Orvis claims to be the oldest mail-order retailer in the U.S. It was purchased in 1965 by Leigh Perkins, who is credited with building it into one of the country’s largest sporting lifestyle brands.
Founded in the 1850s, the Orvis Company specializes in outdoor apparel and fly-fishing equipment. Orvis says after moving its headquarters from Sunderland to Manchester in January, job cuts are ...
Plenty of other women have caught on to the style savvy of specialty sporting labels. Barbour (a motorcycle- and country-clothing brand), Purdey (hunting), Orvis (fly fishing) and Ariat each sell ...
In this combination of personal and company memoir, Perkins, former CEO of the sporting goods company Orvis, discusses how he merged his love of the outdoors with his professional life.
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