Vivobarefoot Joins National Shoe Retailer and United Shoe Retailers Associations
Vivobarefoot announced its alignment with the National Shoe Retailer Association (NSRA) and the United Shoe Retailer Association (USRA)…
RECALL: Reebok Goalie Throat Collars
Reebok is recalling its TCPRE Senior and Junior Goalie Throat Collars due to the risk that a skate blade could penetrate the collar, posing a laceration hazard to the throat…
Charles River Apparel Announces Addition to Sales Team
Charles River Apparel, a manufacturer of outerwear and performance apparel, has added two outside sales representatives to handle growing accounts on the West Coast and Mid-Atlantic states…
Garmin Partners with MyFitnessPal
Garmin has partnered with MyFitnessPal so users of Garmin’s smart watch and fitness trackers can coordinate their diet and fitness regimens more easily…
NICA Thanks Bike Industry For Helping Land Grant From Dick’s SG Foundation
Dick’s Sporting Good Foundation has awarded a $158,000 grant to the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) after the organization raised $75,000 in matching funds from the bicycle industry…
NSSF: Hunting on Public Lands at Risk!
According to a National Shooting Sports Foundation press release the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), along with other anti-hunting groups and individuals, filed a petition with the Interior Department demanding rules against hunting with tradi
Thule Prepares to Sell Tow-Bar Business
Thule Group's board of directors has hired London-based Rothschild to help spin off its profitable, $122-million-a- year, tow-bar business as it continues to refocus the Swedish company on the sports and outdoor sector…
USA-Ghana Nets ESPN Highest Ever Overnight Rating
Nearly 16 million people in the U.S. watched the country’s World Cup opener on TV. The Nielsen company says 11.1 million people who saw the U.S. beat Ghana, 2-1 on Monday on ESPN represented that network’s biggest audience for a soccer match..
Registration Opens for Outdoor Retailer Ragnar Relay Race
Ragnar Relay Events and Outdoor Retailer (OR) have teamed up to stage a Relay Challenge in support of the Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition (OIWC). The event slated for Friday, Aug. 8 is a 9-mile relay race held on day three of the Outdoor Retail
Push Adds Two to Board, Prepare to Ship Fitness Band
Push, a Toronto company that plans to begin shipping a fitness tracker this summer, named a banker and a media executive to its board of directors…
Battenfeld Announces Key Management Promotions
Battenfeld Technologies has announced two key promotions in its senior management team…
Osage County Guns Hires New Marketing Manager
Osage County Guns announces the hiring of Kevin Creighton as its new marketing Manager…
Trade Groups Say Proposed Prop 65 Changes Might Make Matters Worse
Trade groups representing apparel, footwear and travel goods manufacturers say proposed changes to the California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 that were supposed to reduce frivolous “shake-down” lawsuits could have the
Labor Shortages Hinder Compliance at Chinese Footwear Factories
Labor shortages in China continue to hinder social compliance efforts at footwear factories, according to the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America's fifth annual survey of factories…
Nike Unveils Proprietary Digital Ink Printing Process
Nike has introduced the Nike Elite Digital Ink printing process, a proprietary system of creating socks “that are as vibrant as the sneakers they are paired with.”…
