Carhartt to Open First Detroit Store

Carhartt plans to bring its first Carhartt-owned retail store to Detroit. After a lengthy real estate search, Carhartt has signed a long-term lease for a three-story, 51,000 square foot building in Midtown Detroit…

Igloo Renews as FLW Sponsor

Igloo Products Corp. renewed its partnership with FLW, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed…

EB Sport Group To Distribute P90X Products at Retail

EB Sport Group has partnered with Beachbody, LLC to launch a full range of its P90X branded products at retail to help fitness enthusiasts realize their goals. The products range from strength-building body weight exercise equipment to warm-up and recover

Skins Launches Satire-Laced Campaign Ridiculing FIFA

Skins, the maker of compression wear that has tied its brand to reforming professional sports, launched a satire-laced campaign for reforming FIFA this week by declaring its ''official'' non-sponsorship of football’s governing bo

Adidas Group Again Top Employer in Germany and China

The Adidas Group has again been recognized as an employer of choice in Germany and China. The German magazine Focus has this year again named the Adidas Group as the Top Employer in Germany. The Group thus maintains its top ranking in the category '&

Capita Super Corporation Announces New Factory

The Capita Super Corporation, the Seattle-based maker of snowboards and skateboards, announced that it is constructing The Mothership, describing it as “the most progressive snowboard production facility in the world.” Located on 7 acres in Feistritz a.d.

NICA Recognizes QBP Founder Steve Flagg

Quality Bicycle Products Founder Steve Flag was honored as the recipient of the Legacy Award at the 2014 National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) Awards for his work supporting high school mountain bike racing…”

Under Armour Appoints SVP of Footwear

Under Armour announced that Peter Ruppe has joined the organization’s executive leadership team as senior vice president of footwear. Ruppe led Nike’s basketball business for a decade and recently has been working…

Johnson Outdoors Launches EscapeToTheWater.com

Johnson Outdoors has launched a new website dedicated to paddlesports. EscapeToTheWater.com contains information about equipment, new products, excursion stories, fishing adventures, paddling tips and techniques…

Bosch Opens North American EBike Headquarters

Following its entry into the U.S. eBike market in early 2014, Bosch has established a new headquarters office for Bosch eBike Systems (www.bosch-ebike.us) in Southern California, expanding the business unit’s global operations in the U.S. and Canada

Two Ten Footwear Foundation Earns Charity Recognition

Two Ten Footwear Foundation, the national charitable foundation serving the footwear industry, today announced that it has again earned a coveted 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s leading independent charity evaluator…