Starter To Sponsor Alliance Of American Football

Starter has signed as as the official on-field apparel and game-day uniform supplier to the Alliance of American Football when the alliance debuts in February 2019 as part of a multi-year deal with G-III by Carl Banks.

Unifi Unveils New Branding

Unifi Inc. announced the launch of the company’s new ‘True Innovation Starts in the Fiber’ branding, which highlights Unifi’s commitment to the development of innovative and sustainable performance fibers backed by a flexible, global supply chain.

ZPPR Raises $1.2M, Debuts At Outdoor Retailer

ZPPR, a tech startup based in Bozeman, MT, recently a seed round of $1.2 milloin led by Adjacency Partners, LLC out of New York City. Tom Arrix, managing partner at Adjacency Partners and former VP, global marketing solutions at Facebook, has joined the ZPPR team as chief growth officer. 

U.S. Polo Assn. To Outfit USA Team For Westchester Cup

USPA Global Licensing Inc. (USPAGL), the official licensing arm and national broadcaster of the United States Polo Association (USPA), announced that U.S. Polo Assn. will be the official apparel outfitter for the USA team as they compete against England in the 2018 Westchester Cup.

OIA Releases Congressionial Scorecard To Support Vote

OIA released the association’s scorecard as the association announced a broader Vote the Outdoors campaign during Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Denver. The campaign is aimed at educating elected officials, candidates and voters about the benefits of the outdoor recreation economy and important issues in their communities through social and earned media.

OIA Releases First-Ever Sustainability Report

Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) released the association’s first-ever State of Sustainability in the Outdoor Industry report surveying 120 individual small, midsize and large companies in the outdoor industry to quantify the outdoor industry’s long-time collaborative efforts to reduce the impacts of its products and processes.

Luxottica Group Q2 Sales Improve

Luxottica Group S.p.A. reported net sales accelerated in the second quarter, growing by 1.4 percent at a currency-neutral basis. The results were driven by the strong performance of the Retail division and e-commerce platforms as well as solid growth in North America and Asia-Pacific.

Varsity Brands’ Debt Ratings Lowered

Moody’s lowered the debt ratings of Varsity Brands largely due to the company’s planned upsizing of existing debt outstandings and the associated increase in financial risk in connection with a pending LBO by Bain Capital.