Tennis industry executives, legends, pros, coaches and other sports and business personalities will gather in Indian Wells, CA in March for two separate conferences to discuss the future of the sport…
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USA Triathlon Offering Grants of up to $50,000
The USA Triathlon Foundation's first-ever grant program will award up to $50,000 to individuals, clubs, teams and organizations to support and promote the sport of triathlon in 2015…
Smith and Outdoor Tech Offer Aftermarket Audio for Helmets
Outdoor Tech and Smith will offer co-branded drop-in audio systems for all Smith adult snow sports helmets this fall…
Sportsman’s Warehouse to Add Seventh Oregon Location
Sportsman's Warehouse will open a new store in Albany, OR this summer that will mark its seventh location in Oregon. The retailer has announced nine store openings for 2015…
REI Honors 2014 Vendor Partners of the Year
REI named Eagle’s Nest Outfitters Inc. (ENO) as its overall Vendor Partner of the Year at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City, and honored Kühl, Thule and Osprey Packs as divisional winners…
Teton Gravity Research Hires VP Digital Media and Services
Teton Gravity Research (TGR) has hired Dan Vaughan as Vice President of Digital Media and Services, and Bobby Pura as Executive Producer and Head of Production…
McCall to Oversee Bike, Run and Outdoor at Mann University
The Mann Group appointed Brett A McCall business development director with responsibility for overseeing specialty retail leadership development at Mann University for the bike, run, and outdoor industry…
EVantage Selects UK Distributor for Polaris e-Bikes
EVantage, Ltd has selected MotoGB to distribute Polaris eBikes in the United Kingdom…
Europe’s Newly Merged Cycling Trade Group Elects Board
The Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (CONEBI), which was forged last year by merging two of the continent's largest cycling trade associations, has unanimously elected its first board of directors…
Halfords Reports Strong Same-Store Gains in Fiscal Q3
Halfords Group plc reported same-store sales by its Cycling and Travel Solutions stores increased 7.6 percent and 5.7 percent respectively in the 15 weeks and fiscal third quarter ended Jan. 9…
Ashley Reduces Stake in Sports Direct to 55.14 Percent
Sports Direct International Plc Executive Founder and Executive Deputy Chairman Mike Ashley reduced his stake in the UK-based sporting goods retailer by 2.57 percent to 55.14 percent Monday by selling 15.4 million ordinary shares for roughly $168 million.
Football’s Edge With US Fans Shrinks
The number of Americans who favor football over baseball narrowed in 2014, according to research that also shows Millennials are much more open minded about…
Deckers Brands Moves MandA Expert Lafitte to COO Role
Deckers Brands, which owns the Ugg, Teva, Sanuk, Ahnu and Hoka One One brands, has shifted M&A expert and General Counsel David E. Lafitte to the role of chief operating officer (COO), effective Feb. 2. Lafitte replaces Zohar Ziv, who retired from the com
Confluence Hires Instructor to Enhance Paddlesports Training and Education
Confluence Outdoor has hired Ben Lawry as National Technical Instructor to enhance its training and education programs for retailers and the paddling public…
Kwik Goal Extends Partnership With US Soccer
Kwik Goal has renewed its partnership as Technical Partner to U.S. Soccer for four more years…
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