Cascade Maverik Lacrosse has signed a new multi-year partnership agreement with US Lacrosse, the U.S. men’s and women’s national teams and the National Team Development Program (NTDP).
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Stein Mart Enters Into Transaction To Go Private
Stein Mart Inc. entered into a definitive merger agreement under which an affiliate of Kingswood Capital Management, L.P. will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Stein Mart not already beneficially owned by affiliates of Jay Stein, Stein Mart’s former CEO and current chairman of the Board of Directors, for 90 cents per share in cash.

Brunton Outdoor, Inc. Announces Executive Promotion Of Per Wååg
Fenix Outdoor brands Primus and Brunton announced the promotion of Per Wååg to Global CEO of Primus AB and Brunton Outdoor, Inc., effective January 27. Wååg previously served as GM of Brunton Outdoor, Inc., the U.S.-based manufacturer of outdoor navigation instruments since 1894 and the North American distributor of Primus, the Swedish outdoor equipment brand […]

Photos From The Aisles … Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show, Day Three
Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show, the largest U.S. tradeshow and business event for the outdoor industry, held its annual event this week in Denver, CO at the Denver Convention Center. SGB Executive continues its live report from the show floor with pictures from Day Three.

Aisle Talk Week Of January 27
Top headlines from across the active lifestyle industry featured in SGB during the week of January 27, 2020.
LifeStraw Names Alison Hill CEO
LifeStraw, the manufacturer of water filtration products for the outdoor enthusiast and award-winning humanitarian company, announced that Allison Hill, the brand’s long-time managing director, will assume the role of CEO.

Special Olympics Confirms Berlin As Host Of 2023 World Games
Berlin became the official host of the 2023 Special Olympics World Games during a ceremony in the German capital.

Johnson Outdoors Sees Double-Digit Growth In Q1
Johnson Outdoors Inc. announced higher sales and double-digit growth in net income during the company’s seasonally slow first fiscal quarter ending December 27, 2019.

OrderMyGear Appoints Leonid Rozkin As CFO
OrderMyGear announced that Leonid Rozkin has been promoted to chief financial officer.

Deckers Brands Q3 Easily Tops Guidance
Deckers Brands Inc. raised its earnings guidance for the year after reporting results for the third quarter ended December 31 that easily topped its outlook. Sales grew 2.6 percent at Ugg and jumped 63.6 percent for Hoka One One. Teva and Sanuk both suffered double-digit declines.

NRF And RILA Welcome Signing Of USMCA Legislation
The National Retail Federation (NRF) and Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) each welcomed Wednesday’s signing by President Trump of legislation to implement the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

H&M Appoints New CEO
H&M said Karl-Johan Persson has stepped down as CEO to assume the role of chairman, after his father Stefan said he would relinquish that role. COO Helena Helmersson has been appointed CEO.

RYU Apparel Seeks To Enter Consultant Agreement
RYU Apparel, the Vancouver-based athletic apparel brand, is seeking to raise $7 million in capital in order to enter a consulting arrangement and pursue a plan to bring RYU to profitability over the two-year period.

Puma Becomes Beach Soccer World Wide Official Global Partner
Puma has become the official global partner of Beach Soccer World Wide (BSWW), the major sports entity behind the creation and growth of beach soccer.

SSL Announces 2019/20 Suppliers Of The Year
Hestra earned Supplier of the Year for softgoods, Dynastar/Lange/Look earned the award for hardgoods and Salomon Snowboard earned the award for snowboard supplier.