Under Armour has signed Memphis Depay, one of the most promising young footballers in the world, to an endorsement deal. The winger, currently the leading goal scorer in the Dutch Eredivisie…
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Garmin Signs First Snowboarders
Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., will sponsor the 2015 Winter X-Games gold medal winning snowboarders Mark McMorris and Silje Norendal as their official action cam and watch provider…
Running Specialty Group Acquires JackRabbit Sports
The Running Specialty Group (RSG) has acquired JackRabbit Sports, consisting of four locations in the New York City market. Additionally, JackRabbit owner and founder, Lee Silverman, will join RSG’s leadership team in Denver a senior vice president
Dick’s SG Plans Openings for Spring Hill, FL and Marietta, GA
Dick's Sporting Goods set grand opening celebrations for stores in Spring Hill, FL and Marietta, GA…
Vista Outdoor Names Vice President of Marketing
Vista Outdoor Inc., the parent of Bushnell, Federal Premium, Savage Arms, Primos, Blackhawk! and Bollé, hired Brett Merrell to serve as its vice president of marketing…
Team Dealer Market in Carolinas Shifts to New Location
The tenth annual Team Dealer Market (TDM) will be held on June 8 to 10, 2015 at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, NC. The show is attended by team dealers and sporting goods stores from North Carolina and South Carolina…
Vasque Sponsors Jeff Lowe’s Award Winning Film Metanoia
Red Wing Shoes and Vasque footwear will be the presenting sponsor of the award winning film, Metanoia, a film about Jeff Lowe and his life as a climber and ability to defy odds after his health took a turn for the worse…
Polar Partners with MyFitnessPal
Polar, the maker of heart rate sensors, training apps, wearable sports devices and activity trackers, has partnered with MyFitnessPal…
Boot Barn Prices Secondary Offering
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. priced its secondary offering of 5.42 million shares of the company's common stock at a price of $23.50 per share…
Golf Galaxy Sets Grand Opening For Relocated Store in Columbus, OH
Golf Galaxy will open its relocated store in Columbus, OH during a grand opening celebration on…
Pensole Pensole Footwear Design Academy Raises $4MM in Funding
Pensole Footwear Design Academy, based in Portland, OR, raised $4 million in partnership with San Francisco-based Rooy Inc…
SOLS Raises $11.1M Series B Funding
SOLS, a developer of mass customized 3D printed footwear, completed an $11.1 million Series B funding round to boost its consumer product pipeline…
Weyco’s Q4 Revenues Jump 21 Percent
Weyco Group, Inc., the parent of Bogs, reported net sales for the fourth quarter of 2014 were $95.3 million, an increase of 21 percent from 2013 net sales of $78.5 million.. Bogs wholesale revenues surged 69 percent…
Zumiez EVP of Stores Retires
Zumiez Inc. said Ford K. Wright, its EVP of stores, plans to retire, effective Mar. 20…
Jawbone Seeking Investors
Jawbone, the fitness wearable, is close to receiving a major investment from BlackRock, according to a report from Fortune…
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