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Best and Brightest
Innovation Awards, the second one ever held, with the winners announced the night of Day 2 at Outdoor + Snow Show 2020 during a raucous awards celebration in the 4 Seasons Ballroom. “We only handed out 15 awards so it was super competitive,” says
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Seirus Wins Legal Battle
After years of litigation, Seirus was handed a final victory in a patent battle with Columbia Sportswear over the glove-maker’s HeatWave lining. What began as an allegation of patent infringement from Columbia over its Omni-Heat lining in 2013 grew
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The Outdoor Reconomy Revolution is Here
At a trade show that’s supposed to celebrate the new, the hottest marketing trend this past January was the old. The industry’s “Reconomy” Bingo card is packed: Reuse. Recycle. Repair. Rent. Reclaim. Repurpose. Recraft. Renewal. Resale. Recir
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What’s Selling Now
When Swiftwick’s chief marketing officer Joanna Mariani recently tried buying her 5-year-old daughter a new bike to replace the one she’d outgrown, the stores were completely sold out. Over the past few weeks, sales of bikes and cycling gear—al