U.S. retail sales are projected to grow mid-single digits for 2025, in line with recent years and driven by e-commerce gains, according to the latest forecasts from Bain & Company.

Blue Pool Capital, a Hong Kong-based investment firm and family office of Alibaba founder Joe Tsai, has taken a 12% stake in the Italian luxury sneaker maker.

Equip Outdoor Technologies, the UK-based parent of Rab and Lowe Alpine, said that US country manager Adam Chamberlain has left the business after nearly two years running operations here.

Gun imports lagged throughout most of last year, but that trend was reversed in Sep., according to ITC data complied by the NSSF, as handgun imports improved 18% to 306,014 units, with pistols up 20% to 278,676 units and revolvers down 1% to 27,338 units.

National Park recreational visits dropped nearly 7% year-over-year in Dec. to 15,226,874 from 16,293,521 in a seasonally slow month, while visits slipped by 2% for all of 2024 to 320,086,808 from 325,498,646.

The outdoor brand filed suit in Los Angeles, CA district court against Slumped Boyz and its owner, Cesar Lupian, for infringing on Patagonia’s multi-colored P6 logo.