Chuze Fitness, a national fitness center, will open its first Colorado location in Westminster, located at 8601 N. Sheridan Blvd. on July 27, 2016.
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PSG to Appoint New Board Member
Performance Sports Group Ltd. shared that it anticipates appointing Paul Desmarais III, the Chairman of Sagard Capital Partners Management Corp., to its Board of Directors, effective around August 9, 2016.
Twitter to Live Broadcast MLB, NHL Games
Twitter is taking a turn to live sports broadcasting as the app inked a deal with Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League to live stream weekly out-of-market.
By The Numbers, Week of July 18
Stats, figures and earnings that caught our eyes in the active-lifestyle industry this week.
It’s Rabbit Season
The brainchild of a former Adidas and Deckers brand manager and a cross-country athlete, the newest name in running apparel goes local to manufacture and sell. By Jahla Seppanen Monica DeVreese and Jill Deering set out on their standard bi-weekly group run through Santa Barbara, CA when the idea struck to create their own running apparel […]
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows Hires VP of Mountain Operations
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows hired Casey Blann to take the role of Vice President of Mountain Operations at Alpine Meadows.
SSI Data: Sport Footwear Sales Jump in June
Despite some pricing pressures from retail bankruptcies and liquidations in the market, SSI Data’s latest retail point-of-sale figures for the fiscal month of June showed Sport Footwear sales rising 12.9 percent in dollars and by 19.9 percent in units.
Fitbit v. Jawbone Rival Grows with Patent Case Dismissal
Fitbit, the Kleenex of the fitness tracking industry, went after Jawbone last year in a case relating to three patents (portable monitoring, wearable heart-rate monitor and a system where a motion detector monitors physical activity), which were dismissed as invalid by U.S. International Trade Commission Judge Thomas Pender.
Power Suit
SGB asked some of the queenpins of women’s running: What piece of apparel makes you feel most powerful? By Jahla Seppanen Oiselle Founder Sally Bergesen | Roga Shorts “The Roga Shorts! This is the style that started it all, and still makes me feel fast, fierce and feminine.” Rabbit Co-founder, Monica DeVreese | Bunny Hop Tank “I […]
Is Pokémon Go The New Fitness?
Will the active lifestyle industry see an influx of new customers from virtual reality games that get players up and outside? By Jahla Seppanen July 6 may go down in history as the day fitness changed forever. On that Wednesday, Nintendo released the location-based augmented reality Pokémon Go mobile game for download in the U.S., Australia […]
Can a New EMS and Bob’s Survive Under Old Management?
Eastern Mountain Sports and Bob’s Stores exited bankruptcy reorganization July 19 under a new entity called Eastern Outfitters LLC, but its ownership and leadership pretty much remain the same.
Women’s Destination Races Fly, Share, Run
By Jahla Seppanen More than ever before, women are entering the running world by way of destination races. These events, whether 5k, 10k, half marathon, full marathon or fun runs, are responding with special programming and perks that cater to the ‘girls’ weekend.’ (i.e. Nike’s Women’s Running events that include Tiffany & Co. swag for […]
Suit Of Armor
The transformative power of today’s women’s running apparel, and how the industry is working against “body shamers.” By Jahla Seppanen Historically, the female body has been a battleground. It has been exploited, shamed, ridiculed and objectified. Everyone from politicians to brands, magazines and people on the street have something to say about how it should […]
Sports Market Shines for TomTom in Q2; Keep Watch on HD Map Investments
GPS brand reports double-digit growth for sports category during the second quarter. Plus, find out why the latest advances in the field could come from the automated vehicle trend.
Under Armour Spends $70.3 Million on New Headquarters Site
Under Armour reportedly purchased land in Port Covington, one of the largest urban renewals projects in the country taking place on the Baltimore, MD waterfront, in what The Baltimore Sun purports would be the brands new headquarters. The space cost the brand $70.3 million.
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