Gramicci To Open First Retail Store In London
Gramicci reported plans to open a store in London’s Covent Garden next month, marking its first retail location.
Amer Sports Hires Foot Locker Veteran As CFO
Amer Sports hired Andrew Page, former CFO for Foot Locker, as Group CFO of Amer Sports and a member to its executive committee. Page reports to Board Executive Director and CEO James Zheng.
President Biden Announces Appointments To President’s Council On Sports, Fitness & Nutrition
President Biden announced plans to appoint 27 members, including current and retired Olympians, to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, & Nutrition.
Movement Climbing, Yoga and Fitness Acquires Four Summit Climbing Gyms in DFW Area
Movement Climbing, Yoga and Fitness, the largest nationwide community of indoor climbing gyms, acquired four of Summit Climbing, Yoga and Fitness Gyms’ in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.
LSKD Opens First U.S. Store In San Diego, Partners With Life Time Fitness
LSKD, the Australian activewear company, opened a store in San Diego, CA, and partnered with Life Time Fitness to supply over 4,500 female employees at Life Time Fitness with co-branded activewear apparel.
Golftec To Relocate Minnesota Club-Fitting Location
Golftec reported it is relocating its club-fitting location in Eagan, MN to a new 2,550-square-foot space at 845 Vikings Pkwy.
Play It Again Sports Parent Sees Q1 Revenues Up Slightly Despite Sharp Leasing Decline
Winmark Corporation, the parent of Play It Again Sports, reported net income for the first quarter ended April 1, 2023, of $8.94 million, $2.49 per share, down 9.2 percent from $9.85 million, or $2.65, a year ago.
Fanatics Signs Retail Partnership Deal With England’s Millwall F.C.
Fanatics reported signing a long-term multichannel retail partnership with Millwall F.C. to enhance its worldwide shopping experience.
Dick’s SG Hires New Chief Marketing Officer
Dick’s Sporting Goods’ Chief Marketing Officer Ed Plummer is retiring and will be replaced by PepsiCo’s Emily Silver.
Icebreaker Names Independent Sales Agency For The Rockies
Icebreaker tapped Ian Decker and Shondia Houtzer at Black Dog Sales Group to cover sales for the company in the Rocky Mountain region (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming).
Reima Appoints New Head Of Cluster For North America
Finnish kids’ activewear brand Reima, founded in 1944, hired Marc Cutilletta as head of North America, responsible for business and operations in the U.S. and Canada.
MidwayUSA Promotes New Inventory Control And Services Manager
MidwayUSA promoted David Naugle to inventory control and services manager.
A.k.a. Brands Sees First-Quarter Sales Top Guidance
A.k.a. Brands Holding Corp, the parent of Princess Polly, Culture Kings, mnml, and Petal & Pup., issued preliminary first-quarter results showing sales reached the high end of its previously provided outlook.
Toadfish Assets Up For Auction
Toadfish, the Charleston, SC-based lifestyle brand, is being auctioned off by Hilco Streambank, including its intellectual property, social media accounts with more than 225,000 followers, 980,000 customer files and about $1.6 million of inventory.
Anta Sports To Raise $1.5 Billion From Stock Placement
Anta Sports Products is seeking to raise HK$11.8 billion (U.S.$1.5 billion) from a stock placement to reduce debt.
