Kristin Carpenter

Organization boasts 118 total members; KEEN Footwear to match dues

Retailers of the Outdoor Industry (ROI), a buying group comprising independent entrepreneurial outdoor retailers, announced the recipients of its first-annual Piton Award in mid-August.

Five Ten will be introducing two styles with eVent® fabric for '07 delivery, joining Ground, KEEN, Integral Designs, Westcomb, Hi-Tec, Kayland, Feathered Friends and more than 50 other brands currently utilizing eVent fabric technology.

The Conservation Alliance raised $10,500 in under two hours at a fundraising event organized by Keen Footwear at the recent Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City.

Keen Footwear will host a benefit for The Conservation Alliance at the upcoming Outdoor Retailer show. As it has at the past two trade shows, Keen will give a pair of shoes to anyone who makes a donation to the Alliance.

PrAna president and founder Beaver Theodosakis will be presenting a seminar at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006, on behalf of the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) titled “The Youth Effect – Building Retail Business Through Influence.”

The Conservation Alliance will partner with seven leading brands at the August Outdoor Retailer show to build support for protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from proposed oil drilling.

Officials from Nikwax® N.A. announce a substantial sales increase in the company’s Canadian markets. A sales increase of 18 percent has been seen during the first two quarters of 2006 over the same period of 2005.

Conrad Anker, accomplished mountaineer and dedicated conservationist, will be the guest speaker at the Conservation Alliance membership meeting, Friday, August 11, 8-9AM, at the Salt Lake City Marriott, Salon F.

Officials from Hot Chillys announced that they will begin using CenterStone Technologies, Inc. on-line business-to-business (B2B) sales order management software application in an agreement signed July 19.