SGB Update

Dick’s SG to Celebrate San Antonio Opening

Dick's Sporting Goods is planning a three-day grand opening celebration, Friday, July 25 through Sunday, July 27, at its new South Park Mall location (2310 S.W. Military Drive) in San Antonio…

Thermacell Owner Sells Thermacell Mosquito Repellent Business

The Schawbel Corporation, the parent of Thermacell Heated Insoles, formed a new business entity, Schawbel Technologies, LLC, following the sale of the Thermacell Mosquito Repellent business to Kinderhook Industries, a New York equity-based firm…

Adidas Extends Sponsorship with Mexico

The Mexican Football Federation and Adidas announced the extension of their strategic partnership until 2022. The relationship between both parties began in 2007…

Itochu Launching Gramicci Footwear in Japan

Itochu Corporation is launching the first line of Gramicci-branded footwear in Japan under a recently concluded sublicensing agreement with the U.S. outdoor apparel brand. The collection will be released in January 2015…

Adidas Sees World Cup Marketing Benefit

Adidas claims to have ranked as the “most talked about brand” related to the 2014 Fifa World Cup,” generating 1.59 million conversations across Twitter, Facebook, blogs and Tumblr, according to social media analytics firms Simply Measured and Sysomos…

Backyard Collective Hits Seattle Friday

The Conservation Alliance will hold its third Backyard Collective event of 2014 on Friday, July 18, in Seattle, WA. The Conservation Alliance and its Seattle area member companies are teaming up with Forterra to organize…

Sports Direct Expanding to Australia and New Zealand

Sports Direct International plc, the U.K.'s largest sporting goods retailer, plans to launch in Australia and New Zealand by forming an online partnership with OzSale.com.au, part of the MySale Group plc…

Nike’s RiskEverything Draws Nearly 400M Online Views

Nike said its popular #RiskEverything campaign series around the World Cup – including “Risk Everything,” “Winner Stays” and “The Last Game” – have racked up 397 million online views to date. Twenty-three million peopl

Study: U.S. Soccer Searches Surge on World Cup

For the month of June, soccer-related searches increased by 280 percent in the US compared to May, according to SLI Systems (SLI.NZ), an e-commerce technology provider. Searches from Brazilian consumers showed a similarly dramatic increase…

Ann Arbor Named Top Swim City

Ann Arbor, MI, is the best swim city in America, according to a new study commissioned by USA Swimming and leading swimwear brand Speedo. The community claimed the highest aggregate score in categories such as percentage of active swimmers and swim clubs,

DSW Opens First Canada Stores

Town Shoes Limited announced the opening of its first two DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse locations in Canada. DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse will open at Heartland Centre in Mississauga and Woodland Hills in Newmarket, Ontario…