Polartec Awards Princeton Unversity Outdoor Club $10,000
Polartec generated 31,000 video views and gathered 27,000 votes in its second annual Polartec Made Possible College Challenge, a contest that this year awarded $10,000 to the outdoor club at Princeton University...(2/3/2012)

Columbia Delivers Robust Q4 But Sees Softness in 2012
Columbia Sportswear reported earnings jumped 40.1 percent in the fourth quarter on a 15.1 percent increase in revenue. However, the outerwear giant said that given the unusually warm winter globally as well as "macro-economic challenges that continue to cloud the European and U.S. marketplaces," it only expects sales to grow in the low single digits in 2012... (2/2/2012)

Johnson Outdoors Grows Q1 Revenue Despite Plunging Military Sales
Johnson Outdoors Inc. announced revenue grew 2 percent to more than $80 million during the first fiscal period ended Dec. 30, 2011, despite a 66 percent drop in year-over-year military sales. The maker of Eureka tents, Necky kayaks and Minn Kota trolling motors said non-recurring costs and charges related to its European operations and higher legal, bad debt and sales expenses contributed to higher losses than usual in the quarter...(2/2/2012)

House Committee Rejects Bike Funding Amendment to Transportation Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee narrowly rejected an amendment Thursday that would have restored funding of programs that have built thousands of bike lanes, sidewalks and trails over the past decade...(2/2/2012)

LaCrosse Footwear's Q4 Sales Drop 16 Percent
LaCrosse Footwear reported fourth-quarter sales slid 15.9 percent to $43.8 million, compared to $52.1 million in the same period of 2010. Sales to the outdoor market were down 20 percent, reflecting a cautious retail environment and unfavorable weather conditions during the second half of 2011, partially offset by stronger demand for the company’s new hiking boots...(2/2/2012)

MEC to Become Canada's Only Ghost Bikes Dealer
Mountain Equipment Co-op, will become the first North American retailer of Ghost Bikes in a partnership that marks further penetration of the North American market by Dutch bicycling giant Accell Group...(2/2/2012)

Unifi Reports Net Loss in Second Quarter Ended Dec. 25
Unifi Inc. reported a net loss of $7.6 million, or 38 cents per share, in the second quarter ended Dec. 25, marking its first loss in more than two years. A major provider of polyester fiber to sporting goods apparel brands, Unifi said net sales for the period increased $5 million, or 3 percent, to $167 million as higher sales prices offset unit volume softness caused by inventory destocking across the apparel supply chain...(2/2/2012)

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