Barcelona Confirms Record Kit Deal With Nike
The extended apparel agreement surpasses the previous world record for an annual fee set by Premier League team Manchester United.
New Balance To Sponsor Boston Celtics Training Facility
As part of New Balance’s naming rights partnership, the brand will become an official partner of the Boston Celtics and will receive significant brand presence throughout the facility.
Black Diamond Trims Q3 Losses On Reduced Costs
The outdoor company significantly trimmed its third-quarter 2016 losses, but that was largely due to reduced expenses, as gross margins from its climbing and winter sports gear also dipped.
Performance Sports Seeks Bankruptcy Sale By February
A deal in place would sell nearly all of its assets for $575 million to an investor group led by Sagard Capital, its biggest shareholder, and Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., but other bids may emerge in the bankruptcy auction.
Rogue Fitness To Distribute Exolifestyle Products
Rogue Fitness currently operates out of a 175,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and is one of the primary suppliers for CrossFit equipment boxes around the world.
Bandier Adds P.E. Nation Activewear
Bandier, a curated activewear boutique retailer, sealed an exclusive collaboration with P.E. Nation, a new fashion-forward workout wear brand.
Tough Sledding At Coleman And Marmot
Organic sales at Newell Brands Inc.’s Outdoor Solutions segment, excluding brands marked for sale, declined in the third quarter despite growth at Pure Fishing.
Champion’s Sales Hurt By Bankruptcies
While acknowledging declines at specialty sports channels, sales gains for activewear within mass channels gave officials confidence that the dip will be temporary.
Cautious Retailers Dampen Columbia Sportswear’s Growth Spurt
A bad (warm) winter, such as that of 2015, tends to hit vendors the following year. And that time is now.
Patagonia To Close On Election Day
Patagonia will close all of its retail stores, its headquarters and its distribution and customer service center on Election Day to encourage customers, employees and citizens to head to the polls.
Nike Launches Footwear Design Challenge
The Nike Ease Challence is a $50,000 competition that invites designers, engineers, makers and innovators to advance and reinvent footwear design for athletes of all abilities.
Aisle Talk, Week Of October 24
Top headlines from the active lifestyle industry you may have missed this week.
By The Numbers, Week Of October 24
The leading figures from this week’s news in the active lifestyle space.
Columbia Sportswear Slowed By Tepid Wholesale Orders
The company reported rapid growth in direct sales of its Columbia, Prana and Sorel brands and in China could not offset low orders from cautious U.S. retailers.
HanesBrands’ Q3 Sales Climb Double Digits
The 11-percent gain was driven by core organic Innerwear growth and strong acquisition-related International growth that was partially offset by declines in the Activewear and Direct-to-Consumer segments.
