SGB Update

Under Armour Names Chief Design Officer

Under Armour announced that fashion industry veteran John Varvatos will join the company as chief design officer, leading the design direction for the company and overseeing its design studios in New York, Baltimore and Portland, OR.

Caza Outdoors Appoints Email Marketing Specialist

Caza Outdoors hired professional archer Cara Kelly as an email marketing specialist, deepening its customer connection to its Pnuma Outdoors, Heated Core, Trophy Scan, and Los Cazadores brands.

SGB Media Releases August 2023 Most Read Articles, Key Metrics

SGB Media published a quick review of the top stories from August 2023 that drove pageviews up 14 percent month-over-month to almost 184,000, while total users grew 10 percent and time spent on the site by each user rose 19 percent for the period.

Power Tee Names New Sales Director

Power Tee, the automated golf teeing system based in the U.K., named golf industry veteran William Gray as sales director.

Report: HS Sports Participation Continues Post-COVID Rebound

Participation in high school sports eclipsed 7.8 million in the 2022/23 school year, reflecting a sharp increase from the previous year as the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) completed its High School Athletics Participation Survey for a second time after the pandemic interrupted its data collection.

Authentic Closes on Acquisition of Boardriders

Authentic issued a quick statement late Friday morning that it had closed on the acquisition of street- and actions sports-lifestyle brands Quiksilver, Billabong, Roxy, RVCA, DC Shoes, Element, VonZipper, Honolua, and Boardriders.

REI to Open in Ithaca, NY

REI Co-op plans to open a store in Ithaca, NY in the summer of 2024 and hire approximately 50 employees.