SGB Update Sports & Fitness

RYU Apparel Hires Three Designers

RYU Apparel Inc. has hired three new designers for its recently opened BETA 37.5 development lab in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada…

Royal Robbins Names New Reps

Royal Robbins has hired Kevin Hobday as Southeast Territory Representative, and Greg Fugate as Great Lakes representative…

NSGA Appoints New Board Member

NSGA appointed Jeff Miller, owner and president of Scholastic Sports Sales, Ltd., to its board of directors…

Academy Sports + Outdoors Begins Succession Planning

Academy Sports + Outdoors has begun planning for the succession of its president and CEO, Rodney Faldyn, who joined the retailer in 2006 and was appointed CEO when affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) acquired a majority stake in Academ

FeraDyne Outdoors Acquires FL Archery Holdings

FeraDyne Outdoors LLC, a portfolio company majority owned by funds affiliated with Snow Phipps Group, LLC, has acquired FL Archery Holdings LLC (d.b.a. Field Logic), an industry leader in archery targets and accessories…

Adidas Applauds Sepp Blatter Resignation

In response to the resignation of Sepp Blatter, FIFA's president, Adidas said in a statement, “We welcome FIFA's commitment to change. As stated before, the Adidas Group is fully committed to creating a culture that promotes the highest standard

Brooks Running Survey Finds Friends Trump Fitness Trackers

Brooks Running Company's third annual Brooks Run Happy Nation report shows 32 percent of Americans say they’d choose a friend as their go-to training partner, followed by 24 percent a digital fitness tracker, and 20 percent their dog…

OIA Releases Consumer Segmentation Report

Outdoor Industry Association released Friday, May 29 the OIA Segmentation Full Report, providing access to all research data from its 2014 attitudinal consumer segmentation study…

Report: Manhattan’s JackRabbit Shifting Away from Tri Merchandise

According to the report in the New York Times, JackRabbit Sports, acquired by Running Specialty Group in March, is phasing out swim and bike offerings popular aimed at the triathletes crowd. The Manhattan-based store will shift to focus even more on runni

Wolverine Worldwide Announces CFO Transition

Wolverine Worldwide appointed Michael D. Stornant as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, effective June 12. He will succeed Donald T. Grimes, who has resigned his position to become executive vice president, chief operating offic