PGA Tour Superstore is partnering with Rickie Fowler, one of the PGA Tour's rising young stars, and Cobra Puma Golf as part of a multi-faceted Custom Fit Campaign and Meet Rickie promotion…
Category: Outdoor
RECALL: Bauer Goalie Masks
Bauer Hockey is recalling about 2,500 goalie masks and replacement wire cages. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the metal wires on the cages can break…
Study: Many Hockey Helmets Unsafe
In its first release of a five-star ratings system for hockey helmets judging their abilities to help prevent concussions, Virginia Tech found that only one of 32 tested helmets earned three stars with all other models faring worse in laboratory impact te
Montane Sponsors Top Ranked Adventure Racing Team
Montane has sponsored its first adventure racing team as part of its growing emphasis on the U.S. market…
Billabong Announces Support of Surfaid International
Billabong will be a supporting partner to SurfAid’s flagship program in Nias Indonesia. Running for three years, SurfAid’s program in Nias has successfully increased the quality of health services for countless mothers and children…
Nathan Sports Re-Ups Runner Sponsorships
Nathan Sports extended partnerships with four of the brand’s elite runners – Emily Harrison, Stephanie Howe, Michael Wardian and Ian Torrence. On the heels of last week’s addition of Rob Krar…
UK Bike Dealer Evans Cycles on the Auction Block
PAI Partners, the Paris-based private equity firm that acquired Europe's largest outdoor retailer in February, is considering acquiring U.K. Trek and Specialized dealer Evans Cycles from a British PE firm, The Telegraph reported…
Puma and Italian Football Federation Extend Partnership
Puma and The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced a new comprehensive partnership that will see Puma operate as the FIGC’s lead partner into the next decade…
Net Shoes Raises $45MM in Fresh Capital for Latin American Expansion
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Riverwood Capital, a risk capital fund specialized in technology, announced a $45 million equity investment in Netshoes to help promote the growth of the online retail sector in Latin America…
Tifosi Names Benelux Distributor
Tifosi Optics USA appointed Kruitbosch (Zwolle, Netherlands) as the new and exclusive supplier of Tifosi sports eyewear for Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, effective immediately…
The Finish Line’s Q4 Earnings Top Estimates
The Finish Line reported earnings declined 5.4 percent to $40.4 million, or 87 cents in its fourth quarter ended Feb. 28, but adjusted earnings topped Wall Street's consensus target. Sales improved 6.3 percent to $551.3 million with comps ahead 2.6 p
Quiksilver Appoints Pierre Agnes CEO
Quiksilver, Inc. announced that Pierre Agnes, president of Quiksilver, Inc., has been promoted to chief executive officer and added to the board of directors. He succeeds Andy Mooney, who is no longer with the company…
Lululemon Eyes Larger Stores to Accommodate Men’s Business
Lululemon Athletica Inc. will be opening larger stores in select markets to accommodate it growing men's business, which comped up 16 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter executives said during the company's fourth quarter earnings call. The com
Late Deliveries Reduce PacSun Comps in Fiscal First Quarter
Pacific Sunwear of California joined a growing list of companies tempering their first quarter sales and earnings guidance because a backlog of containers at West Coast ports delayed deliveries of key spring products…
Park City Approves $50 Million Plan to Connect Local Ski Resorts
Vail Resorts, Inc. has received unanimous approval from the Park City Planning Commission to implement one of the most ambitious and impactful capital plans in the history of the U.S. ski industry for the 2015-16 season…
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