SGB Update Sports & Fitness

Dwayne Johnson Leaks Under Armour Capsule

Under Armour is planning ahead to December 2016, when the brand will release its apparel collaboration with action movie star and WWE wrestler Dwayne Johnson.

Fitbit Ventures Into Virtual Reality

The connected health and fitness company released Fitbit Adventures, a series of personal, non-competitive virtual activity challenges.

SFIA: Industry Grows 2 Percent in 2015

The Sports and Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) released its 2016 State of the Industry Report (SOTI), which showed another moderate year of industry growth despite major disruption in the sporting goods sector.

FESI Hosts EU Sport Policy Assembly

Efforts to strengthen Sport Policy continue, as the MEP presents his Report “Integrated approach to Sport Policy: Good Governance, accessibility and integrity.”

Garmin Expands Kansas Facility

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), will undertake a $200 million facility expansion at its Olathe, KS campus.

Riddell Begins Kollege Town Sports Facility Construction

Football equipment designer and developer Riddell began construction on a new Kollege Town Sports facility in Sun Prairie, WI. Riddell and Kollege Town senior leaders and employees were on site, as well as customers, development partners and public officials. The Sun Prairie facility will house Kollege Town’s apparel business and their Fanaktive graphics-based product line. […]

Sports Authority’s New Bonus Plan Draws Protests

The Justice Department’s U.S. trustee has called a new $1.5 million bonus plan for Sports Authority executives “unseemly” given how many creditors won’t receive any money back in the bankruptcy reorganization.