Ortovox has recalled about 3,000 of its S1+ Avalanche Transceivers because they can fail, resulting in an inability to transmit a discoverable signal during an emergency…
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47 Partners with Historic Black Fives Foundation
'47 Brand unveiled a partnership with the Black Fives Foundation, a non-profit organization that works to research, preserve, showcase, and teach the history of African Americans in basketball…
Crailar Technologies Considering Strategic Options
Crailar Technologies Inc.'s board of directors has formed a special committee to oversee a review of the company's strategic and financial options…
Majestic Lands Liverpool Football Club Apparel Business
Majestic Athletic has signed a global apparel partnership with Liverpool Football Club bringing together two of the world's leading brands in sport. As part of the deal, Majestic receives a global license to design, manufacture, and distribute a broa
Boot Barn Acquires Sheplers
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sheplers, Inc., a 116-year old western lifestyle company with 25 retail locations across the United States and an e-commerce business, for a purchase price of $147 million in cash…
NSGA: Sporting Goods Market Grows 2 percent in 2014
Consumer-reported retail sales of sporting goods equipment, athletic footwear and athletic apparel increased 2 percent in 2014, according to the 2015 edition of the NSGA Sporting Goods Market report, which was released by the National Sporting Goods Assoc
Brooks Running Survey Finds Friends Trump Fitness Trackers
According to a survey from Brooks Running Co., 32 percent of Americans say they’d choose a friend as their go-to training partner, followed by 24 percent a digital fitness tracker, and 20 percent…
Running USA: Thousands to Participate in National Running Day
National Running Day, a coast-to-coast celebration of running and a collaboration with top U.S. running organizations to promote running as a healthy and accessible form of exercise, will take place on Wednesday, June 3, it was announced today by Running
Vibram USA Acquires Quabaug Corporation
Vibram has acquired the soling assets of Quabaug Corporation, its U.S. manufacturing and distribution partner since 1965. Vibram USA and Quabaug will now do business as Quabaug Vibram Innovation…
Bicycle Corporation of America to Host Asian Vendors at SC Plant
Bicycle Corporation of America will host a delegation of parts suppliers from Asia at its new assembly plant in South Carolina in September in hopes of persuading some to…
Fits Named Official Sock of GoPro Mountain Games
Fits, American maker of premium performance and lifestyle sock wear, announced it will again step up as the 2015 GoPro Summer Mountain Games Official Sock Sponsor…
RECALL: 160 GT Downhill Mountain Bikes
Cycling Sports Group (CSG) recalled about 160 of its GT downhill mountain bikes after determining front wheel hub can break and cause the disc brake system to fail and pose crash and injury hazards to the rider and others…
Genesco’s Q1 Earnings Miss Wall Street Targets
Genesco Inc. reported earnings slid 29.3 percent in its first quarter to $9.9 million, or 42 cents a share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 51 cents per share, falling well short of Wall Street's consensus estimate of 68 cents a
Sportsman’s Warehouse Slows Comps Decline in Fiscal Q1
Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings Inc. reported net sales increased by 9.1 percent in the fiscal first quarter ended May 2 compared with the year earlier quarter as it comped against more modest firearms sales…
Remington Outdoor Reports Sharply Higher Second Quarter Loss
Remington Outdoor Company reported sharply higher losses in the first quarter ending March 29 as sales declined by $53.9 million, or 21.2 percent…
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