Article From：SGB Media Peloton announced plans to launch in Australia, marking the brands entry to the Asia Pacific Region. For its Australian debut, Peloton will introduce the original Peloton Bike first introduced in the U.S. in 2014, a...

Article From：SGB Media Gap Inc. said Athletas sales increased 29 percent in the fourth quarter with comparable sales up 26 percent. Gap Inc. said promotional activity at Athleta was well below last year, driving margin expansion in the qu...

Article From：SGB Media Spalding has reached a deal to become the official game ball provider of the 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference mens and womens basketball tournaments. The basketball brand continues its 25-year partnership with the ACC...

Article From：SGB Media Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc. reported fourth-quarter earnings nearly doubled year-over-year on an adjusted basis as sales ran up 19.6 percent. At the mid-point of its expected range, Dicks sees sales in 2021 climbing...

Individual sports such as tennis, golf, running, hiking, skateboarding, and surfing thrived in 2020 as Americans pursued a host of pandemic-acceptable sports and fitness activities, according to SFIAs Annual Topline Participation Report. Th...

Article From：SGB Media Nike Inc. announced that Ann Hebert, vice president and general manager, North America, has departed from the company, effective today, March 1. Hebert leaves Nike after more than 25 years with the brand. Nike said...

Article From：SGB Media Adidas announced the opening of a store at The Dubai Mall, its first flagship store in the United Arab Emirates region. The space stretches almost 16,000 square feet, offers digital signage technologies to include a...

Article From：SGB Media Asics Corporation announced that its investment subsidiary Asics Ventures Corporation has invested in Dreamstock Inc., an operator of a soccer scouting platform that matches soccer players with club teams. Dreamstoc...

Article From：SGB Media Adidas has banned the use of animal fur in its products and joined the Fur Free Retailer (FFR) program. According to a statement from the Fur Free Alliance, while Adidas currently does not sell products made of anim...

Article From：SGB Media Aided by the economic stimulus payments and with the pandemic still in full swing, consumers continued to spend on categories that made their lives at home more comfortable in the first six weeks of 2021, reported T...

Article From：SGB Media RunSignups Annual RaceTrends Report for 2020 shows a 48.1 percent drop in participation amongst the cohort of races that were on the RunSignup platform in 2019 and did hold an event of some type in 2020. RunSignup s...

Article From：SGB Media U.S. athletic footwear dollar sales declined in the mid-single-digits in 2020, and units were down in the low-teens, according to The NPD Group. Activewear sales were also down in the mid-single-digits for 2020. The...

Article From：SGB Media Golf Datatech, LLC announced that U.S. golf equipment sales for December 2020 were up 58 percent over the same period in 2019, exceeding Decembers previous all-time high, set in 2006, by 16 percent. December sales a...

Article From：worldfootwear According to the British Retail Consortium a hard year ends a with footfall decline of 43%. Year on year UK Footfall decreased by 46.1% in December. The restrictions to contain the spread of COVID-19 are largely...

Article From：SGB Media Retail sales, excluding automobiles and gas, slid 0.7 percent in December compared to November, according to the Commerce Department, as a surge in coronavirus cases kept consumers away from stores during the critic...

Article From：SGB Media The final holiday push during the last two weeks of 2020, inching into 2021, each brought 13 percent year-over-year dollar sales growth, resulting in combined holiday 2020 season-to-date retail growth of 2 percent c...

Article From：SGB Media As participating Southeast destinations in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina pass the midway point of the winter season, indicators for the full six-month season from September 2020 through February 2021 are mixed...

Article From：SGB Media Economic challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic will continue in 2021, but stimulus legislation signed into law just after Christmas will help maintain and accelerate the nations ongoing recovery believes...

Article From：SGB Media According to a new survey from Life Time, a majority of Americans, living in the U.S., have reported gaining weight, losing muscle mass and are struggling with mental health this year. The survey polled more than 1,...

Article From：SGB Media According to Mastercard SpendingPulse, holiday retail sales, excluding automotive and gasoline, increased 3.0 percent this expanded holiday season, running from October 11 through December 24. Notably, online sales...