Adidas Extends Contract with Kennesaw State
Adidas will remain the official athletic footwear, apparel and accessory brand for the Georgia university for another seven years through the 2022-23 season.
Premier Golf Acquires Women’s Golf & Travel Concierge
Golf travel company adds peer business, focusing on providing packages and information on golf schools and clinics for women and their families.
Halfords Group Plc Releases Summer Results
The UK retailer reported same-store sales surged in the seven weeks ended Aug. 19 as customers splurged on bikes, roof top boxes and other summer vacation gear.
Dick’s Sporting Goods Sets Opening For Three Stores
Stores will open in Longview, TX; Oxford, MS and Washington D.C.
Performance Sports Group Shareholder Walks
Sagard’s chairman, who had planned to join PSG’s board in August, may consider other strategic options for its 17 percent stake in the maker of team sports gear.
Lululemon Athletica Inc. Gets Its Groove Back
Despite growing competition and lower traffic, the seminal athleisure brand grew same-store sales, average ticket and gross margins in the quarter ended July 31.
Aisle Talk, Week of August 29
Headlines from the active lifestyle industry this past week you may have missed.
By the Numbers, Week of August 29
The leading figures from this week’s news in the active lifestyle space.
HanesBrands Donates Apparel to Flood Victims in Louisiana
More than 23,000 items of clothing are being donated to residents affected by devastating flooding in Louisiana.
Lululemon Q2 Profit Shines, But Sales Lag
The yoga lifestyle brand and retailer increased sales by 14 percent to $514.5 million, but that came in about $1 million short of Wall Street’s estimates.
New Report Finds Adult Obesity Rates Decreased In Four States
U.S. adult obesity rates decreased in four states (Minnesota, Montana, New York and Ohio), increased in two (Kansas and Kentucky) and remained stable in the rest, between 2014 and 2015, according to The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America.
Skechers Signs LPGA Rising Star Brooke Henderson
The world’s number three golfer will support GO Golf and joins Matt Kuchar, Russell Knox, Colin Montgomerie, Billy Andrade, Belen Mozo and Ashlan Ramsey.
Amer Sports Hits The Gas
The Finnish company will accelerate category expansion and store openings at Arc’teryx and Salomon in a bid to leverage better-than-expected organic growth.
Performance Sports Group Gets A Second Chance; Sale Possible
Parent to Bauer, Mission, Easton and Maverik brands gains extension from creditors to file its annual financial report, while confirming it’s hired a financial adviser to evaluate “strategic alternatives.”
Genesco’s Shares Crash On Disappointing Outlook
The company’s Journeys chain is being hurt by a fashion shift that’s “more pronounced than we have ever seen in the past.”
