Dick’s SG to Open Stores in Valparaiso, IN and Bismarck, ND
Dick's Sporting Goods announced grand opening festivities for new stores in Valparaiso, IN and Bismarck, ND…
MSR Names Sanders Category Director for Stoves
Mountain Safety Research (MSR) named Doug Sanders category director for stoves. In his new role, Sanders will oversee all facets of product research, development and go-to-market strategies…
SportsOneSource Named New Platinum Sponsor of Outdoor Foundation’s Outsiders Ball
The Outdoor Foundation announced that The SportsOneSource Group, the leading Internet portal for the active lifestyle industry, has signed on as a Platinum Sponsor of the 2015 Outsiders Ball…
Report: Adidas Making Bid for James Harden
Adidas is making a bid to sign Houston Rockets star shooting guard James Harden away from Nike, according to ESPN. The bid till total $200 million over 13 years, according to the report…
Gildan Activewear’s Q2 Profits Slide
Gildan Activewear Inc. reported net earnings in the second quarter slid 14.3 percent to $99.4 million, or 41 cents per share. Sales were up 2.9 percent. The company now expects full-year EPS to reach the lower end of its previous guidance…
Garmin to Open Two Stores in Great Miami
Garmin International Inc. will open two retail locations in the greater Miami area to showcase its most popular products and provide in-depth, hands-on product demonstrations…
Columbia Sportswear Sales Set Q2 Record
Columbia Sportswear Company net sales for the quarter ended June 30, grew 17 percent (21 percent currency-neutral), to a second-quarter record $380.2 million, compared with net sales of $324.2 million for the same period in 2014…
Reebok Unveils First JJ Watt Commercial
JJ Watt unveiled his first ad campaign with Reebok after announcing a partnership with the brand in April. Watt stars with UFC Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey…
Foot Locker Appoints Chief Information Officer
Foot Locker, Inc. appointed Pawan Verma as senior vice president and chief information officer, effective Aug. 10. Verma succeeds Peter Brown, who retired in April after 38 years with the company…
Zamst to Sponsor Area Code Baseball
Zamst, the maker of sports bracing and support equipment, renewed its nationwide sponsorship with Area Code Baseball. Within the partnership, Zamst will provide, sport specific, high performance products at Area Code Baseball events, in addition to digita
Big 5’s Q2 Slowed by Drought Conditions
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. reported earnings rose 4.0 percent in the second quarter on a 1.7 percent comp-store gain. Results were in line with previous guidance but management indicated that drought conditions in its core California markets was continuin
Deckers Brands Q1 Loss Widens
Deckers Brands widened its loss in its first quarter due to higher expenses but stronger-than-planned performances by Teva and Hoka One One helped management slightly raise its outlook for the year…
Hanesbrands Q2 Boosted by Activewear
Led by robust sales in its Activewear segment, Hanesbrands Inc. reported second-quarter revenues increased 13.4 percent to $1.52 billion. Excluding foreign currency fluctuations and the acquisitions of DBApparel and Knights Apparel, sales inched up 1 perc
Skechers Delivers Another Blowout Quarter
With all three of its businesses – Domestic, International and Retail – banging out double-digit growth, Skechers USA Inc. reported the highest quarterly sales in its 23-year history and earnings that handily topped Wall Street’s target…
Costa Led Organic Growth at Essilor’s Sunglasses Business in First Half
Costa sunglasses led a 2.6 percent increase in organic sales at Essilor International's Readers and Sunglasses division in the six months ended June 30…
