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Category: Sports/Fitness
Famed Golf Club Designer Richard Parente Passes Away
As the first President of Callaway Golf, Parente was instrumental in creating the first production-milled putters and the S2H2 designs. He pioneered the first milled driver heads and developed AVDP, a lightweight grip-and-shaft system designed for faster swinging irons and drivers. Parente has over 30 golf patents.
Perfect Moment Enlists Sales Agencies in Southern Europe and Japan
These new Southern Europe and Japan agencies partnerships with TBrand and Maison DixSept follow Perfect Moment’s recently announced North America sales agency partnership with CD Network.
EXEC: SGB 2025 Look Ahead with Trade Association Leaders
Trade associations representing the active lifestyle space shared their concerns with SGB Executive regarding potential tariffs, supply chain disruptions and the likelihood of an unstable economy in 2025. However, they were generally upbeat about the year ahead.
EXEC: SGB 2024 Year in Review Wrap Up
If you are just back from two weeks in Fiji, never fear as SGB Media has you covered on the people, brands and issues that made 2024 a year to forget for many retailers and brands in the active lifestyle space.
Crunch Franchisee to Open Newest Location in Gainesville, GA
Crunch Gainesville, GA, a 40,158-square-foot fitness facility, will open in late Spring/early Summer 2025, and be among the first clubs with the company’s updated 3.0 design.
Shade Headwear Expands Golf Veteran Sales Team with Three Adds
On a combined basis, Chris Alcocer, Matt Seare and Mike Meka bring nearly 90 years of sales experience to the Shade Headwear brand.
Unrivaled Sports Acquires Rocker B Ranch for Baseball and Multi-Sport Division
The venue includes four baseball fields and resort-style amenities, including lodging, food and beverage, two swimming pools, a fishing pond, and a music venue. The property also includes volleyball, basketball and tennis courts.
PickleRage to Open in Glen Burnie, MD
PickleRage Glen Burnie will open on January 17 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Northern Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce.
SGB 2024 Year in Review: Active Lifestyle Stocks Under Pressure Again in 2024
For the third consecutive year, stocks in the active lifestyle market were impacted by inflation woes, tepid consumer spending and the larger public companies, including Nike, Lululemon, Columbia Sportswear and Topgolf Callaway Brands, all lost sales momentum.
SGB 2024 Year in Review: Most Read Articles for the Year
Top reads included a piece at No.1 most read addressing Chiefs’ QB Patrick Mahomes’ cracked helmet during the playoffs in January, downsizing at Orvis, Yeti’s thought process on Mystery Ranch deal, HeyDude and Jelly Roll’s global partnership launch, and Nike, Inc. putting the band back together after appointing Elliott Hill as CEO in October 2024.
SGB 2024 Year in Review: A Shifting Market Impacts the Largest Active Lifestyle Brands
The top news trends for the year were primarily centered around turnaround efforts at some of the biggest public companies in the active lifestyle market.
Crunch Franchisee to Open Crunch Gym in Colleyville, Texas
CR Fitness Holdings, LLC will open Crunch Colleyville in Spring 2025. The franchisee has 74 locations in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, and Tennessee and plans to expand into Arizona.
Recall: Precor Resolute Cable Multi-Station Exercise Equipment
Precor has received nine reports of the pulley dropping during use, including two minor head injuries. The product was manufactured in China and sold to fitness facilities nationwide from July 2023 through October 2024 for between $3,020 and $3,340.
Golf Datatech: Rounds Played Rose in November 2024
U.S. rounds played were up +3.0 percent for the month and up +2.6 percent YTD when compared to November 2023.
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