NSGA Report: Stay on High Alert for Holiday Business Scams
NSGA reports on the importance of small business owners staying alert for holiday business scams.
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NSGA Recommends Rejecting Latest “Swipe” Fee Settlement Attempt
The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA), a member of the Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC), has been following the longstanding antitrust litigation over Visa and Mastercard’s credit card “swipe” fee practices.
NSGA Study: Sporting Goods Shoppers Prefer Stores, Websites Offering Multiple Brands
NSGA’s most recent Shopper Playbook Study overwhelmingly showed sporting goods customers preferred shopping at stores and websites offering multiple brands over those offering one single brand across the major categories of apparel, equipment and footwear.
NSGA Members Can Offset Shipping Increases with PartnerShip
National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) members can offset 2026 shipping rate increases by using the PartnerShip program.
Retail Forecasts Signal Slight Growth for 2025 Holiday Season
The overall sentiment from the retail holiday forecasts released thus far is slight growth expected for the upcoming season with the largest gains still being driven by e-commerce.
NSGA Advocacy in Action – FTC and Noncompete Agreements
NSGA, consistent with its 2023 position, filed a 2025 statement with the FTC supporting a ban on noncompetes indicating that these anticompetitive agreements are harmful to growth of businesses while causing economic harm to valued members of the sporting goods industry.
US Census Monthly Retail Trade Report – July 2025
According to the US Census Bureau’s Monthly Retail Trade Report, sales for sporting goods stores during the month of July reached $5.08 billion, representing no change (+0.1%) compared to the prior year.
Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame in Class of 2026 to Honor Four Iconic Figures
The Class of 2026 of the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame includes
Sam Barcelona Jr. (Barcelona Sporting Goods), Tim Boyle (Columbia Sportswear), Mort Finkelstein (MC Sporting Goods) and Scott Hedrick (Pro Athlete, Inc.).
US Census Monthly Retail Trade Report – June 2025
According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Monthly Retail Trade Report, sales for sporting goods stores during the month of June reached $4.96 billion, representing a decrease of 5.7 percent compared to the prior year.
John Davenport of Winmark Corporation/Play It Again Sports Joins NSGA Board of Directors
The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) made a change to its Board of Directors with the appointment of John Davenport of Winmark Corporation/Play It Again Sports.