SGB Update Sports & Fitness
Lids Opens Paris Saint-Germain Store In Miami
France’s football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) opened a new permanent storefront in Miami, FL, run and operated by Lids.
Life Time Opens First Club In Oregon
Life Time reported it opened its first Oregon location in Beaverton. The 190,000-square-foot, three-story Life Time Beaverton athletic country club expands the company’s geographic footprint to 30 states and 42 major markets in the U.S.
True Spec Golf Opens Third North Carolina Location
True Spec Golf partnered with Intown Golf Club to open True Spec Charlotte, its third custom club fitting and building in North Carolina.
Wolverine Worldwide Names Company President, New Leaders For Merrell And Saucony
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. named Chris Hufnagel as company president, promoted Janice Tennant to Merrell’s global brand president and named Rob Griffiths as global brand president of Saucony.
Gnarly Nutrition Hires Head Of Marketing
Gnarly Nutrition recently hired John Perry to head up its Marketing department. Perry brings over two decades of strategic and creative marketing experience to the role, including working at Creminelli and Backcountry.
Nike Names New Converse CEO
Nike, Inc. named Jared Carver as the new CEO of Converse. He succeeds Scott Uzzell, who transitioned last week to a new role as VP/GM of North America for Nike as part of the company’s recently announced leadership changes.
U.S. Consumer Confidence Slides To Six-Month Low
U.S. consumer confidence dropped to a six-month low in May as Americans’ assessment of the labor market and the outlook for business conditions slipped, according to the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index.
PlayOn! Sports Names Chief Legal Officer
PlayOn! Sports, the high school sports streaming company, hired Lesley Wainwright as chief legal officer.
Patagonia Leads Axios Corporate Reputation Rankings Study
Patagonia ranked first on the Axios Harris Poll 100 corporate reputation rankings, and Nike and Adidas landed in the Top 25 of the 100 “Highly Visible” brands in the ranking.
Anytime Fitness Parent SEB Appoints Two To Leadership Roles
Self Esteem Brands (SEB), the parent company of a global portfolio of fitness, health and wellness franchise brands named Taka Suzuki regional vice president, Japan and Asia-Pacific, and Jonathan Midttun as international technology lead.
Nike Launches Hydrogen-Powered Inland Container Ship
Nike has launched a hydrogen-powered inland container ship, the H₂ Barge 1, to transport its products bound for Europe and to support its sustainability goals.
Adidas Court Order Freezing $75M Held By Kanye’s Yeezy Brand Overturned
A federal judge on May 26 lifted a court order Adidas won last year that secretly froze $75 million in bank accounts held by Kanye West’s Yeezy brand.
Sports Warehouse To Pay $300,000 For Data Breach
Sports Warehouse, which owns the online sporting goods websites Tennis Warehouse, Running Warehouse, Skate Warehouse and Tackle Warehouse, will have to pay $300,000 in penalties to the state of New York and strengthen its cybersecurity measures after being found liable for failing to protect 2.5 million consumers’ personal data, according to a statement from New York’s Office of the Attorney General (OAG).
Lululemon To Expand Vancouver Headquarters, Commits To Hiring 2,600
Lululemon reported plans to expand its headquarters in Vancouver, promising to create 2,600 jobs over the next five years. In 2022, Lululemon employed nearly 9,000 people in Canada.
Von Maur Department Store To Open First North Dakota Store Location
Von Maur Department Store plans to open a 90,000-square-foot store at West Acres Mall in Fargo, ND. Scheduled to open in Spring 2025, this will be the first Von Maur location in North Dakota.
