Muscle Up Marketing Partners With ABC Financial

Muscle Up Marketing, a full-service marketing firm specializing in serving the health and fitness industry, announced its partnership with ABC Financial, the leading software and payment processing provider to the health and fitness industry.

Badger Sportswear Investigating Report Chinese Detainees Are Making Products

Shipments from a factory located at an internment camp in China’s Xinjiang region went to Badger Sportswear, based in Statesville, NC, according to a report from the Associated Press.  On Sunday, John Anton, CEO Founder Sport Group, the parent of Badger Sportswear, told the AP that the company is investigating the shipments and will source product from other locations in the meantime.

Accell Group To Explore Sale Of U.S. Business

In an update on its recently sharpened ‘Lead Global, Win Local’-strategy, Accell Group said it determined that the U.S. business is a non-core asset and management will explore a sale of the unit. Accell’s cycling brands sold in the U.S. include Raleigh, Diamondback and Redline.

Vineyard Vines Launches NFL In-Store Pop-Up At Grand Central Terminal

Vineyard Vines, the lifestyle brand known for its smiling pink whale logo, announced the debut of a pop-up in-store activation at Vineyard Vines Grand Central. The Unlock Your NFL Fan Style experience is in partnership with the National Football League (NFL), and will celebrate the Vineyard Vines’ idea that Every Game Day Should Feel This […]

Tariff Talk: How Is The Industry Responding?

GoPro last week announced plans to move most of its U.S.-bound camera production out of China by the summer of 2019 to mitigate the potential impact of inclusion on any new tariff lists. With significant uncertainty continuing, here’s an update from a few industry execs from third-quarter conference calls on what they’re planning to do to mitigate the potential tariff impact.

Garmin Health Partners With Medical Wearable

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., announced a collaboration with ActiGraph to explore creation of innovative health and activity monitoring solutions that would utilize Garmin wearables and ActiGraph‘s CentrePoint data analytics platform for academic research, clinical trials, and remote patient monitoring.

November Retail Sales Increase 5 Percent

November retail sales were up 0.7 percent seasonally adjusted from October and increased 5 percent unadjusted year-over-year, completing the first half of the holiday shopping season with spending on track to easily meet the National Retail Federation’s forecast, NRF said.