EAGAN, MINNESOTA (January 10, 2021) – Stock & Field, a Midwest retailer which includes outdoors gear in its product assortment, filed for bankruptcy. The 57-year-old business, which was founded as Big R in Watseka, Illinois, is holding liquidation sales at its 25 stores in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan. Big R rebranded as Stock & … Continued
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (January 20, 2021) – S&S Activewear and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced a new partnership in which CD&R-managed funds will invest alongside current owners and management to acquire S&S, a leading North American distributor of imprintable apparel and accessories. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With approximately four million square feet of warehouse … Continued
BOCA RATON, FLORIDA (January 7, 2021) – Industry veterans Neil Schwartz and Mark Sullivan have purchased Sporting Goods Research, Inc., the comprehensive data platform of information and analysis that is the leader in the academic market. Sporting Goods Research was founded in 1998 by Dick Lipsey and its data is sold via subscription to more than … Continued
SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI and WEST JORDAN, UTAH (December 21, 2020) – In an effort to better serve its loyal customers, Sportsman’s Warehouse has entered into a definitive agreement to join the Great American Outdoors Group, parent company of NSGA members Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s, White River Marine Group and a collection of nature-based resorts. The Great … Continued
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI (January 13, 2021) – Rawlings® recently entered a new business relationship with performance insights company Blast Motion®. This partnership will be centered around Rawlings’ non-wood bat category and will enable it to engineer its new “Mantra” softball bat to exclusively feature Blast Motion’s industry-leading sensor technology. The Mantra, Powered by Blast®, will launch … Continued
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (January 21, 2021) – DECATHLON, one of the world’s largest sporting goods retailers, and the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced a new multiyear merchandising partnership that makes DECATHLON an official licensee of the NBA across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. This is DECATHLON’s first partnership with a North American sports league. The partnership will … Continued
DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS (December 22, 2020) – Kranos Corporation, which is the umbrella company to football helmet and sports equipment manufacturer Schutt Sports, opened a Chapter 7 liquidation case in Delaware on Friday, according to a story from Law360. Kranos, a privately held company, listed more than $58 million in liabilities and $1.2 million in sports … Continued
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (December 23, 2020) – Innovatus Capital Partners announced it has formed Certor Sports, LLC to actively consolidate sporting goods brands faced with significant headwinds because of COVID-19 and the corresponding disruption in youth, collegiate and professional sports. Certor Sports, through its subsidiaries, has acquired substantially all of Kranos Corporation’s assets, IP and … Continued
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY (November 18, 2020) – The East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) announced each of the six teams in the North Division – Adirondack Thunder, Brampton Beast, Maine Mariners, Newfoundland Growlers, Reading Royals and Worcester Railers – will suspend play for the 2020-21 ECHL season under the League’s policy for COVID-19. All teams are set … Continued
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO (December 5, 2020) – From the start of the pandemic, USA Hockey has led efforts to provide risk mitigation guidelines and strategies to the hockey community. USA Hockey remains united and committed in its efforts to help stop the spread of COVID-19. “We’re always about safety first,” said Pat Kelleher, executive director of … Continued
