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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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Outdoor market: ‘tough but we all have to adjust’
Australians have been much more cautious in spending their outdoor dollars in the past 12 months and the market is still facing tough external forces affecting the family camping and higher end sectors.
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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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Reaching for the Blue Sky
The time is right for good independent outdoor specialist stores to do well, says Terry Dopper, General Manager Marketing and Merchandise of the FrontLine Retail Group.
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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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