SGB Update Sports & Fitness

Maverik/Cascade Join Forces with Total Lacrosse

Maverik Lacrosse and Cascade Lacrosse announced that they have joined forces with lacrosse retailer Total Lacrosse to provide brand new equipment to the Matthews-Dickey Boys Lacrosse team in the St. Louis metropolitan area…

Adidas to Sponsor Ricky Rubio

Adidas announced a long-term partnership with National Basketball Association (NBA) star Ricky Rubio…

Li-Ning Confirms Endorsement Deal with Dwyane Wade

China's leading sportswear company, Li-Ning Company, and NBA All-Star Dwyane Wade, announced the creation of a new athletic footwear and apparel brand called Wade, which will serve as the centerpiece of the corporation's growing international ba

Edwin Watts Golf Opens First Store in Kentucky

Edwin Watts Golf Shops, LLC, announced the opening of a new store in Lexington, KY, marking its first retail shop in the state and further expanding its presence in the Midwest…

Mitchell Modell to be Featured on Undercover Boss

Mitchell Modell, CEO of Modell's Sporting Goods, will be featured on an upcoming episode of Undercover Boss, the reality series on NBC. Modell will go undercover “to the frontlines of his popular sporting goods and athletic apparel store for an unfil

Sazzi Selects Manufacturer for Five-toed Sandals

Plus Compound Technologies LLC has reached an agreement to produce Sazzi Footwear, LLC's new line of five-toed sport sandlals using its recyclable Plusfoam product. Sazzi was founded by Mark Thatcher, founder of Teva..

Oregon Universities to Research e-Bike Usage in Portland

A consortium of Oregon universities will launch a research project next month of people’s perceptions and attitudes of e-bikes in the Portland Metro region to determine if there are ways to encourage new electric bike users…

Haddad Brands to Open Rookie USA Store

The next generation of sports stars is set to walk the red carpet at a kids’ fashion show on Friday, Oct. 12, to mark the opening of Rookie USA, New York City’s first premium high-end, “kids-only” retailer from Haddad Brands. The f

Pacific Sunwear Appoints SVP, Men’s Merchandising and Design

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. promoted Alfred Chang to senior vice president, men’s merchandising and design. Chang was previously VP, men’s merchandising and design. He will continue to be responsible for managing all aspects of merchan

Retail Container Imports to Increase 9.9 Percent in October

Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 9.9 percent in October as merchants wrap up the annual shipping cycle for holiday merchandise, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report…

Rossignol Group NA Appoints VP of Sales

Rossignol Group North America is creating a new North American product development team and has promoted a new vice president of sales for the Rossignol brand USA as part of an increased commitment to building and delivering stronger more effective produc