Unequal Technologies has begun selling its customized, concealed sports protection through its first retail dealer. Schuylkill Valley Sports (SV Sports) will begin carrying Unequal's Head Protection Zone, a suite of supplemental head padding for athl
Category: Outdoor
Saucony’s Duane Solomon Crowned 800M Champion
Saucony announced that Olympian and Saucony athlete Duane Solomon ran a world-leading time of 1:43.27 to win the 800-meter final at the USA Outdoor National Track & Field Championships this past Sunday in Des Moines, Iowa…
Polaroid Signs Wakeboarding Stars
Polaroid signed wakeboarding and wakesurfing phenoms Noah and Keenan Flegel to promote their new line of mountable hi-definition sports action cameras…
Hi-Tec Sports Launches Online Training Platform for Retail Partners
Hi-Tec Sports launched an online training platform to support staff training and provide exclusive incentives to its retail partners. The new platform, HTM360.com, has been custom designed to support the Hi-Tec brand and its sister brand, Magnum…
NICA Names 22 Mountain Biking Luminaries to Honorary Board
The National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) announced an honorary board of directors, comprising a group of prominent figures in the cycling industry who are actively contributing to NICA’s efforts to achieve its mission of developing hi
Toms Shoe Donations Hit 10 Million Pairs
Blake Mycoskie, founder and chief shoe giver of Toms, announced that through its Giving Partners the company has hand-placed over 10 million pairs of new shoes on children in need since he founded the company in 2006. The company has also helped give sigh
Trek to Launch Own WorldTour Team in 2014
Trek Bicycle has reached an agreement with Leopard SA to acquire its WorldTour racing license to create a new pro cycling team debuting in 2014. While it has been a named sponsor since the team's inception in 2010, ownership will enable Trek to creat
Shimano to Invest $36 Million in Philippines Bike Components Factory
Shimano’s subsidiary in Singapore is investing approximately $36 million to build a bicycle components factory in the Philippines to better serve the emerging market, the company announced…
NIH Study Finds Typical US Teen Eats Poorly, Gets Little Exercise
Only about half of U.S. adolescents are physically active five or more days of the week, and fewer than one in three eat fruits and vegetables daily, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health…
Implus-EU Names Director of Outdoor Sales
Implus Corporation said Hamish Ogilvie will join Implus-EU as director of outdoor sales in August. Ogilvie comes to Implus from Grangers, where he was the sales and marketing director. The decision to bring Ogilvie on board coincides with a sales reorgani
Boa Technology Deepens Its Support of Triathlon
Boa Technology Inc., which has recently launched triathlon-specific footwear with partner brands Zoot and Specialized, is sponsoring nine triathlons in 2013, including the Ironman 70.3 race in Boulder, Colorado, on August 4, and the Ironman World Champion
NSGA: Consumer Sporting Goods Sales Grew 7 Percent in 2012
A surge in hunting and firearms sales in 2012 helped specialty sporting goods stores become the leading outlets for sporting goods sales for the first time in the more than 30-years, according to the 2013 edition of the NSGA Sporting Goods Market report.
Pentland Group Revenues Rose 14.2 Percent in 2012
Pentland Group’s revenues rose 14.2 percent in 2012, with the London Olympics fueling growth for Speedo…
Dick’s Sporting Goods Launches Digital Training Platform for Athletes
Dick's Sporting Goods launched a digital training platform with sports training provider, IMG Academy, to help athletes maximize performance beginning “Day One” of each new season…
Real Spending on Travel and Tourism Surged in First Quarter
Real spending on travel and tourism accelerated in the first quarter of 2013, increasing at an annual rate of 6.8 percent after increasing 2.1 percent (revised) in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis at the U.S. Depart
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