Newton Running will open its new flagship store at Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, CO on March 14…
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New Balance Foundation Supports Billion Mile Race to Combat Obesity
ChildObesity180 at Tufts University, The New Balance Foundation, and the 100 Mile Club have announced a new collaboration focused on increasing quality physical activity for children. The New Balance Foundation has pledged $2.55 million in support…
Kent Secures Rights to Sell Goodyear Bike Tires and Tubes
Kent International will begin supplying Walmart and Dunham's with Goodyear-branded bicycle tires and tubes this spring thanks to a new licensing deal with The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company…
Terramar Sponsors Big City Mountaineers
Terramar Sports will donate its base layers and provide financial support to Big City Mountaineers, its newest non-profit partner…
San Diego Accelerator Graduates New Class
San Diego Sport Innovators (SDSI) announced the latest graduates of its business accelerator program, which seeks to grow Southern California’s sports and active lifestyle economy…
Schutt Sports Honored with Two Manufacturing Awards
Schutt Sports received two manufacturing awards that recognize excellence in innovation and customization from the Manufacturing Leadership Community…
Escalade’s Robert Griffin to Resign from Board
Escalade, Inc. said Robert E. Griffin, its chairman and former CEO, will retire from its board of directors, effective Apr. 24…
Smith and Wesson’s Q3 Sales Decline 11 Percent
Smith & Wesson reported third-quarter sales sunk 10.5 percent but exceeded the high end of its guidance range as a result of order strength from distributors and key retailers in January 2015. Earnings from continuing operations declined 59.2 percent to $
Bogs Revenues Surge in Q4
Bogs wholesale revenues in North America jumped 69 percent the fourth quarter, driven by increased sales of women's and children's boots in the U.S. and Canada, according to its parent, Weyco Group, Inc. “The surge in shipments reflected i

Dick’s SG Ends 2014 With a Rally
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. began 2014 on a weak note due to struggling golf and hunting categories but a more aggressive marketing stance and some merchandising tweaks helped the sporting goods retailing giant close the year with a winning quarter..
LaserMax Appoints New Sales Director
LaserMax, producer of laser sighting and illumination tools for firearms, appointed Shari-Lynn Fix as director of distribution and international sales…
PeopleForBikes Releases Initial U.S. Bicycling Participation Benchmarking Report
Approximately one in three Americans over the age of two rode a bicycle at least one day in the past year, according to a first of its kind study PeopleForBikes commissioned to…
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…