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OIA's Audio Outdoorist
by Outdoor Industry Association
Dig deep into the issues facing outdoor brands and retailers, from domestic vs. international manufacturing to brick-and-mortar vs. online commerce. Conversations with CEOs, VPs, supply chain reps, retail clerks, marketing gurus and an occasional celebrity outdoorist offer valuable insights and entertainment about the business of playing outdoors.
Episodes
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Audio Outdoorist: Support for Federal Investments in national, state, and local parks
Ranking 5th in the nation, Maine's outdoor industry generates 3.3% of the state's economy. With numbers like that, Senator Angus King has a sharp eye on policies like those in the Great American Outdoors Act and the Build Back Better Act, which is currently going under debate in Congress. In...
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Audio Outdoorist: 2021 International Shipping Crisis
This is the second in our series about international trade and trade policy. In this episode, our director of government affairs Rich Harper and three members of our Trade Advisory Council, discuss the recent precipitous rise in shipping costs, which, on top of punitive tariffs, trade wars and…
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CONGRESSMAN JOE NEGUSE
Congressman Joe Neguse (CO-2nd) speaks with OIA's Director of Policy, Rich Harper, to discuss his recently introduced Civilian Climate Corps proposal, which has been included in President Biden's American Jobs Plan. Neguse also talks about his Parks, Jobs and Equity Act, which would invest…
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Audio Outdoorist: A Conversation with the OIA Trade Advisory Council
Hear from OIA's Director of Policy, Rich Harper, and members of the OIA Trade Advisory Council (OIATAC) as they discuss the council's important policy role. In this conversation, Rich is joined by Sara Bowersox, Sr. Manager, Global Trade Compliance, KEEN Footwear; Ben Christensen, Vice President,...
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Climate Klatch Episode 2 — REI Impact Standards
In the second episode of our new series that's all about climate action, Amy Horton, OIA senior director of sustainable business innovation, and Greg Gausewitz, product sustainability manager for REI, chat about the recent release of REI's updated Impact Standards and how the retailer hopes the…
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Climate Klatch — Episode 1
In the first episode of our new series that's all about climate action, Amy Horton, OIA senior director of sustainable business innovation, and Deborah Williams, OIA director of marketing, communications and storytelling, discuss the most impactful strategies for reducing and reversing global...
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VIRTUAL DISCUSSION: THE 2020 ELECTION AND BEYOND
The 2020 election will be one of the most consequential contests for the outdoor recreation economy. Following enactment of the Great American Outdoors Act, our top priorities are all on the ballot – from tackling climate change and preserving our public lands and waters to expanding access to…
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Campfire Conversation: Climate Action After a Pandemic
Can companies in the outdoor industry afford to lean into climate action in the midst and immediate aftermath of a pandemic? That's the question being discussed around the campfire today. Jessie Curry, OIA's Sustainable Business Manager; Jenn Swain, Global Senior Sustainability Manager at Burton;...
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Campfire Conversation
Four specialty retail shop owners across the country and an expert in consumer trends and retail strategy gather around the fire to discuss the immediate aftermath of the COVID "shutdown," the steps they're taking to reopen or reposition their businesses, the safety precautions they're using and...
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Campfire Conversation:
Outdoor industry businesses and employees have been overwhelmed by the impacts of the COVID-19 situation for months now, trying to stay safe while keeping themselves afloat. But as we begin to realize that COVID-19 will be part of our lives for some time, how do individuals and businesses in the...
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Campfire Conversation
Leaders of four outdoor industry advocacy organizations — each representing different but overlapping stakeholder groups — gather around the "fire" for an intimate and candid conversation about the public land conservation and access issues that matter to outdoor users and the outdoor economy....
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Campfire Conversation
Amid COVID-19, states across the country implemented stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders, all with different closure rules and requirements for local, county, state and national public lands, parks and trails. Now, as the country begins to contemplate reopening those outdoor assets, there…
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Outdoor Retailer Summer Market — Day 3
In this short episode, we look back on the highlights of Day 2 at OR and preview a few of the can't miss events on Day 3 at Summer Market. You can view Thursday's full OIA events and education agenda here: outdoorindustry.org/event/oia-outdoor-retailer/ To learn more about the work OIA does year...
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Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2019—Day 2
In this short episode, we look back on the highlights of Day 1 at OR and preview a few of the can't miss events on Day 2 at Summer Market. You can view Wednesday's full OIA events and education agenda here: outdoorindustry.org/event/oia-outdoor-retailer/ To learn more about the work OIA does year...
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Sustainability Series: How NEMO and Showers Pass are Making Sustainability a Priority
You've got sustainability questions; we've got answers. Wherever you are on your journey to sustainability, we're here to help. In 2019, we are helping OIA companies to Walk the Walk by hosting a series of sustainability boot camps. They are designed to help small to mid-sized brands that have...
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OIA's First Big Win of 2019: LWCF Permanent Reauthorization
Last week, in an overwhelming display of bipartisan support, the House of Representatives voted to pass the Natural Resources Management Act. This comes after it successfully passed through the Senate earlier in February, which means it now goes to the president for his signature. This is an...
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The Lame Duck, Part 2
In the past two weeks, America has experienced what can only be described as whiplash as Congressional leadership, the Senate, House and President Trump bicker over funding priorities and principles. The President has flip-flopped on his insistence for border wall funding and his threats of...
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The Lame Duck, Part 1
When the calendar turns over to January 2019, we'll welcome many new faces on Capital Hill. Likewise, we'll say goodbye to any legislative measures on Congress's docket that do not get passed before the Senate and House of Representatives adjourn for the year. In this episode, OIA's Jessica Wahl...
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The Many Faces of LWCF | Biking PGH to DC
This episode is the third in a series about the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), America's premier federal program that reinvests offshore energy revenue into conservation to ensure that we all have access to the outdoors. Congress created the LWCF almost a half-century ago to guarantee...
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ORWM 18: Night 2
Saturday is Day 3 of Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, and it will feature the third of our OIA lunch sessions. Hear from OIA's new State and Local Policy Director David Weinstein about the lunch panel he'll moderate to bring attendees up to speed on the growing trend of state outdoor recreation...
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ORWM 18: Night 1
This is our short preview of what's coming up on Day 2 of the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market. In this episode we again hear from OIA Executive Director Amy Roberts about Friday's OIA lunch session. The topic: "How Change Happens: Why do some social movements succeed while others don't?" Roberts...
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ORWM 18: Night 0
In this short episode, we preview a few of the can't miss events on Day 1 of the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, which begins Thursday, November 8, in Denver. Beginning with the Industry Breakfast at 7 a.m. and ending with the Outdoor Retailer Innovation Award, the first day is packed with...
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Jimmy Chin on Free Solo and #VoteTheOutdoors
In this short interview, OIA's managing content editor Deborah Williams sits down with Jimmy Chin to talk about to talk about the newest film that he and his wife, documentary filmmaker Chai Vasarhelyi created about Alex Honnold's free solo climb of El Cap: National Geographic's Free Solo. Jimmy...
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Live from OR | Daily Digest, Day 3
Live from Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Denver, CO, Deborah Williams brings you the highlights of the day's news, must-attend events, and the hottest products.
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Live from OR | Daily Digest, Day 2
Live from Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Denver, CO, Deborah Williams brings you the highlights of the day's news, must-attend events, and the hottest products.
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Live from OR | Daily Digest, Day 1
Live from Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Denver, CO, Deborah Williams brings you the highlights of the day's news, must-attend events, and the hottest products.
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The Many Faces of LWCF | Denver, Part 2 | Rocky Mountain National Park
In this 2-part episode, Deborah Williams talks about a couple places and an issue that are important to her as an outdoorist, a Denverite and a Coloradan. The places are the Montbello Open Space Park and iconic Rocky Mountain National Park, and they are both recipients of Land and Water...
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The Many Faces of LWCF | Denver, Part 1 | Montbello Open Space Park
In this 2-part episode, Deborah Williams talks about a couple places and an issue that are important to her as an outdoorist, a Denverite and a Coloradan. The places are the Montbello Open Space Park and iconic Rocky Mountain National Park, and they are both recipients of Land and Water...
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Cailin O'Brien-Feeney selected to head Oregon's Office of Outdoor Recreation
Cailin O'Brien-Feeney, OIA's State and Local Policy Manager for the past three years, has been hired to head the Office of Outdoor Recreation for the state of Oregon. In this interview, Deborah Williams, OIA's managing content editor, interviews Cailin about what he's accomplished over the past...
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Climate Crusaders: Protect Our Winters and New Belgium Brewing
On todays episode, you'll hear from a couple of "Climate Crusaders" - individuals who have made it their mission to reduce their and their businesses' impact on the planet. First, we'll hear from Mario Molina, the executive director of Protect Our Winters. POW is leading the way in climate…
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State and Local Advocacy with Cailin O'Brien-Feeney and Stewart Lewis
In this episode, OIA's managing content editor Deborah Williams talks with Cailin O'Brien-Feeney and Stewart Lewis, who make up the local policy arm of our government affairs team. Cailin and Stewart will explain the work they're doing to move legislative initiatives around outdoor recreation and...
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Advocacy Update with Jessica Wahl
In this episode, Deborah Williams, OIA's managing content editor, talks with Jessica Wahl, OIA's Government Affairs Manager about how OIA is advocating for it's members at the state and federal level. Jessica works in DC on recreation policy, and in this interview we'll hear the latest on what...
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Interview with Paul Hawken at ORWM18 + Snow Show
In June of 2017, President Trump announced that he would withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. In a letter to OIA members, Executive Director Amy Roberts noted that the withdrawal threatens not only the $887 billion outdoor industry and the 7.6 million American jobs it...
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Partnership Profile: Monadnock Paper Mills
In early 2017, OIA announced an enhanced suite of member benefit partnerships in six key business channels, including finance operations and marketing sales. These benefits provide valuable tools to OIA members to improve their operating efficiencies and bottom lines. These vetted and trusted...
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Together We Are A Force: Jill Domain, David Labistour, and Thomas Chiu
In 2016, we conducted an extensive series of interviews and surveys to find out how OIA—the outdoor industry's membership trade association—can best support outdoor companies. What we learned is that our members see us as a convener—the unifying entity best equipped to galvanize the industry…
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Together We Are A Force: Tom Adams and Ashley Korenblatt
In 2016, we conducted an extensive series of interviews and surveys to find out how OIA—the outdoor industry's membership trade association—can best support outdoor companies. What we learned is that our members see us as a convener—the unifying entity best equipped to galvanize the industry…
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Together We Are A Force: Peter Duke and Craig Smith
In 2016, we conducted an extensive series of interviews and surveys to find out how OIA—the outdoor industry's membership trade association—can best support outdoor companies. What we learned is that our members see us as a convener—the unifying entity best equipped to galvanize the industry…
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Together We Are A Force: James Edward Mills and Jose Gonzalez
In 2016, we conducted an extensive series of interviews and surveys to find out how OIA—the outdoor industry's membership trade association—can best support outdoor companies. What we learned is that our members see us as a convener—the unifying entity best equipped to galvanize the industry…
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Partnership Profile: Fidelitas Development
In early 2017, OIA announced an enhanced suite of member benefit partnerships in six key business channels, including finance & operations and marketing & sales. These benefits provide valuable tools to OIA members to improve their operating efficiencies and bottom lines. These vetted and trusted...
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Partnership Profile: Apogee Digital Media
In early 2017, OIA announced an enhanced suite of member benefit partnerships in six key business channels, including finance & operations and marketing & sales. These benefits provide valuable tools to OIA members to improve their operating efficiencies and bottom lines. These vetted and trusted...
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Quarterly Update with Amy Roberts, 06/07/2017
In this episode, you'll hear from OIA's Executive Director Amy Roberts. This is the second in a series of quarterly installments to keep our members updated about our projects, initiatives and general industry happenings. We spoke with Amy over Skype to talk about the many achievements,...
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Together We Are A Force: Peter Metcalf and Casey Sheahan
In 2016, we conducted an extensive series of interviews and surveys to find out how OIA—the outdoor industry's membership trade association—can best support outdoor companies. What we learned is that our members see us as a convener—the unifying entity best equipped to galvanize the industry…
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Together We Are A Force: Kim Miller and Don Bushey
In 2016, we conducted an extensive series of interviews and surveys to find out how OIA—the outdoor industry's membership trade association—can best support outdoor companies. What we learned is that our members see us as a convener—the unifying entity best equipped to galvanize the industry…
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Together We Are A Force: Vik Sahney and Valerie Presolly
In 2016, we conducted an extensive series of interviews and surveys to find out how OIA—the outdoor industry's membership trade association—can best support outdoor companies. What we learned is that our members see us as a convener—the unifying entity best equipped to galvanize the industry…
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Together We Are A Force: Gordon Seabury, Nicole Bassett, and Jeff Denby
In 2016, we conducted an extensive series of interviews and surveys to find out how OIA—the outdoor industry's membership trade association—can best support outdoor companies. What we learned is that our members see us as a convener—the unifying entity best equipped to galvanize the industry…
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Together We Are A Force: Beaver Theodosakis and the 3 Es (Ella, Ella, Emme)
In 2016, we conducted an extensive series of interviews and surveys to find out how OIA—the outdoor industry's membership trade association—can best support outdoor companies. What we learned is that our members see us as a convener—the unifying entity best equipped to galvanize the industry…
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Together We Are A Force: Conrad Anker, Tsedo Sherpa, and Pema Sherpa
In 2016, we conducted an extensive series of interviews and surveys to find out how OIA—the outdoor industry's membership trade association—can best support outdoor companies. What we learned is that our members see us as a convener—the unifying entity best equipped to galvanize the industry…
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Together We Are A Force: Stacy Bare and Kevin Rosenburg
In 2016, we conducted an extensive series of interviews and surveys to find out how OIA—the outdoor industry's membership trade association—can best support outdoor companies. What we learned is that our members see us as a convener—the unifying entity best equipped to galvanize the industry…
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Specialty Retail: Preparing for Succession
Between 20 and 30 years ago, outdoor specialty retail shops began popping up around the country. Owned and run by passionate outdoorists, these stores became institutions in their towns and communities. Over time, some of them were swallowed up by bigger companies or went out of business, but…
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Together We Are A Force: Alex Boian, Adam Cramer, and John Sterling
In 2016, we conducted an extensive series of interviews and surveys to find out how OIA—the outdoor industry's membership trade association—can best support outdoor companies. What we learned is that our members see us as a convener—the unifying entity best equipped to galvanize the industry…
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Dig deep into the issues facing outdoor brands and retailers, from domestic vs. international manufacturing to brick-and-mortar vs. online commerce. Conversations with CEOs, VPs, supply chain reps, retail clerks, marketing gurus and an occasional celebrity outdoorist offer valuable insights and entertainment about the business of playing outdoors.
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