Academy Sports + Outdoors Announces Pricing Of IPO

Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc. announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 15.63 million shares of its common stock at $13.00 per share. Shares were priced below the projected range of $15 and $17 a share. Shares of Academy’s common stock are expected to begin trading Friday under the ticker symbol, “ASO.”

Compass Diversified Declares Third Quarter Distributions

Compass Diversified announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash distribution of 36 cents per share on the company’s common shares. The distribution for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and is payable on October 22, 2020 to all holders of record of Common Shares as of October 15, 2020.

Dick’s SG Announces Grand Opening Of 11 Stores, New Soccer Shops

Dick’s Sporting Goods will expand its national footprint with the opening of six Dick’s Sporting Goods stores, two combination Dick’s and Golf Galaxy locations and three Dick’s Sporting Goods Warehouse Sale locations in October. The retailer will also open a limited number of Soccer Shops, a new, shop-in-shop experience, starting later this month and host its first Loyalty Appreciation Week beginning October 5.

MarineMax Acquires SkipperBud’s

MarineMax Inc. announced the acquisition of SkipperBud’s and its affiliate, Silver Seas Yachts (collectively SkipperBud’s), growing its presence in the Great Lakes region and on the West Coast.

MLF/FLW Unify As One Brand

To further elevate the sport of tournament bass fishing and align multiple circuits as one company, Major League Fishing (MLF) announced its unification with Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) as one brand, transitioning all FLW brand assets to MLF.

Outdoor Foundation Appoints Managing Director

The Outdoor Foundation (OF), the philanthropic arm of Outdoor Industry Association (OIA),  announced that Stephanie Maez, a longtime strategic policy advocate and nonprofit executive and a former state legislator from New Mexico (House District 21), has been named its new managing director.

Dick’s SG To Eliminate Single-Use Plastic Bags By 2025

Dick’s Sporting Goods announced two major actions to help create a future free of single-use plastic bags: a commitment to remove all single-use point-of-sale plastic bags from its stores by 2025 and a partnership with Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy.