Life Time Opens First Club In Oregon

Life Time reported it opened its first Oregon location in Beaverton. The 190,000-square-foot, three-story Life Time Beaverton athletic country club expands the company’s geographic footprint to 30 states and 42 major markets in the U.S.

Throom Targets Hires PMI As Rep Agency

Throom Targets, the maker of ricochet-free targets for hunting, hired PMI (Professional Marketing, Inc.) as its rep agency, responsible for all retail sales, including dealers, distributors and mass retailers in the Midwestern states.

Canada Goose To Open Stores In Australia

Canada Goose, in partnership with Australian retail group Brand Collective, is entering Australia with plans to open stores in Melbourne and Sydney later this year. In addition, Canada Goose will launch an e-commerce platform and implement wholesale distribution plans for the region.

Nike Names New Converse CEO

Nike, Inc. named Jared Carver as the new CEO of Converse. He succeeds Scott Uzzell, who transitioned last week to a new role as VP/GM of North America for Nike as part of the company’s recently announced leadership changes.

U.S. Consumer Confidence Slides To Six-Month Low

U.S. consumer confidence dropped to a six-month low in May as Americans’ assessment of the labor market and the outlook for business conditions slipped, according to the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index.