SGB Update Sports & Fitness

Mio Global Secures Financing

Mio Global, makers of wearable technology for fitness, has secured a $1.5 million loan from Export Development Canada (EDC)…

Sunice Continues Partnership with PGA Tour

Sunice is continuing its partnership with the PGA Tour, having been selected as outerwear supplier for the International Team at The Presidents Cup 2015…

Cotopaxi Appoints First VP of Marketing

Cotopaxi, a VC-backed direct-to-consumer outdoor gear brand named has lured a marketer from Backcountry.com to become its first vice president of marketing…

BucketFeet Raises $3 Million in PE Funding

BucketFeet, which creates shoes bearing the designs of artists from around the world, raised $3 million in venture capital from Wintrust Ventures, according to the Chicago Tribune…

Senate Gives Obama Fast Track Authority

The U.S. States Senate voted Wednesday to give President Obama Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) needed to consummate the Trans Pacific Partnership, which enjoys broad support in the sporting goods, apparel and footwear industry…

Rawlings to Exit Football Equipment Categories

Rawlings Sporting Goods will halt production of football helmets and shoulder pads this year, according to a report by the St. Louis Dispatch. The company, which had entered the football helmet market in 2010, will continue to make footballs and apparel a

Electric Co-Founder Kip Arnette Retires

Electric, the eyewear brand aimed at the action sports space, announced today that Kip Arnette, its co-founder, is retiring after 15 years with the brand…

Ibex Outdoor Clothing Names New Reps

Ibex Outdoor Clothing has appointed Troy Kattreh and Pam Schwarzbach of The Ascentials as sales reps for the Midwest region, and Tom Lawrence to cover the East side of the Great Lakes…

Yue Yuen Profits Up in Q1

Yue Yuen reported sales in the first quarter rose 7.3 percent to $1.97 billion compared to the same period last year. Net profits rose 28.4 percent…

Paris Glove Named New President In Early May

Paris Glove Inc., which makes the Auclair gloves used by many of Canada's Winter Olympic athletes, confirmed that Daniel Gervais joined the company as president on May 4…

Everlast Opens First Stores in the U.S.

Everlast Worldwide is opening all three of its first U.S. brand stores in Florida. The stores will showcase boxing and mixed martial arts gear, alongside its new line of fitness apparel for men and women…