PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA (November 21, 2019) – The National Lacrosse League (NLL) announces that it has added TRUE Sports, a global leader in sports equipment design, to its growing list of partners for the 2019-20 season. Offering unmatched protection and durability, TRUE Sports’ innovative gear will be mobilized throughout the NLL during the 2019-2020 season, which begins … Continued
NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO (November 20, 2019) – CCM Hockey extended its streak to seven as the winner of the Source For Sports/Sports Distributors of Canada (SDC) Hockey Vendor of the Year and Bryan McDermott won the inaugural SDC President’s Choice Award. The awards were presented during the Source For Sports/SDC Buying Show and Marketing Convention on … Continued
DALLAS, TEXAS (November 6, 2019) – Rebel Athletic and Eric McCrite Company (EMC) announced a partnership and new distribution plan. EMC will be the first and exclusive distributor of Rebel Athletic shoes and bags, including the iconic Rebel Dream Bag, through its many dealer networks and Amazon. Rebel has been approached over the years by various distributors but … Continued
Mueller Sports Medicine announced it entered a partnership to distribute Pro Orthopedic Devices products.
Columbia Sportswear’s Gert Boyle, the first woman inducted into the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame in 2003, passed away Nov. 3, 2019 at age 95.
Mueller Sports Medicine founder Curt Mueller, a 2002 inductee in the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame, passed away Oct. 19, 2019 at age 85.
Co-op unveils aggressive sustainability commitments, dares business leaders and consumers to “opt to act” SEATTLE, WASHINGTON (October 23, 2019) – For the fifth time this Black Friday, REI Co-op will close all its stores, process no online payments and pay all 13,000 employees to #OptOutside with friends and family. But this year, under the leadership of a new … Continued
Sports Distributors of Canada (SDC) retailers Sports Etc. (Arlington, Massachusetts) and Prince Albert Source For Sports (Prince Albert, Saskatchewan) won Bauer Specialty Retailer of the Year awards for 2019.
Bauer Hockey and STEP Skating announced an agreement to settle their ongoing dispute about STEP Skating’s sale and manufacture of replacement blades for Bauer bladeholders.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (October 17, 2019) – Michael Dowse, President of Wilson Sporting Goods Co., has been named Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the United States Tennis Association. The announcement was made by Patrick Galbraith, USTA Chairman of the Board and President, who led the search for current CEO Gordon Smith’s replacement. As … Continued
