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Industry News Archive for dates of Saturday, June 22, 2019 thru Friday, July 5, 2019
Brooks Signs NCAA Champs Allie Ostrander and Karisa Nelson to Sponsorship Contracts 07/03/2019 letsrun.com - Brooks Running Company celebrates National Collegiate Athletic Association title-holders Allie Ostrander and Karisa Nelson as they join the Brooks Beasts Track Club. Brooks will also sponsor their teams, the Brooks Beasts and...
Inside NBC's Tour de France television broadcast 07/02/2019 velonews.com - NBC broadcasts 380 total hours of Tour coverage across its television channel and digital streaming service, NBC Sports Gold. Every day, hundreds of thousands of American fans tune in to watch the...
SRAM Recalls RockShox Forks for 'Crash Hazard' 07/02/2019 gearjunkie.com - The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of SRAM RockShox Lyrik and Yari suspension forks. The forks were equipped on complete 29er bikes — including Kona, Santa Cruz, Trek, and Scott...
Even With Tougher Standards, Plenty of People Are Qualifying for Boston 07/02/2019 runnersworld.com - Runners are qualifying for the 2020 Boston Marathon at close to the same rates at which they qualified for the 2019 race—even though the time standards are five minutes faster across all...
Consumer Reports pans three helmets as unsafe: from Bontrager, Morpher and Woom 07/02/2019 bicycleretailer.com - Consumer Reports has rated three helmets as unsafe in its latest helmet test editorial package. For varying reasons, the independent, nonprofit member organization said helmets from Bontrager, Morpher and Woom failed its...
LA Marathon disqualifies senior runner for alleged cheating 07/02/2019 apnews.com - The Los Angeles Marathon disqualified 70-year-old runner Frank Meza, saying video shows he left the course during his record-setting performance in March and that his time during one stretch was so fast...
Former head of USA Triathlon takes helm of the Iditarod 07/01/2019 timesunion.com - Former USA Triathlon head Rob Urbach, who is now the new head of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, will have to overcome dwindling sponsorships, dog deaths, a recent dog-doping scandal and...
Surviving In the Cycling Media Business 07/01/2019 theouterline.com - There are perhaps some fifty or so significant cycling media entities (CMEs) serving different sectors and regions of the international cycling industry – websites, print magazines, podcasts, video producers, independent bloggers and...
What's Selling: Hoka One One and New Balance Lead the Way at Running Stores 06/28/2019 footwearnews.com - What's selling at running shoe stores this week? Four key retailers weigh in on winning brands and top trends and talk about what's not moving.
A performance-enhancing pill based on the gut bacteria of elite athletes is in the works 06/28/2019 cnbc.com - New research out Monday has identified a special type of gut bacteria found in elite athletes that may play a role in boosting their performance during rigorous exercise — and it could...
Sigma to close US office, consolidate operations in Germany 06/28/2019 bicycleretailer.com - Sigma Germany will be closing its offices in the U.S. at the end of July, consolidating its operations at the brand's headquarters in Neustadt, Germany. The company said the move will streamline...
Running Industry Association Announces KICK Show 'Best in Show Awards' 06/27/2019 sgbonline.com - The Running Industry Association announced the Best in Show Awards from the inaugural KICK Show hosted in Denver, CO, June 3-6. The awards recognize excellence in new products and product updates in...
Asics ups stake in motion analysis with investment in Canadian startup 06/27/2019 us.fashionnetwork.com - Japanese sportswear multinational Asics Corporation announced that it has taken an equity stake in Curv Labs, an AI technology startup, through its investment subsidiary Asics Ventures Corporation. Asics' investment in Curv Labs...
Nike's Earnings Slide In Fourth Quarter 06/27/2019 sgbonline.com - Nike Inc. reported earnings fell 13% in the fourth quarter ended May 3 as increased marketing costs, currency headwinds and a higher tax rate offset improving sales and gross margins. Fourth quarter...
NIKE, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2019 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results 06/27/2019 businesswire.com - NIKE, Inc. reported financial results for its fiscal 2019 fourth quarter and full year ending May 31. Fourth quarter revenue increased to $10.2 billion, up 4% on a reported basis and up...
Wholesale bike sales plummet 18% in May, down 14% this year 06/27/2019 bicycleretailer.com - Wholesale bike sales to retailers fell 18% in May, by unit count. A higher average wholesale price reduced the pain somewhat: dollar sales were down less than 4% in the month.
'Do I risk it?' Your photos of the world's best and worst cycling infrastructure 06/27/2019 theguardian.com - When The Guardian asked its readers for examples of the best and worst cycle infrastructure in cities, the submissions came in thick and fast, from bike lanes blocked by bollards, potholes, contradictory...
UCI to halve amount riders pay in fines 06/27/2019 cyclingweekly.com - The amount that riders will have to pay in fines is set to be cut in half, after the UCI responded positively to a request made by the International Riders' Association.The decision...
Study: Cyclists and Triathletes Are Wired Differently 06/27/2019 triathlete.com - An interesting new study shows that cyclists and triathletes really are wired differently. The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, compared the psychological profiles of cyclists and triathletes, only to...
$1 Million Dollars on the Line for Spartan's World Championship Events 06/26/2019 mudrunguide.com - Spartan will be offering $1 million in prize money to elite athletes competing in 2019 Spartan's World Championship Event Series. Male athletes must score 98 points and female athletes must score 78...
Former Lord and Taylor President Joins Adidas North America 06/25/2019 sgbonline.com - Vanessa LeFebvre, former president of Lord & Taylor, is joining Adidas as SVP of commercial, overseeing the brand's U.S. wholesale, stores and online businesses. She worked previously at Stitch Fix, Macy's, TJX...
Marathon runners get a boost from the bacteria in their guts 06/25/2019 latimes.com - Scientists who studied marathon runners discovered a type of bacteria that flourished in their digestive tracts. These Veillonella bacteria produce a molecule that helps increase exercise endurance.
MIPS acquires the GlideWear brand and technology 06/25/2019 bicycleretailer.com - MIPS has agreed to purchase the GlideWear brand and patent rights to the GlideWear technology from Tamarack Habilitation Technologies for about $1 million. GlideWear technology is a two-layer, low-friction fabric that MIPS...
USA Swimming Operated at Nearly $1.5 Million Deficit in 2018 06/24/2019 swimswam.com - The financial statements reveal that the 2018 operating revenue of $36.1 million, which was $1.7 million short of budget. Expenses totaled $37.5 million and were 823,273 better than budgeted, and in total,...
Ironman Ireland: Alistair Brownlee Gets First Ironman Win On Brutal Day 06/24/2019 triathlete.com - Two-time Olympic gold medalist Alistair Brownlee executed a perfect day at Ironman Ireland, despite crazy weather conditions that saw a cancelled swim and a treacherous experience for all involved. Alistair won with...
Alistair Brownlee, double Olympic triathlon champ, wins Ironman debut, eyes Kona 06/24/2019 olympics.nbcsports.com - Alistair Brownlee, the only triathlete with multiple Olympic titles, added an Ironman victory in his debut at the distance in Cork, Ireland, on Sunday, though the 2.4-mile swim was canceled. The Brit...
Why Strava Is Getting More Social Than Ever 06/24/2019 outsideonline.com - Social-fitness app Strava is growing fast, adding roughly a million users a month, and it has lofty goals to expand far beyond its old identity as a platform for logging rides and...
Lululemon men's-only stores quietly close after short-lived runs 06/24/2019 bostonglobe.com - Lululemon Athletica Inc. has quietly closed its men's standalone stores in New York City and Toronto even as it plans to more than double its men's business in the next five years....