NICS Reports Problem-Free Weekend
According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) has reported on Monday that the system has been up since Friday and operated through the weekend with no known outages…
Alite Designs Opens Store In Mission District
Alite Designs, an outdoor gear company based in San Francisco, opened its new retail and art gallery space in San Francisco’s Mission District…
J.R. Keller Joins Hunter’s Specialties Pro Staff
J.R. Keller of Delta, Colorado has joined the full time Hunter's Specialties Pro Staff Team…
Louisville Slugger Developing Omnichannel Platform
Louisville Slugger has partnered with Onestop, an e-commerce solution provider, to manage its back-end e-commerce system and execute a detailed multichannel marketing campaign. The new platform will launch complete with mobile optimization and omnichannel
Brooks Beasts Track Clubs Adds Two Members
Brooks Running welcomed Amanda Mergaert and Megan Malasarte to the Brooks Beasts Track Club, the middle distance track team based in Seattle…
Dick’s SG to Open in Burlington, WA
Dick's Sporting Goods will be opening its 5th store in Washington and 582nd store nationwide on Friday, Sept. 26th at 200 S. Burlington Blvd. in Burlington, WA…
Gaiam Launches Yoga Rising Series, Exclusively On iTunes
Gaiam announced the release of its Yoga Rising Series available exclusively on iTunes. Yoga Rising is an innovative instructional yoga series, created specifically for the digital marketplace. The first three releases in the Yoga Rising Series feature thr
Gear Co-op Welcomes Todd Klasky as VP of Merchandising
Gear Co-op, the climbing shop located in Costa Mesa, CA that operates gearcoop.com, hired Todd Klasky as its vice president of merchandising. Klasky oversaw the outdoors division at Sport Chalet as senior buyer/divisional merchandising manager…
Notogroup Executive Search Honored on B Lab’s ‘Best for Workers’ List
Notogroup Executive Search was recognized for creating the highest quality jobs by the nonprofit B Lab with the release of the third annual ‘B Corp Best for Workers’ list. This analysis includes metrics regarding compensation and benefits, hea
Johnny Manziel Tops NFL Jersey Sales
According to the initial rankings of Dick's Sporting Goods' Jersey Report, Johnny Manziel is by far the top-selling jersey. Overall this season (NFL Draft begins season), nearly 10 percent of all jerseys sold have been Manziel’s No. 2. Thi
Delta Apparel Appoints VP of Sales for M.J. Soffe
Delta Apparel, Inc. announced Elisa Palefsky joined the company as vice president of sales for its M. J. Soffe operating subsidiary. Her former business associations include SPANX and The Coca-Cola Company…
SFIA Fitness Report: New York City and Chicago Top Fitness List Rankings
New York City and Chicago (host city of SFIA’s 2014 Industry Leaders Summit) were the only U.S. cities ranked in the top ten in each of the four fitness categories tracked according to the 2014 Tracking the Fitness Movement Report published by the S
Wolverine Names New Presidents for Sperry Top-Sider and Keds
Wolverine Worldwide promoted Rick Blackshaw, formerly president of Keds, as president, Sperry Top-Sider. Chris Lindner, former head of marketing for Saucony, was promoted to president, Keds…
Canaima Outdoors to Distribute Yogaslackers eLine Product
Canaima Outdoors, which is severing ties with Gibbon Slacklines to build its own Slackline Industries (SI) brand, announced it will also distribute YogaSlackers eLine product, which features one-inch slacklines…
Footlocker.com to Offer Deliv Crowdsourced Delivery Option
Foot Locker will begin offering shoppers on its Footlocker.com website the option to have their purchases delivered same-day using Deliv's crowdsourced delivery service, Deliv announced Monday…
