Nike Plans Miami Store with Rooftop Basketball Court
Nike is looking to build a flagship store on Lincoln Road in Miami. The 31,500 square-foot building will have two floors of retail, and a rooftop sports deck that includes a basketball court and jogging track…
Ecco Golf Signs LPGA Tour Players
Danish company Ecco signed LPGA Tour players Jennifer Johnson, Pernilla Lindberg, Sadena Parks, Kendall Dye and Therese Koelbaek…
Adidas Football Awards $100K to Three Fastest Prospects
Adidas Football is awarding $100,000 to the three fastest Adidas athletes: Trae Waynes of Michigan State (4.31), Phillip Dorsett of Miami (4.33) and Kevin White of West Virginia (4.35)…
Simple Brand Relaunches for 2015
Simple, the iconic lifestyle sneaker brand launched in 1991, is coming back to retail. The brand, formerly owned by Deckers Brands, is being launched through a partnership with Denis Ryan, managing partner in ICB, Int’l and Harbor Footwear Group, Lt
Dick’s SG Increases Dividend
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. raised its quarterly dividend by 10 percent…
SIA Names Retailers and Reps of the Year
SnowSports Industries America (SIA) announced the 2014 SIA US SnowSports Award winners last month during the annual SIA Snow Show and Sourcing Snow (Jan. 29 – Feb. 1) at Denver’s Colorado Convention Center…
Street League Skateboarding Partners with Skatepark of Tampa
Street League Skateboarding (SLS) and Skatepark of Tampa (SPoT) entered a long-term partnership to create a global feeder system for the SLS Nike SB World Tour…
Tentative Agreement Clears Way for West Coast Ports to Resume Normal Operations
U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez said that West Coast port operations would return to normal Saturday evening after port employers and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) reached a tentative five-year agreement late Friday…
Rawlings Appoints New President and CEO
Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Jarden Corporation, named Michael Zlaket as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Prior to joining Rawlings, Zlaket spent 20 years at Easton-Bell Sports, Inc. Zlaket will succe
Anta Signs Klay Thompson
Anta Sports Products Limited, the Chinese athletic footwear maker, signed an endorsement contract with Klay Thomson, star shooting guard of the Golden State Warriors..
Wearable Device Shipments to Reach 187 Million Units Annually by 2020
According to a new report from Tractica, the global wearable devices market will grow from 17.0 million device shipments in 2013 to 187.2 million units annually by 2020, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34 percent…
Black Diamond to Shutter China Campus as It Sheds Hardgoods SKUs
Black Diamond Equipment has closed a ski factory it opened at its Asian headquarters in Zhuhai, China a little over two years ago and will completely shutter its campus in the Southern Chinese city as part of a realignment that is shifting manufacturing j
EORA Says 650 Turn Out for Greenville Show
The Eastern Outdoor Reps Association (EORA) said 650 retail buyers turned out for its annual show in Greenville, SC earlier this month to check out the latest winter and outdoor products, including…
RSG Acquires Two Striders Stores in Utah
The Running Specialty Group (RSG) has added Utah-based Striders running company, consisting of two locations, to its national network of elite shops…
The Game to be Sold to David Peyser
Delta Apparel, Inc. entered into an agreement to sell its The Game branded collegiate headwear and apparel business to David Peyser Sportswear, Inc., the owner of MV Sport, Inc…
