While pickleball led all sports in participation growth last year with 56%, the new 2025 edition of the National Sporting Goods Association’s Sports Participation in the U.S. report also found solid ...

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Seawall Capital-backed Sports Endeavors has acquired Soccer Master, a six-door soccer specialist based in St. Louis, MO. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. In addition to four ... Log in to view ...

The 76-door golf retailer’s chief executive and chairman Dick Sullivan plans to retire from his day-to-day CEO role later this summer once a successor can be recruited. He will remain as executive ...

As collective U.S. levies against China scale up to 145%, with a recent White House document hinting at an absurd 245% figure, Beijing trained its eye on the U.S. service sector for retaliation as ...

Revenues at the high-end sneaker maker slipped 2% to $331.0 million to start the year, down from $338.4 million in Q1, 2024, lapping a 26% increase last year. Footwear manufacturing sales contracted 2 ...

Total sports equipment, apparel, and athletic footwear sales were up 2.9% to a record $116.7 billion for 2024, posting the lowest growth rate since 2020 but besting a majority of the 2010-’19 decade, ...

The Chinese footwear maker and retailer said that net income for the first quarter is expected to decline by no more than 25% from last year’s stellar $100 million result. It blamed a lower gross ...

The North Face is recalling about 21,100 pairs of women’s Shellista V Mid waterproof boots because the hook of one boot can catch on the lace of the other boot, posing a ... Log in to view full ...

The Chinese sportswear brand said its retail sell-through increased mid-single digits, including both e-commerce and in-store sales, in the first quarter of 2025 after a strong Q4. Retail discount ...

L.L. Bean ’s new 17,000-sq.-ft. store at University Town Center’s West District in Sarasota, FL will open on May 9.++++ United Wheels, which owns Huffy, Niner, Batch and Buzz Bicycles, hired former ...

Nike is launching a new creative studio in Shanghai under the auspices of its internal production unit, Icon Studios, to create digital and social media content for the Chinese market.++++ Sierra is ...