Camping/Hiking

3/7/2025 |  Nemo Bolsters Sales Representation in Eastern Canada (SGB UPDATE) Nemo Equipment, Inc. has signed Escala Sales and Marketing to represent the brand in Canada’s Eastern region.
Starting in 1998 with Principal Partner and Sales Manager Mellissa Trudel, Escala Sales & Marketing is a bilingual rep agency representing outdoor brands to specialty retailers in Eastern Canada. The agency’s five reps also represent Patagonia, JetBoil and Sea to Summit in the outdoor space.

3/6/2025 |  Black Diamond Parent Sees Margins Surge in Q4 But Charges Wreck Bottom Line (SGB UPDATE) Clarus Corporation, parent of Black Diamond, RockyMounts, MaxTrax and Rhino-Rack, reported that consolidated sales in the fourth quarter were $71.4 million compared to $76.5 million in the year‐ago fourth quarter. The decrease was said to be primarily driven by isolated challenges with two large accounts in the OEM and Australian wholesale channels in the company’s Adventure segment. This decline was partly offset by growth in the North American wholesale and international distribution channels at the Outdoor segment.

2/17/2025 |  Notre Dame moves up to No. 1 in AP poll for first time since 2019 after UCLA suffers 1st loss (Associated Press (AP)) Notre Dame is the new No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll, ascending to the top spot Monday for the first time since 2019.
The Fighting Irish replaced UCLA, which lost its first game of the season last week, falling to rival USC, 71-60. Notre Dame was last No. 1 on Jan. 21, 2019.
“It’s definitely an honor to be the nation’s top team, but we are just focused on getting better every day,“ Notre Dame coach Niele Ivey said.
The Irish, who received 16 first-place votes from a 30-member national media panel, beat No. 11 Duke 64-49 on Monday night.

2/12/2025 |  Report: Despite Inflation, Americans Camped the Same or More in 2024 (SGB UPDATE) The Dyrt reports that of 81.1 million Americans who went camping in 2024, four out of five (79.6 percent) either camped the same amount or more despite high inflation. These statistics are from the company’s newly released 2025 Camping Report, in which it looked at the latest trends, topics and figures for the U.S. camping industry.
In this year’s annual report, The Dyrt compiled the results from surveys it conducted with three groups, including thousands of members of The Dyrt camper community, a representative sample of U.S. residents and camping property managers across all 50 states.

2/11/2025 |  EXEC: Fenix Outdoor Sees Credit Issues and Weather Impact Q4 (SGB UPDATE) Fenix Outdoor International AG, the parent of Fjällräven, Royal Robbins, Hanwag, and Fenix Outdoor brands, reported that the 2024 fourth quarter started promising, but a delay in winter weather meant it slowed down before improving again towards the latter part of the quarter.
“We did run into a shortage of some winter merchandise due to more conservative purchasing because of the large inventory last year,” said Martin Nordin, chairman of the Board at Fenix Outdoor International AG, in a letter to investors. “We then did not anticipate the decrease of winter goods in inventory during Q1 2024, due to the cold weather and the higher-than-expected demand in the Nordics.”