Equip Outdoor to Discontinue Lowe Alpine Apparel
UK-based Equip Outdoor Technologies will discontinue Lowe Alpine's apparel line after this fall/winter season so it can focus resources on its established Rab technical apparel brand and Lowe Alpine packs…
Report: Boot Barn Considering IPO
Boot Barn, one of the largest Western-wear businesses in the nation with more than 150 stores in California, Texas, Arizona and 20 other states, is considering going public later this year, according to a Reuters report…
Adidas AG Extends Glenn Bennett, Robin Stalker to 2018
The Adidas AG Supervisory Board extended the mandates of executive board members Glenn Bennett, responsible for global operations, and Robin Stalker, chief financial officer, by another three years beyond 2015 until March 2018…
Adidas AG Extends Glenn Bennett, Robin Stalker to 2018
The Adidas AG Supervisory Board extended the mandates of executive board members Glenn Bennett, responsible for global operations, and Robin Stalker, chief financial officer, by another three years beyond 2015 until March 2018…
Fleet Feet Acquires Metro Run and Walk
Fleet Feet, Incorporated announced the purchase of Metro Run and Walk in Mishawaka, IN, which is adjacent to South Bend. The formal acquisition is the 123rd store for the company. The company also said it will open six new franchises in May and June in th
47 Brand Chooses Centerstone Technologies as B2B E-commerce Vendor
47 Brand, a premium global sports lifestyle company, and CenterStone Technologies, Inc., an international developer of Web-based B2B e-commerce software, are collaborating on opening up 47 Brand for business 24 x 7…
Superfeet Appoints VP of Marketing and Product
Superfeet has named Eric Hayes as the new vice president of marketing and product…
RockyMounts Turns to Outside Product Development Firm
RockyMounts Inc. has turned to the design consultancy GSD Global, LLC to help drive innovation in product development and increase its offering of car-rack systems…
New Balance Signs World Class Triathlete
New Balance announced the signing of their latest Team New Balance triathlete, reigning Ironman World Champion and Kona record holder Mirinda Carfrae. Carfrae joins reigning Ironman 70.3 World Champion Sebastian Kienle and reigning ITU World Champion…
Flying Arrow Archery Selects Marketing Company
Flying Arrow Archery, LLC has selected StarkGrowth as its public relations and marketing agency of record, effective immediately…
NSGA: Participation Up in One Third of Activities Tracked in 2013
The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) reports that participation grew in only one-third of the 51 sports and recreational activities it tracks in 2013 compared with 2012. Among the losers were…
Anti-Russian Sentiment Spawns Boycott of FIFA Sponsors
Grassroots organizers launched an international boycott of Budweiser and Anheuser-Busch InBev products to protest their support of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) and its decision to award the 2018 World Cup to Russia…
DSW Slashes Guidance on Lousy Spring
Blaming the weather and competitive discounting, DSW Inc. reported first-quarter earnings that fell well short of analysts’ estimates while slashing its guidance for the year. Women's shoes, which excludes boots and sandals, comped down 9 perce
B. Robinson Reveals Revo’s U.S. Rep Force
B. Robinson named the five U.S. sales agencies that will represent Revo sunglasses and eyewear, which the company makes under license from Sequential Brands Group, Inc…
K2 Sports Names Wallace VP of US Sales
K2 Sports appointed Ben Wallace vice president of U.S. sales, which puts him over sales management teams for K2 Skis, K2 Snowboarding, K2 Inline skates, Ride Snowboards, Line Skis, Full Tilt Boots, Madshus Nordic, Backcountry Access and Atlas and Tubbs sn
