SGB Update Sportsmans
RECALL: 133,000 Lululemon Tops
Lululemon Athletic Inc. is recalling 133,000 women's tops because when the elastic draw cord with a hard tip in the hood or around the neck area is pulled or caught on something and released, it can snap back and impact the face area and result in in
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…
PeopleForBikes Awards Nearly $50K in Community Grants
PeopleForBikes awarded nearly $50,000 in community grants to support infrastructure and advocacy initiatives in seven communities across the country…
VF Appoints Steve Rendle as President and COO
VF Corporation promoted Steve Rendle to president, COO and to VF’s board of directors. Rendle had most recently been SVP Americas and was VP and group president – Outdoor & Action Sports from 2011 to 2014…
Total Hockey Acquires Players Bench
Total Hockey has acquired Denver-based Players Bench in a deal that will add eight stores in Colorado, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin and Ohio…
Safilo Group to Move North American HQ Closer to Manhattan
Safilo Group, the Italian parent of the Smith sports optics and helmet brand, plans to relocate its North American headquarters closer to its Manhattan showroom…
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…
Interbike’s New Inside Test Track Designed for Conventional and E-bikes
Interbike will provide an indoors test track at this years show so attendees can better evaluate the performance of motor systems and bicycle designs, including E-bikes, Fat Bikes, and Urban/Lifestyle bikes.
NOCSAE Says Data Does Not Yet Justify Youth Helmet Standard
The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) said there is still not enough data to suggest a distinct helmet mass limit for youth…
Fitbit’s IPO Sizzles
Proving many of its critics wrong and highlighting the hot prospects for the health-tracking device category, Fitbit last week made a huge splash in its initial public offering…
Speedo Signs Missy Franklin
Speedo USA, a division of PVH Corp., announced that five-time Olympic medalist, holder of two individual world records and competitive swimming superstar Missy Franklin has joined Team Speedo, marking her first endorsement since becoming a professional sw
Vittoria Extends Pro Deals to Shop Teams
Vittoria Industries North America Inc. has begun offering pro deal discounts on its tires and tubes as well as 3T and Selle Italia products it distributes to local cycling teams across the United States…
Sporting Goods Make Some Father’s Day Lists
When asked what they would like to receive for Father's Day, 28 percent of dads said they wanted sports equipment. Coming in first was a day with family, at 57 percent, according to a Harris Poll…
Octane Fitness Named a Top 150 Workplace
For the second consecutive year, Octane Fitness, LLC, the maker of zero-impact cardiovascular equipment, was named by the Star Tribune newspaper as one of the Top 150 Workplaces in Minnesota…
Assos Expands ProShop Concept in North America
Assos will open three new ProShops across North America with ATA Cycle in Concord, MA, Signature Cycles in Greenwich, CT and West Point Cycles in Vancouver, BC…
