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Walmart Laying Off Thousands Of Warehouse Employees

Mar 23, 2023SGB Updates

Walmart is laying off hundreds of employees at its e-commerce fulfillment centers nationwide. The company said it made the cuts “to better prepare for the future needs of customers.” (Read More)

Flag Football Gets More Structure With Key Partnership Deal

Mar 23, 2023SGB Updates

RCX Sports, the official operating partner of NFL Flag, has inked a new partnership with NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation. The collaboration is focused on increasing flag football participation, programming and training across college campuses in the intramural and club sports arenas. (Read More)

Rawlings Extends Partnership With Northwoods League

Mar 23, 2023SGB Updates

Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc. will remain the exclusive supplier of baseballs, helmets, protective gear, uniforms, and wood bats for the Northwoods League through 2028. Rawlings has been a sponsor of the league since 2005. (Read More)

Manufacturers Report: Active Lifestyle Market Grew 4.3 Percent In 2022

Mar 23, 2023SGB Updates

Product sales in the sporting goods, fitness and related recreation markets grew 4.3 percent last year, building on record sales growth in 2021, according to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association’s 2023 Manufacturers Sales by Category Report. (Read More)

Pickleball4America Merges With US Open Pickleball Championships

Mar 23, 2023SGB Updates

Pickleball4America, a newly formed company focused on developing businesses around pickleball, made a series of announcements highlighted by its merger with the US Open Pickleball Championships, launching a Ballpark Festival Series and the closure of its initial round of funding. (Read More)

Report: Sports Direct Eyes Merger With France’s Go Sport

Mar 23, 2023SGB Updates

Frasers Group Plc, the parent of Sports Direct and House of Fraser, is reportedly exploring acquiring France’s Go Sport chain out of insolvency as part of a broader plan to expand in Europe. (Read More)

Nike, BSN Sports Co-Partner With University Of Southern Indiana

Mar 23, 2023SGB Updates

Based in Evansville, IN, the University of Southern Indiana (USI) established a new athletic partnership with Nike and BSN Sports. (Read More)

Life Time To Open Luxury Residential Complex In Burlington

Mar 23, 2023SGB Updates

Life Time reported it plans to open a Lifetime Living residential complex in Burlington, MA, this summer that will share a campus with Life Time's Burlington athletic country club. (Read More)

Aleck Acquires Tocsen

Mar 22, 2023SGB Updates

Aleck, the maker of wireless audio and communication systems for outdoor sports, has acquired Tocsen, the German maker of intelligent helmet-mounted crash sensors. (Read More)

Survey: Proposed Golf Ball Rule Receives Mixed Response

Mar 22, 2023SGB Updates

On the heels of the USGA/R&A’s proposal for a “Modified Local Rule” for elite competition that reduces the overall distance a golf ball would travel at extremely high speeds, a new survey provides immediate analysis of where Serious Golfers stand on the issue. (Read More)

Walmart Laying Off Thousands Of Warehouse Employees

Flag Football Gets More Structure With Key Partnership Deal

Rawlings Extends Partnership With Northwoods League

Manufacturers Report: Active Lifestyle Market Grew 4.3 Percent In 2022

Pickleball4America Merges With US Open Pickleball Championships

Report: Sports Direct Eyes Merger With France’s Go Sport

Nike, BSN Sports Co-Partner With University Of Southern Indiana

Life Time To Open Luxury Residential Complex In Burlington

Aleck Acquires Tocsen

Survey: Proposed Golf Ball Rule Receives Mixed Response

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