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Saucony and Flottrack Launch SauconyFlo50
Saucony announced the launch of SauconyFlo50, the most comprehensive high school and collegiate cross country ranking platform to date. SauconyFlo50, a partnership between Saucony and Flotrack, the leading source for premium track and field and cross coun
Delta Apparel Appoints VP of Sales for M.J. Soffe
Delta Apparel, Inc. announced Elisa Palefsky joined the company as vice president of sales for its M. J. Soffe operating subsidiary. Her former business associations include SPANX and The Coca-Cola Company…
Intrawest Buys Out Blue Mountain Ski Resorts Partner
Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc. has agreed to acquire the 50 percent interest in Blue Mountain Ski Resort that it does not already own from Blue Mountain Resorts Holdings Inc. for CAD $58.0 million…
Hyperlite Mountain Gear Secures Financing to Bring Ultralight to the Masses, Jobs to Maine
Hyperlite Mountain Gear achieved an important milestone last week in its quest to bring ultralight gear to the masses and manufacturing jobs to Maine…
Sportsman’s Warehouse Beats Guidance With Help from Camping and Apparel
Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings Inc. reported sales of camping and apparel gear grew much faster than gun and ammo sales shrank in quarter ended Aug. 2. The strong camping and apparel sales moderated the impact of a 15 percent decline in same stores s
Sports Authority Doubles Down on Yoga
Sports Authority announced the launch of an exclusive yoga lifestyle line, called Bloom. In an interview with Sports Executive Weekly, Stephen Binkley, EVP and chief merchandising officer of Sports Authority, said the retailer a couple years ago began rep
Manchester United Attributes Merch Drop to World Cup Attention
Manchester United reported revenues from its Retail, Merchandising, Apparel & Product Licensing (RMA&PL) operations declined 12.3 percent to £9.3 million ($11.7 mm), in the fourth quarter ended June 30. The team blamed the decline on a shift in Nike’
Ray Rice Jerseys Dumped by Stores
Dick’s Sporting Goods and Modell’s were among the retailers that quickly pulled Ray Rice jerseys last week from store shelves following the airing of a second video from TMZ that showed the football player's violent fight with his wife in
Sportsman’s Warehouse Reports 6.1 Percent Q2 Comps Decline
Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings, Inc. reported net sales increased by 2.3 percent to $159.5 million from $155.9 million in the second quarter as sales of non-hunting gear helped offset the expected decline in firearms and ammunition sales. Same store
Vero Vellini Signs New Sales Rep Groups
Vero Vellini, manufacturer of handcrafted gun slings, has announced that it has signed with two new sales representative groups, Owens Outdoor Sales and Mike Barnes & Associates…
NSSF Opens New Washington, D.C. Office
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry, formally opened its new office in The Hall of the States Building on Capitol Hill…
Livestrong Donations Tumble
Donations to Livestrong, closely associated with yellow rubber wristbands made by Nike, dropped to $15 million in 2013 from $22.7 million in 2012, according to an Internal Revenue Service filing that was posted on the Austin, Texas-based charity’s w
Sports Direct Reports Double Digit Sales Gains in May-July Quarter
Sports Direct International plc, the UK's leading sports retailer, reported Group sales for the 13 weeks ended July 27 were up 12.2 percent to £711.2m ($1.21 bn) compared with £634.0 millon a year earlier. Gross profit increased 11.8 percent to £301.
RECALL: Coleman Inflatable Rubber River Tubes
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall of Coleman Inflatable Rubber River Tubes sold exclusively at Walmart. Coleman has received 24 reports of consumers with skin irritation after contact with the tube…
Johnson Outdoors Adds Heavyweights to Board of Directors
Johnson Outdoors Inc. expanded it board of directors to eight to accommodate two heavy hitters. The Racine, WI owner of Eureka!, Humminbird, Jet Boil, Minn Kota, Necky, Old Town, and SCUBAPro, appointed former Patagonia CEO Casey Sheahan and Katherine Bu
