Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sheplers, Inc., a 116-year old western lifestyle company with 25 retail locations across the United States and an e-commerce business, for a purchase price of $147 million in cash…
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Brooks Running Survey Finds Friends Trump Fitness Trackers
According to a survey from Brooks Running Co., 32 percent of Americans say they’d choose a friend as their go-to training partner, followed by 24 percent a digital fitness tracker, and 20 percent…
Bicycle Corporation of America to Host Asian Vendors at SC Plant
Bicycle Corporation of America will host a delegation of parts suppliers from Asia at its new assembly plant in South Carolina in September in hopes of persuading some to…
Fits Named Official Sock of GoPro Mountain Games
Fits, American maker of premium performance and lifestyle sock wear, announced it will again step up as the 2015 GoPro Summer Mountain Games Official Sock Sponsor…
Boot Barn’s Profits Jump in Fiscal Q4
Boot Barn Holdings Inc. reported earnings jumped 45.2 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter ended Mar. 28, to $2.6 million, or 10 cents a share. Revenues climbed 16.7 percent to $103.3 million…
Moody’s Rates Bass Pro’s Proposed Term Loan B1
Moody's Investors Service assigned a B1 rating to Bass Pro's proposed $1.74 billion senior secured term loan due 2020 and affirmed its existing ratings, saying the retailer has a track record of rapidly reducing its debt ratios within 18 months
Sportsman’s Warehouse Slows Comps Decline in Fiscal Q1
Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings Inc. reported net sales increased by 9.1 percent in the fiscal first quarter ended May 2 compared with the year earlier quarter as it comped against more modest firearms sales…
BSN Sports Acquires BandB Athletics
BSN Sports has completed the acquisition of B&B Athletics based in Waco, TX…
OMsignal to Open San Francisco Pop-Up Store
OMsignal, a Montreal-based smart apparel company, will open a pop-up store at the Westfield San Francisco Center for six weeks starting this weekend, when it will participate in the grand opening of the Bespoke retail incubator…
Fed’s FIFA Probe Targets Bribes Paid by Marketing Companies
U.S. and South American sports marketing executives allege to have paid $150 million in bribes to obtain rights to lucrative media and marketing rights to international soccer tournaments are among the 14 defendants charged by federal authorities Wednesda
Nike Cooperating with Probe in FIFA Scandal
Nike Inc. on Wednesday indicated it is “cooperating” with authorities after the arrests of FIFA officials in Zurich on corruption charges. Though Nike was not referenced in the indictment, a “multinational sportswear company headquartered in the United S
Turtle Fur Names Josh Pombar Director of Marketing
Turtle Fur has hired Josh Pombar as Director of Marketing, making him the Chief Marketing Turtle…
Converse Launches Converse Rubber Tracks
Converse Inc. announced the global launch of a new Converse Rubber Tracks program. Over a two-week period, Converse Rubber Tracks will activate across eight different countries in four continents, offering aspiring musicians the once-in-a-lifetime opportu
Adidas Partners with 5th Floor
Adidas has formed a partnership with 5th Floor, a cycling and editorial collective based out of London (UK), and New York (USA), The team will train and compete in a range of specially designed Adidas products…
Trade Groups Urge Members to Lobby for Trade Bills in the House
Outdoor Industry Association, the National Retail Federation and other trade groups urged members to help push several trade bills passed by the U.S. Senate last week through the U.S. House of Representatives…
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