Mizuno Expands Partnership with Back on My Feet
Mizuno is extending its commitment to Back on My Feet, becoming the official national running shoe provider for the nonprofit organization…
UA Names Fulks President of Footwear and Innovation
Under Armour Inc. said Kip J. Fulks, one of the original founders of Under Armour and formerly the company’s chief operating officer and president of product, has been named president of footwear and innovation…
Brown Shoe Realigns Reportable Segments
Brown Shoe Company is realigning its reportable segments following the sale of Shoes.com in December. The new segments are Famous Footwear and Brand Portfolio…
Quiksilver Postpones Q1 Earnings Release Pending Investigation
Quiksilver Inc. postponed the release of its first quarter earnings that had been scheduled for Thursday after management brought “a revenue cut-off issue” to the attention of its Audit Committee…
LaserMax Appoints New Sales Director
LaserMax, producer of laser sighting and illumination tools for firearms, appointed Shari-Lynn Fix as director of distribution and international sales…
San Diego Accelerator Graduates New Class
San Diego Sport Innovators (SDSI) announced the latest graduates of its business accelerator program, which seeks to grow Southern California’s sports and active lifestyle economy…
GoPro Mountain Games Opens Athlete Registration
The GoPro Mountain Games opened athlete registration Monday for this summer's games, which will feature more than $110,000 in prize money and introduce a qualifying event for for the growing Kids Adventure Games race series…
SCS Global to Promote Higg Index
SCS Global Services (SCS) has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) and will promote its Higg Index, which was created by outdoor brands to measure and improve the sustainability of apparel and footwear supply chains…
Specialized Creates Foundation
Specialized has established a 501(c)(3) foundation to help fund original research and programs that improve kid's lives through cycling…
RYU Apparel Signs Lease for Vancouver, BC Flagship Store
RYU Apparel Inc. has signed a lease for a 5,000-square-foot flagship store it plans to open Sept. 1 in Vancouver, BC's premier shopping district…
REI to Expand MTB Classes in March
REI will launch a greatly expanded offering of mountain biking classes at select stores this spring in another sign of its growing commitment to cycling…
Super Retail Group Shutters Kiwi Chain to Focus on Australia’s Evolving Outdoor Market
Super Retail Group's (SRG), which is Australia's largest sporting goods retailer, began liquidating its three-year-old FCO Fishing-Camping-Outdoors retail chain in New Zealand Jan. 26 as part of a major restructuring of its $500 million-a-year L
Iconix’s Q4 Revenues Increase 7 Percent
Iconix Brand Group reported fourth-quarter revenues rose 6.8 percent to $112.4 million…
Big 5 Expects Positive Comps in Q1
Big 5 Sporting Goods expects same-store sales to grow in the low-to-mid-digit range in the current quarter thanks to robust sales of winter products in January, strong sales of some non-winter categories and a slowing decline in firearms related sales…
L.L.Bean Lands Atop Stella Benchmark in Fourth Quarter
L.L.Bean provided the best overall customer service in fiscal fourth quarter 2014, topping the first quarterly release of Stella Benchmarks…
