Sports/Fitness

Amazon Freezes Corporate Hiring In Retail Segment

Oct 4, 2022SGB Updates

Amazon has halted all corporate hiring for its retail business through the end of 2022, according to an internal announcement obtained by The New York Times. (Read More)

P.volve To Open First Canadian Fitness Studio

Oct 4, 2022SGB Updates

P.volve, the women's fitness studio, announced it would open its first Canadian studio in Victoria, BC's Hudson District, in the spring of 2023. (Read More)

IFit Hires New CEO

Oct 4, 2022SGB Updates

IFit, Inc., the parent of NordicTrack, hired Kevin Duffy as chief executive officer, effective immediately. Previously, he was CEO of Sound United, parent of the Bowers & Wilkins and Denon audio brands. (Read More)

Academy Sports Opens New Store In Indiana

Oct 4, 2022SGB Updates

Academy Sports + Outdoors will officially open a new store in Jeffersonville, IN, located at 1600 Veterans Pkwy, in the Jeffersonville Town Center, on October 7. (Read More)

Dickies Names Senior Director, Global Growth And Performance Marketing

Oct 4, 2022SGB Updates

Dickies hired Justin Bones as senior director of global growth and performance marketing to oversee its North America marketing, strategy, planning, and execution for new customer acquisition and retention. (Read More)

NRF Report: Consumers Continue To Spend Despite Inflationary Worries

Oct 3, 2022SGB Updates

Consumers continue to worry about high inflation and the Federal Reserve interest rate hikes intended to bring inflation down, but neither has stopped them from spending, according to the National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz. (Read More)

Obit: Dan Wieden, Co-Founder, Wieden + Kennedy

Oct 3, 2022SGB Updates

Dan Wieden, the Co-Founder of Wieden + Kennedy who coined Nike's phrase, "Just do it," passed away at the age of 77. (Read More)

F45 Confirms Buyout Offer

Oct 3, 2022SGB Updates

F45 Training Holdings Inc., the fitness studio, confirmed that it received an unsolicited preliminary non-binding proposal from Kennedy Lewis Investment Management LP (KLIM) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of the company, not already beneficially owned by KLIM. (Read More)

Peloton Partners With Hilton Hotels

Oct 3, 2022SGB Updates

Peloton Interactive, Inc. announced a partnership with Hilton Hotels, making Hilton the first hospitality brand to feature Peloton's bikes across its U.S. hotel portfolio. (Read More)

Spanx Promotes Kim Jones To CEO

Oct 3, 2022SGB Updates

Spanx, LLC. announced that Kim Jones had been promoted to CEO effective immediately. Jones takes over the top executive position from Spanx founder Sara Blakely, who remains executive chairwoman. (Read More)

Amazon Freezes Corporate Hiring In Retail Segment

P.volve To Open First Canadian Fitness Studio

IFit Hires New CEO

Academy Sports Opens New Store In Indiana

Dickies Names Senior Director, Global Growth And Performance Marketing

NRF Report: Consumers Continue To Spend Despite Inflationary Worries

Obit: Dan Wieden, Co-Founder, Wieden + Kennedy

F45 Confirms Buyout Offer

Peloton Partners With Hilton Hotels

Spanx Promotes Kim Jones To CEO

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