DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS (June 22, 2020) – Arizona, Florida, Illinois and South Dakota have decided in the last two months to add girls wrestling to their high school sports lineups. This brings the total number of states to sanction girls high school wrestling to 26. Arizona’s girls will compete in a separate division in the 2020-21 school … Continued
DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS (June 8, 2020) – The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) is pleased to see Congress approve revisions that provide more flexibility with the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for small business owners impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The PPP Flexibility Act passed the House and Senate was signed by President Trump. The bill includes … Continued
NSGA and NSSRA, in conjunction with the Americans for Free Trade (AFT), urged President Trump to help struggling American businesses by delaying the collection of all duties and fees.
NSGA urged that Small Business Administration loans be available to sporting goods retailers because of the coronavirus outbreak.
DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS (March 2, 2020) – According to the US Census Bureau’s Monthly Retail Trade Report, sales for sporting goods stores fell for the third straight year in 2019 to $41.8 billion, representing a 2 percent decrease vs. the 2018 total of $42.4 billion. Holiday sales for the months of November and December ended up … Continued
NCAA Division II and III added wrestling and acrobatics and tumbling to the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 3, 2019) – A record 189.6 million U.S. consumers shopped from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday in 2019, an increase of 14 percent over last year’s 165.8 million, says the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. “Americans continue to start their holiday shopping earlier in the year, and Thanksgiving is … Continued
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (December 2, 2019) – Consumers gave retailers and landlords much to be thankful for over Thanksgiving weekend: more shoppers visited retail centers this year than last year, and they spent more, according to International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) research. No less than 62 percent of the entire adult population of the … Continued
By Nick RigitanoNSGA Director of Research and Insights With the holiday season well underway, NSGA has been monitoring the holiday sales results released by multiple organizations. The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) announced that an estimated 157 million people visited a mall or shopping center over Thanksgiving Weekend (Thursday-Sunday), up from 151 million in … Continued
CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI (October 24, 2019) – Slow-pitch girls softball will be discontinued as a Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) sport, effective with the recently completed 2019 season. The MHSAA Executive Committee — made up of 15 school administrators from throughout the state — made its decision this month. Approximately 75 of the MHSAA’s 248 high … Continued
