NuVinci, Evelo Partner to Get Customers on eBikes
Fallbrook Technologies Inc. is partnering with Evelo Electric Bicycles to promote Evelo’s “30-Day eBike Challenge,” which aims to encourage healthier, active lifestyles, more time spent outdoors, and getting the full benefit out of your electric bik
The TJX Companies Prices $750 Million in 2.75 Percent Notes
The TJX Companies Inc., which owns Sierra Trading Post, has priced $750 million in notes it will use to refinance $400 million of higher interest debt and use for working capital and general corpoate purposes…
Notogroup Opens Office in Boulder
Notogroup, a specialized executive search firm with numerous wholesale, retail, and ecommerce consumer-oriented clients nationwide, has opened an office in Boulder, CO and hired Candie Fisher as its principal and account director…
Reebok and Les Mills Release New Workout Concept
Reebok and Les Mills revealed The Project: Immersive Fitness, a totally new workout concept that is set to revolutionize the Studio Fitness industry…
Survey Shows Outdoor Brands Consume Less than 1 Percent of Global Down Production
While animal rights activists have targeted high profile outdoor brands in campaigns to halt inhumane practices used to produce down and feathers, such brands consume a tiny fraction of global down production, according to a survey released Tuesday by The
Green Lane Study Documents Big Safety Gains
A protected bike lane increases bike traffic on a street by an average of 72 percent, according to a new Portland State University (PSU) research study released Monday that offers the most comprehensive evaluation of protected bicycle lanes to date…
Probar Adds to Executive Sales Team
Probar named Gregg Lawson to the company’s executive sales team as sales director, alternative channels…
Columbia Sportswear Closes Prana Acquisition
Columbia Sportswear Company closed its previously announced acquisition of Prana Living LLC at midnight May 30, the companies announced…
Golf Rounds Slide Again in April
According to Golf Datatech, golf rounds played in April were down 1.7 percent compared to April 2013. Among regions, the steepest declines were seen in New England, down 21.0 percent; Mid Atlantic, 11.0 percent; and South Atlantic, 4.8 percent…
Garmin Names New CFO and Treasurer
Garmin Ltd. Announced that Doug Boessen will joined the company July 31 as chief financial officer and treasurer.
Boessen recently served as CFO for Collective Brands, Inc. where he began as associate controller in 1997…
Quiksilver/Roxy Partner with Flip Flop Shops to Help Fight Heart Disease
Quiksilver and Roxy have teamed up with Flip Flop Shops in support of the retailer's “the Heart To Sole: Creating a Stress Free America” campaign. Throughout the month of June, Roxy and Quiksilver will donate fifty cents from the sale of two limited
Keen Launches Follow Your Feet Campaign
Keen is launching Follow Your Feet, a campaign to show the brand’s fans and future fans how each individual action can add up to something bigger. This call-to-action campaign weaves together stories from inspiring Keen ambassadors, deserving non-pr
Skechers Sponsors California Chrome’s Run at the Triple Crown
Skechers USA, Inc. has signed on to sponsor thoroughbred racehorse California Chrome as he contends at the Belmont Stakes on June 7 to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed grabbed the title 36 years ago in 1978…
Libby Edelman to Co-Chair Two Ten Footwear’s Women Coalition
Two Ten Footwear Foundation, the footwear industry’s national charitable organization, announced that Libby Edelman, senior vice president, Sam Edelman Division, Brown Shoe Company, is joining Two Ten’s Women in Footwear Industry (WIFI) as co-
Hi-Tec Announces New Hires for Hi-Tec and Magnum Brands
Hi-Tec Sports USA hired Nate McGinnis as VP sales at Magnum Boots and Marit Tegelaar as consumer marketing specialist for Hi-Tec and Magnum Brands…
