During the 2014 midterm elections, American citizens made history with the lowest voter turnout in nearly a century. Only 36.4% of registered voters cast a ballot. This week, with 435 House and 35 Senate seats up for election and a bevy...

The first New Rules Summit hosted by the New York Times happened to fall during perhaps one of the most momentous times in our nation’s history, the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Judge Brett Cavanaugh. Bringing together powerful leaders from across...

He was not my boss or my teacher. He was not a friend or a colleague. He was not a distant acquaintance. He was not a speaker at a rally I attended. He was not a member of my political...

As we head to Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Denver this week, we celebrate our 25thanniversary and look forward to seeing friends that have been part of our journey. Join us for cake (and margaritas courtesy of adidas Outdoor) at...

We are loving today’s story in Outdoor Retailer Magazine on our fearless leader and her 5, wait 6 things she’s learned along her 25 year journey in the outdoor industry. Take a read below:  Five Things I Learned in 25 Years...

Before We Head into Summer Fridays and Flipflops, A Word on Brick and Mortar — And Reports of its Demise are Greatly Exaggerated In fact, retail stores may be experiencing a revival, not a day of reckoning.  Today’s times are...

Best practices for crisis management: A major story this past week has focused on Facebook’s involvement in a controversy surrounding the misuse of data by Cambridge Analytica. Charges involve improperly gathering and using personal information from 50 million Facebook users...

This Year’s Winter Olympics’ Female Athletes Empowered Women Far and Wide The 2018 Winter Olympics have come to an end, but not without making an appearance on the 90th Academy Awards.  At the award ceremony, Sunday night, Francis McDormand began...

TOMORROW’S GEAR AND ACCESSORIES MIGHT BE SMARTER THAN YOU (Our ruminations from three trend-setting trade shows in Q1)  After traveling our annual trade show route to SHOT Show, Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show and ISPO (learn about it here), walking...

(This article appeared on snewsnet.com on February 2, 2018.)  We’re just a month into 2018, but Chris Goddard, founder of CGPR and 25-year industry veteran, has already logged more than 12,000 air miles in 2018, walked 46 miles of trade...