Walls Brands, a leading provider of workwear and hunting apparel under the Walls Outdoor Goods, Big Smith, 10X, Liberty and Duxbak brands, has hired active lifestyle agency Backbone Media to manage its communications strategy and public ...
The Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike) board of directors has named Richard Fries to serve as its new executive director after an extensive search and interview process. His appointment comes as new investments in infrastructure and ...
Life Time Fitness has expanded its annual Commitment Day to a four-day Commitment Festival that kicks off Friday, Jan. 1, with a 5K Fun Run in 52 cities. Set to take place at 113 Life Time destinations from coast to coast, the Festival ...
Tags: Festival, athletic abilities, Sporting Goods
Plano Synergy Outdoors, which manufactures hunting, fishing and other products for outdoor sportsmen, has acquired the bird hunting brands Zink Calls and Avian-X as well as 24/7 Productions. Zink Calls and Avian-X are leaders in the ...
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Pacific Market International (PMI) of Seattle has acquired Aladdin South America, including two ISO-9001 certified manufacturing plants in Brazil, where it intends to ...
Tags: PMI, manufacturing plants, Sporting Goods
Liberty Interactive Corporation, parent company for Backcountry.com and Bodybuilding.com, extended the contract of its president and CEO Gregory B. Maffei through 2019. "We are extremely pleased that Greg will continue in his leadership ...
Tags: strategic vision, Sporting Goods
Moosejaw announced several changes to its loyalty program that include discontinuing its High Altitude program that allowed its most loyal customers to earn discounts at an accelerated rate. "We want the program to be more about ...
Tags: Loyalty Program, Sporting Goods
MonkeySports, the big box retailer of hockey, lacrosse and baseball/softball equipment, opened its first location in Greenwood Village, CO; a 30 minute drive from Denver. The 15,125-square-foot superstore opened at 6578 S. Yosemite Circle ...
Tags: softball equipment, Sporting Goods
A report by Juniper Research has found that will more than treble by 2018 with over 70 million devices in-use worldwide, compared to an estimated 19 million in-use devices this year. Juniper expects fitness to remain the dominant wearables ...
Tags: retail prices, smart watches, Sporting Goods
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) announced its annual fitness trend forecast based on survey responses from thousands of fitness professionals. Body weight training, high-intensity interval training, educated/experienced ...
Tags: Body weight training, high-intensity interval training, Sporting Goods
The average customer satisfaction score for Amazon slipped five points to 83 to tie with QVC for the highest score among the top 100 e-commerce sites measured over the holidays, likely because of increased price competition, according to ...
The Ugg brand, a division of Deckers Brands, announced the debut of its Winter 2015 "This Is Ugg." brand marketing campaign starring supermodel Chrissy Teigen and DJ Jack Guinness. For the latest iteration of "This Is Ugg." a campaign ...
Tags: weatherproof, waterproof and water-resistant technologies
Eddie Bauer is partnering with renowned celebrity stylist Ilaria Urbinati on a limited-edition 28-piece menswear collection set to debut in the Fall of 2015. The collection fuses modern style and fit with iconic Eddie Bauer heritage to ...
Tags: quality, essential pieces, Sporting Goods
Overall, retail sales during the Black Friday to Christmas Eve period excluding automotive sales increased 5.5 percent in 2014, according to Mastercard Spendingpulse’s initial view on the 2014 U.S. holiday shopping season. The ...
Guitar Center appointed Darrell Webb, formerly chairman and CEO of The Sports Authority, to be the company’s new president and chief executive officer. Webb replaced former CEO Mike Pratt, who resigned. Webb has more than 30 years ...
Tags: craft retailer, Sporting Goods