‘Spida’ Everitt of the Sydney Swans needs a much bigger chair when he takes the family on a camping holiday.
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SOTA's time to get outdoors
Canberra is May is the perfect time to show off product for the outdoors — chilly nights, sunny days and many people who consider the National May Outdoor trade show (or SOTA show) a fixed date on their supplier or visitor calendar.
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Anaconda opens Tasmanian store
Outdoor retail chain Anaconda opened its first Tasmanian store in early May in Cambridge with manager Aaron McClimont and around 40 local staff, many with a background in outdoor and camping retailing.
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Coleman sponsors motocross
Coleman Australia has signed a partnership with motocross and supercross racers Woodstock Honda Thor, with 16 rounds across all states during the 2008 season.
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North Face of the Blue Mountains
One of the toughest, endurance trail runs on the Australian outdoor calendar—The North Face 100 ultra-marathon!—will be held mid-May, with a course set through NSW’s Blue Mountains.
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Elliott gets set for the Kepler
Having signed up as the naming rights sponsors for the next three years, Nike ACG’s John Elliott is putting his running shoes where his brand is.
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Anaconda opens in west
Outdoor retail chain Anaconda has opened a store in the Perth suburb of Innaloo, its tenth store. To be managed by Matthew Ness who comes from a food background, the new team’s training included a two day camping trip to gather product knowledge on the equipment stocked.
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Chasing through the city
More than 1000 Sydneysiders will be running around the CBD in late March, taking part in this year’s Volvo City Chase.
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SportsDesign's Ecobrand winners
Winner of the Ecobrand of the year at the Volvo SportsDesign forum, held during the Ispo winter trade show in Munich was Patagonia USA.
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Nation's big spenders
A new report released by the US Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation demonstrates that by any measure America’s hunters and anglers are among the most prominent and influential of all demographic groups.
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Outdoor brand's third Aussie store
Distributors of wet weather and outdoor brand Helly Hansen have opened a third concept store in Melbourne, this time in trendy Hawthorn.
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SOTA plans 'going well'
Plans are progressing well for this year’s National May Outdoor Trade show — known as the SOTA show — to be held again in chilly Canberra.
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