SGB Update Sports & Fitness
Bushnell Hires New Assistant Product Manager for Trail Cameras
Bushnell Outdoor Products announces that Zach Fleer has joined Bushnell as assistant product manager for trail cameras…
Target Hit by Credit-Card Breach
Approximately 40 million credit and debit card accounts at Target may have been impacted between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15, 2013 in one of the largest credit card breaches at a U.S. retailer. Target said it is working closely with law enforcement and financial
Dorel Bids Adieu to Bicycle Chief Baird
Dorel Industries Inc. announced the departure of Robert P. Baird, group president and CEO of the company's Recreational/Leisure segment, which owns Cannondale, Schwinn, GT, Mongoose, Caloi, IronHorse and Sugoi. Peter Woods, the segment's CFO, ha
Genesis Pattern Technologies Partners with Trademarketing Resources for KLOAK Licensing
Genesis Pattern Technologies, LLC announced that Trademarketing Resources, Inc. has been retained to assist in licensing GPT products…
Toms Most Googled Shoe Brand in 2013
Toms ranked first as most searched shoe brand on Google in the United States this year, according to the Google's just-released Zeitgeist report. The rest of the top-ten, in order, were: Aldo, Nike, Jessica Simpson, Steve Madden, Nine West, Supra, Co
Houston Rockets Star to Join Anta
Chandler Parsons, the Houston Rockets forward, is leaving Nike to sign a new deal with Chinese basketball footwear brand Anta…
Gregory Gets New Marketing Director
Gregory Mountain Products has hired Colleen Nipkow as marketing director. Nipkow will collaborate with the global product and sales teams to lead campaigns that support the brand’s continued market growth…
Management Duo Joins Delta Waterfowl
Delta Waterfowl has added two key staff members to its management team…
SIA Publishes Resource to Help Retailers Prep for Snow Show
SnowSports Industries America (SIA) has published ski-specific resources to prepare buyers for the decisions they’ll have to make at the SIA Snow Show, Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 2014 and the On-Snow Demo/Ski-Ride Fest at Copper Mountain Resort (Feb. 3-4)…
PETA: Outdoor Enthusiasts Favor Synthetic Over Down Insulation
PETA says a poll it commissioned shows that a vast majority, or 80 percent, of outdoor sports enthusiasts are happy to choose products with synthetic insulation rather than duck or goose down and would shop at stores that don’t offer any down produc
Canada Goose Scion Agrees to Sell Control to Bain Capital
Canada Goose, which has been family owned since its founding more than 55 years ago, completed a definitive agreement to sell a majority stake in the company to the private investment bank Bain Capital…
Lululemon Names New CEO; Founder Chip Wilson to Resign as Chairman
Lululemon Athletica appointed Laurent Potdevin, president of the charitable shoe company Toms Shoes and a former long-time executive of Burton Snowboards, as its new CEO. It also announced that Chip Wilson, who founded the upscale yoga apparel retailer, w
DTLR Withdraws IPO Filing
DTLR Holding, Inc., formerly known as Downtown Locker Room, announced that due to an unspecified “business development,” it will not proceed with its planned initial public offering. The company declined to comment beyond its one-sentence statement…
Foot Locker Partners With Carmelo Anthony on “23 Days of Flight” Campaign
Foot Locker, Inc. unveiled its newest national advertising commercial to promote its “23 Days of Flight” campaign that
focuses on Jordan product. The new commercial follows the successful launch of the “All Is Right” spot for “Week of Greatness” that kick
2XU Launches Store-in-Store at TrySports
2XU debuted a store-in-store concept inside TrySports. TrySports, based in North Carolina, has provided 2XU with dedicated retail space in their South Park (350 square feet) and Chapel Hill (150 square feet) stores…
