Berkshire Partners LLC and the investment arm of New Balance acquired The Rockport Company (TRC) from the Adidas Group and will combine it with the Cobb Hill, Aravon and Dunham brands to form The Rockport Group…
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Kohl’s Partners with Shay Mitchell on Athleisure Line
Kohl’s Department Stores has partnered with actress and fitness enthusiast, Shay Mitchell, on a brand new capsule collection of athleisure apparel launching exclusively at Kohl’s this back-to-school season. Named Fit to Wander…
Dick’s SG to Open Stores in Valparaiso, IN and Bismarck, ND
Dick's Sporting Goods announced grand opening festivities for new stores in Valparaiso, IN and Bismarck, ND…
Vista Outdoor Closes CamelBak Deal, Plans $300 MM Debt Sale
Vista Outdoor Inc. completed its $412.5 million acquisition of CamelBak Products Inc. Monday and said it plans to sell $300 million in unsecured debt to qualified investors to repay a portion of its existing indebtedness and for general corporate purpose
Intertek Reports Apparel and Footwear Brands Drove Growth in First Half
Intertek reported supply chain diversification and chemicals testing by apparel and footwear companies drove growth at its fasting growing segment in the first half of the year…
Field and Stream to Open Second Alabama Location
Field & Stream will open its second store in Alabama and thirteenth location nationwide on Thursday, Aug. 6th at Patton Creek in Hoover, AL…
SportsOneSource Named New Platinum Sponsor of Outdoor Foundation’s Outsiders Ball
The Outdoor Foundation announced that The SportsOneSource Group, the leading Internet portal for the active lifestyle industry, has signed on as a Platinum Sponsor of the 2015 Outsiders Ball…
Report: Adidas Making Bid for James Harden
Adidas is making a bid to sign Houston Rockets star shooting guard James Harden away from Nike, according to ESPN. The bid till total $200 million over 13 years, according to the report…
CamelBak Margins Earn Rich Offer from from Vista Outdoor
Vista Outdoor Inc.'s agreement to pay 11.5 times Camelbak Product Inc.'s expected 2015 EBITDA does not seem so rich when one compares the companies' margins. Despite a three-year decline, CamelBak's gross margins are much fatter, which
Pure Barre to Open First Canadian Studio
Pure Barre, the largest and most established barre concept in North America, plans to open it international location in Canada. The Canadian studio is slated to open in…
Sturm, Ruger’s New Incentive Program Helps it Beat Q2 Expectations
Sturm, Ruger & Company Inc. said distributor response to its first summer incentive program for dealers helped it beat Wall Street estimates in the second quarter…
Sturm, Ruger’s New Incentive Program Helps it Beat Q2 Expectations
Sturm, Ruger and Company Inc. said distributor response to its first summer incentive program for dealers and happy workers at its new factory in North Carolina helped it beat Wall Street estimates in the second quarter…
PHIT America to Hold Inactivity Seminar
PHIT America will hold a webinar Thursday, August 13, exploring the ‘Inactivity Pandemic’ what PHIT America is doing to reverse these trends, and what others can do…
Golf Rounds Slide in June
According to Golf Datatech, golf rounds played on a national level were down 2.0 percent in June 2015 compared to June 2014. The biggest regional decline came in New England, down 7.4 percent…
Columbia Ups Guidance to Reflect Record Q2, Sorel Orders
Record second quarter results, strong demand for Sorel footwear and earlier orders from major retailers eager to land their fall and winter merchandize sooner prompted Columbia Sportswear Company to up its guidance for fiscal 2015 sales Thursday…