BucketFeet, which creates shoes bearing the designs of artists from around the world, raised $3 million in venture capital from Wintrust Ventures, according to the Chicago Tribune…
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Total Hockey Acquires Players Bench
Total Hockey has acquired Denver-based Players Bench in a deal that will add eight stores in Colorado, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin and Ohio…
Champ Sports to Open Under Armour In-Store Shop
Champs Sports, which is part of Foot Locker Inc., is collaborating with Under Armour to launch The Armoury at Champs Sports. This premium store-within-a-store will open later this month at the Champs Sports store in The Mall in Columbia, MD…
Rawlings to Exit Football Equipment Categories
Rawlings Sporting Goods will halt production of football helmets and shoulder pads this year, according to a report by the St. Louis Dispatch. The company, which had entered the football helmet market in 2010, will continue to make footballs and apparel a
Brooks Running Announces Coach of the Year
Brooks Running crowned Manuel Castellanos of Lakeview Charter High School in San Fernando, CA as its Coach of the Year…
Gander Mountain to Open Store in Chesterfield, M0
Gander Mountain will open its newest Missouri location in Chesterfield this fall…
Clif Bar Supports Organic Agricultural Research
Clif Bar & Company and Organic Valley named the University of Wisconsin-Madison as the recipient of the nation’s first endowed chair focused on plant breeding for organic crops…
Jockey Debuts Footwear
Jockey International Inc. has granted Eastman Group the first license to produce men's and women's casual footwear under the Jockey brand name…
Sport Chek Launches First Broadcast In Maple Leaf Square Flagship Store
Sport Chek's flagship store in Maple Leaf Square will be home to a first-of-its-kind, fully integrated broadcast-ready studio, according to the Canadian retailer…
Soccer.com Teams with Makita in Annual Sweepstakes
Soccer.com, which claims to be the largest online soccer retailer in the world, launched the Seventh Annual El Tricolor Contest in partnership with the Makita USA…
Electric Co-Founder Kip Arnette Retires
Electric, the eyewear brand aimed at the action sports space, announced today that Kip Arnette, its co-founder, is retiring after 15 years with the brand…
Avex Launches #ItTakesADrop Campaign
Avex, the reusable water bottle brand, plans to launch its #ItTakesADrop campaign on July 1 to help raise awareness about protecting and preserving access to water…
Crocs Launches Twitter Campaign
Crocs partnered with advertising agency McKinney to launch a new interactive advertising campaign on Twitter. The campaign allows users to style their own fashion show that takes place virtually…
Senate Vote Boosts Odds of Pacific Rim Trade Deal
The Senate voted 60-37 on Tuesday to close debate and advance legislation granting the Obama administration so called “fast-track” authority to wrap up negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact…
Yue Yuen Profits Up in Q1
Yue Yuen reported sales in the first quarter rose 7.3 percent to $1.97 billion compared to the same period last year. Net profits rose 28.4 percent…
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