The Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition (OIWC) stated that its 20th anniversary will include a name change to Camber Outdoors in order to better reflect its outdoor industry work.
Category: Sports/Fitness
Youfit Opens in Baltimore
Youfit has opened a second health club in the Baltimore County area.
Trending: Fitness & Wellness Travel
Virtuoso, an international luxury travel network, is honing in on a growing niche dubbed wellness travel which encompasses “physical, mental and social well-being, as well as spiritual health,” said Albert Herrera, SVOP of Global Product Partnerships, Virtuoso.
Urban Outfitters Erases Activewear Brand, Launches Adidas Line
Almost a year after Urban Outfitters pulled its fitness & outdoors brand, the lifestyle company turns to Adidas for an activewear boost.
Fitbit Q2 Sales Vault on New Products
Although profits fell due to continued investments in research and marketing, Fitbit Inc. continued to defy critics by reporting sales that kept surging ahead in the second quarter.
USATF Signs Exclusive Nutrition Deal
USA Track & Field (USATF) signed nutrition company Garden of Life as an official sponsor, to exclusively provide protein bard, powder, shakes and probiotic products to athletes.
Brooks Running Company Appoints New Leadership
Brooks Running Company promoted Patrick Pons de Vier to senior vice president of Global Footwear and hired Gerald Kuhtz as senior design director of Global Footwear.
Nike Acquires Virgin Mega
Nike Inc. said it acquired Virgin Mega, a 12-person startup that is part of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group.
Performance Sports Group Lays Off Employees
Performance Sports Group Ltd. announced additional corporate restructuring activities which will result in the company reducing its workforce across several areas and levels of the organization.
Hanesbrands’ Q2 Impacted by Activewear and Innerwear Weakness
Although earnings just missed Wall Street’s quarterly profit targets, officials assured investors that its guidance for the full year remained in line with plans.
Big 5 Fights Off Liquidation Pressures in Q2
Big 5 Sporting Goods reported earnings fell 19.2 percent in the second quarter due to the impact of liquidation sales by Sports Authority and Sport Chalet but they still came in ahead of internal expectations.
Fitbit Exceeds Q2 Views, Reaffirms Full-Year Guidance
Fitbit Inc. reported earnings in the second quarter fell sharply but came in ahead of Wall Street’s estimates for second-quarter sales and earnings.
HanesBrands Q2 Revenues Slip
HanesBrands, the parent of Champion, reported that consistent with the company’s expectations, net sales in the second quarter decreased 3 percent to $1.47 billion.
Big 5’s Q2 Earnings Drop
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. reported earnings slid 19.2 percent in the second quarter as same-store sales declined 1.7 percent.
Dorel’s IBD Unit Names US GM, Supply Chain Chief
Cycling Sports Group, which owns Cannondale, named a new supply chain chief and a general manager for its U.S. independent bicycle dealer channel.
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