City Sports Renews Partnership with Boston Triathlon
City Sports, the Boston-based specialty sporting goods retailer, has renewed their partnership with the Boston Triathlon. City Sports will co-produce two training clinics for first-time triathletes…
Lids Renews Rights to MLB Players Custom Embroidery
Lids Sports Group announced a licensing agreement extension with the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) granting the retailer licensing rights to embroider the names, numbers and autographs (EmbroidiGraph) of Major League Baseball players o
Turtle Fur Hires New Western Rep
Turtle Fur, the maker of headwear and accessories, appointed Dana Davol-Muxen as its newest Rep Turtle, covering the Northern California, Northern Nevada, and Hawaii territory…
Prana Heads to Friedrichshafen
Prana is headed to the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, Germany with an enhanced distribution network and new international sales team in place in Europe…
League of American Bicyclists President Steps Down
League of American Bicyclists President Andy Clarke has announced plans to step down after 12 years leading the organization, which runs the Bicycle Friendly Communities…
NICS Checks Climb in June
FBI background checks on gun buyers reached 1,529,057 in June, an increase of 10.6 percent from 1,382,975 in June 2014…
Dick’s SG to Open Store in Scottsdale, AZ
Dick's Sporting Goods will be opening its eighth store in Arizona and 618th store nationwide on Friday, July 17 at Scottsdale Fashion Center in Scottsdale, AZ…
Sole Society Gains Funding
Sole Society, a leading lifestyle brand of women's shoes, bags and accessories, announced $8 million in Series B funding from Nordstrom and Insight Venture Partners…
21sportsgroup Joins STMI Purchasing Cooperative
Germany's 21sportsgroup has become the latest European retail chain to join Sports Trade & Marketing International (STMI), which provides purchasing services for retailers with combined sales of about €2.1 billion…
OIA Names Amy Roberts as New Executive Director
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) has selected its former head of government relations as its executive director. Amy Roberts will return to OIA in late July following a 43-month stint at Mountain Equipment Co-op, where she…
Academy Sports + Outdoor to Open 200th Store
Academy Sports + Outdoor will open its 200th location Friday when the doors open at its store in Tupelo, MS. Since 2007, Academy Sports + Outdoors has doubled its store count and annual sales, surpassing $4.1 billion in 2014…
Alpine Replay Launches Trace at Select Surf Shops
Alpine Replay Inc., which used Kickstarter to help fund development of the Trace action sports tracker in late 2013, has begun distributing the device through a handful of select surf shops…
Global Fashion Group Acquires Brazilian E-Tailer Kanui
Global Fashion Group has agreed to acquire Kanui, a Brazilian e-tailer focused on the surf and skate lifestyle that also sells a wide range of apparel, footwear and equipment from bicycling, outdoor and fashion brands…
Obama to Pitch New Overtime Rule
President Obama will pitch a proposal to greatly expand which white collar employees are entitled to overtime pay in a speech this week in Wisconsin…
Nike Chairman Phil Knight to Step Down
Phil Knight, the co-founder of Nike, has called time on a more than 40-year career as chairman of the sportswear company. Nike said on Tuesday that Knight has recommended that Mark Parker, the company's chief executive, should succeed him as chairman
