Pat Donnelley (Donnelley Sports) became the new NSGA Board Chairman. Greg Miller (Universal Athletic) moves up to the Executive Committee and Ron Rugal (B & R Sporting Goods) joined the Board.
Longtime NSGA research partner and supporter Dick Lipsey died May 15, 2020 at 89 after heart bypass surgery.
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’s Sports Participation in the US report showed growth in 7 of 10 segments in 2019.
NSGA President & CEO Matt Carlson announces the cancellation of the 2020 Management Conference & Team Dealer Summit because of COVID-19.
NSGA canceled the 2020 Management Conference & Team Dealer Summit because of the Coronavirus outbreak.
NSGA urged that Small Business Administration loans be available to sporting goods retailers because of the coronavirus outbreak.
A website operating at ISGRA.org as the Independent Sporting Goods Retail Association has copied content from NSGA.
Golf celebrity Gary McCord is scheduled to speak at the 2020 NSGA Management Conference & Team Dealer Summit.
Jim Throneburg, a 2016 Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame inductee, passed away February 9, 2020 at 82. Throneburg invented the “activity-specific” padded sock.
