Bauer Hockey Partners With Movember Foundation
Bauer Hockey has partnered with the Movember Foundation, a global charity that works to raise funds and awareness so men live healthier, happier and longer lives…
Copper Mountain Delays Opening Day
Copper Mountain Resort has pushed back opening day for the 2015/16 winter season a week to Nov. 13 because warm temperatures have limited snow-making operations…
Riddell Acquires Kollege Town Sports
Riddell has acquired Kollege Town Sports, of Windsor, WI, which specializes in screen printing, laser etching, embroidery and tackle twill for youth, high school and college teams, and corporate sales…
Vasque’s Thru-Hike Syndicate Adds the CDT in 2016
Vasque, Osprey Packs, Nemo Equipment, Leki Trekking Poles and Darn Tough Vermont will extend their support for thru-hikers next year to those trekking the Continental Divide Trail…
Christy Sports to Accelerate Expansion with New Equity Partner
Christy Sports will ramp up store openings and acquisitions after selling an equity stake to Norwest Equity Partners (NEP), which has helped build and sell such brands as Shock Doctor and Savage Arms…
Sequential Brands Q3 Revenues Double
Supported by robust gains from Heelys, Avia and And1, Sequential Brands reported Q3 revenues more than doubled, to $23 million from $10 million a year ago.
REI’s Black Friday Challenge Gains Traction
Recreational Equipment Inc. scored a public relations coup last week by announcing it would close on Black Friday for the first time since it was founded in 1938 so its employees and customers could spend the day outdoors…
Moosejaw Opens Pop-Up Location in Downtown Detroit
Moosejaw opened a new seasonal shop for the holidays Oct. 16 in the heart of downtown Detroit’s Woodward Avenue Retail District that features a wide assortment of The North Face and Patagonia…
Brunswick’s Fitness Segment Q3 Boosted by Health Club Growth
Brunswick Corp. reported sales in the Life Fitness Division grew 4.5 percent in the third quarter, to $197.5 million, and advanced 9 percent on a currency-neutral basis. The increase reflected growth in the U.S. at health clubs and local and federal gover
Eagles Nest Outfitters Turns Hammocking Ban to Its Advantage
Eagles Nest Outfitters Inc. (ENO) began shipping a line of hammock stands last week as part of a broader response to an incipient backlash against the proliferation of hammocks on college campuses…
Sequential Brands Q3 Boosted by Heelys, Avia and And1
Supported by robust gains from Heelys, Avia and And1, Sequential Brands reported Q3 revenues more than doubled, to $23.0 million from $10.0 million a year ago…
Deckers Brands Appoints Stefano Caroti As Omni-Channel President
Deckers Brands appointed Stefano Caroti as omni-channel president. He most recently served as chief commercial officer at Puma…
Florida Retailer Says PacSun Infringed on Its Trademark
Island Company, a resort lifestyle retailer, has sued Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. and sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner for trademark infringement, according to Pagesix.com…
RECALL: 170 WeThePeople BMX Cranksets and Bikes
Quality Bicycle Products Inc. is recalling about 170 cranksets made by WeThePeople and 70 BMX bikes equipped with the cranksets because the crankset spindle can break…
West Marine Says Calendar Shift Hurt Q3 Results
West Marine Inc. reported a shift in the retail calendar resulted in 1.1 percent decline in net revenues for the third quarter ended Oct. 3, but raised…
