Respect Your Universe Strengthens Product Development and Design Team
Respect Your Universe, Inc., the performance training and fitness brand with origins in MMA, made several hires for its design and product development team. RYU’s new team includes Juliet Korver as Product Design Director. Korver’s past roles
Mossy Oak and Sportchief Team Up to Create Apparel Line
Mossy Oak has teamed up with Sportchief to create GameKeeper Fieldwear, a complete line of casual and work wear designed for the outdoor enthusiast…
Surf Industry Raises $100K During 30-Day StokesMe Campaign
StokesMe, the SIMA Humanitarian Fund’s 30-day fundraising campaign, came to a close at the end of September and raised an estimated $100,000 gross for 12 surf-related humanitarian organizations. Throughout the month multiple initiatives took place a
Nike Tops Forbes Most Valuable Sports Brands List
Nike again ranked first in Forbes ranking of the top ten most valuable sports brands in the business category. Nike had a value of $17.3 billion. Second was ESPN, valued at $15 billion; followed by Adidas, $7.1 billion; Sky Sports, $4.1 billion; Under Arm
Princeton Tec Launches “Beyond the Pink” Campaign
Princeton Tec, the leader of U.S.-manufactured headlamps and handheld lights for the outdoor, bike, tactical, industrial and SCUBA markets, is supporting breast cancer prevention by donating to the Breast Cancer Fund’s “Beyond the Pink”
Dorel Industries Closes Debt Offering
Dorel Industries Inc. announced that it has closed its previously-announced bought-deal public offering of extendible convertible unsecured subordinated debentures due Nov. 30, 2019 in an aggregate principal amount of US$105 million. The debentures have b
Minn Kota Launches New, Enhanced Website
Minn Kota has launched a new brand website (www.minnkotamotors.com) showcasing its trolling motors, Talon shallow water anchors, battery chargers and marine accessories…
Harrow Sports Joins National Foundation for Cancer Research Play4theCure Team
Play4theCure, the National Foundation for Cancer Research’s sports fundraising campaign, has partnered with sports apparel manufacturer Harrow Sports to empower athletes and coaches and raise money for cancer research…
Oakley Assembles to Release Snowboarding Film
Oakley, Inc. announced Snowboarding: For Me – a film that brings to life the unique relationship between its world-class snowboarding team and the sport and lifestyle they inhabit every single day. Each individual has his own story of how he began snowboa
Dick’s SG Sets Grand Opening for Springfield, VA
Dick's Sporting Goods will be opening its 27th store in Virginia and 589th store nationwide on Friday, Oct. 17 at Springfield Town Center in Springfield (6601 Springfield Mall)…
PrimaLoft Partners to Help Launch NINOX
PrimaLoft, Inc. will be the exclusive insulation supplier featured in the launch of the designer menswear label NINOX, a new menswear label based in Boulder, CO…
Aetrex to Release iStep Mobile App
Aetrex Worldwide Inc. has launched its first-ever mobile app generator for footwear retailers to support its iStep system…
Hillsound Equipment Adds Reps
Hillsound Equipment has added Orno Group LLC as its newest sales agency. Partners Greg Danziger and Luisa Harkins will be representing the brand in the Rocky Mountain region covering Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico…
SoftScience Announces Official Brand Launch
Two footwear veterans, Scott Seamans, a Crocs founder and chief designer, and John Duerden, former president and COO of Reebok and a former CEO at Crocs, have launched a new brand, SoftScience, that promises to take “comfortable, casual footwear to an en
Deer Valley Agrees to Acquire Solitude Mountain Resort
Deer Valley Resort, a favorite location for outdoor and bicycle industry demo events, has entered into an agreement to purchase Solitude Mountain Resort and will begin operating the resort on May 1, 2015…
