Zumba Joins My Gym to Battle Childhood Obesity
Zumba joined My Gym Children’s Fitness Center to recognize National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month with fitness classes for kids.
CKO Kickboxing Opens First Florida Location
CKO Kickboxing will open its first fitness kickboxing gym in Florida on August 27, in Clermont.
Technogym Donates 600 Pieces of Olympic Games Equipment
Wellness and fitness company Technogym donated 600 pieces of fitness equipment through the “Let’s Move for Rio” social campaign.
Running USA Partners with TEAMS Conference & Expo
Running USA, the running industry trade organization, has partnered with TEAMS Conference & Expo, the sports-event industry gathering.
The North Face Adopts Doping Policy
The North Face officially released a clean sport policy to ensure fair play across all of the Endurance Challenge Series (ECS) events in North America.
Ironman Acquires Cape Epic MTB Race
Ironman reached an agreement to acquire the Cape Epic mountain bike race in South Africa.
Eyeking Opens West Coast Design Studio in Irvine
Eyeking, the performance eyewear company, opened a design and development studio in Irvine, California.
Camp 9600 Plans Second Conference, Focuses on Storytelling
Camp 9600, an immersive marketing event held in Breckenridge, CO for active lifestyle professionals, will return for its second year on September 11-13, 2016 with a focus on data-driven storytelling.
Under Armour Launches Running Campaign
Under Armour’s latest chapter in its global marketing campaign, “It Comes From Below,” emphasizes how footwork and footwear are critical components to training.
Dick’s Sporting Goods Acquires Affinity Sports
Affinity Sports will provide key services to various youth sports national governing bodies and large-scale organizations under the Dick’s Team Sports HQ platform.
Sporting Goods Retailers Deliver Upside Surprise
A string of upside earnings reports last week show the liquidation of more than 500 sporting goods stores had less impact than feared from May through July.
Hibbett Sports Eyes More Lifestyle Products and Omni-channel Improvements
While it eked out a 0.8 percent gain in same-store sales during a traditionally slow second-quarter, and beat Wall Street earnings expectations by a penny, Hibbett Sports (Nasdaq:HIBB) officials aren’t sitting back.
Foot Locker Says The Malls Are Far From Dead
Slowing traffic and greater discounting at Eastbay.com and not weak mall traffic clipped profit growth in another impressive quarter for the sneaker retailer.
Cascade Designs Promotes David Burroughs To President
The parent company to the Therm-a-Rest, Mountain Safety Research (MSR), Platypus, SealLine and PackTowl brands named David Burroughs, son of founder John Burroughs, as Cascade Designs’ new president.
Foot Locker Quarterly Sales Hit $1.78B
The retailer grew comps 4.7 percent, opened 23 new stores, remodeled or relocated 64 and paid shareholders $350 million during the quarter ended July 30.
