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January 19, 2024
Sports Illustrated’s Publisher Guts Staff. Future Unclear
Staffers at Sports Illustrated were notified on Friday of massive layoffs—some immediately, others in short time, with potential for the entire staff to be gone in three months. Authentic, the licensing group that purchased Sports Illustrated for $110 million from Meredith five years ago, has terminated the agreement it holds with The Arena Group to publish SI...
January 18, 2024
Who Earns Most in Pro Cycling? Report Ranks Salaries, from Pogačar to Van der Poel and Beyond
Pogačar has been reported as the highest earner in pro cycling for several years. UAE Emirates’ centrepiece topped the WorldTour rankings every year since 2021 and brings sponsor-pleasing charisma both on and off the bike. The 25-year-old’s current deal with UAE Emirates stretches through 2027, meaning he’s got a cool...
January 18, 2024
Hyperice Casts Wider Net in Defense of Massage Gun Patent, Files 16 More Suits
Hyperice, the high-performance wellness brand and innovator of percussion, dynamic air compression, thermal, vibration, and contrast therapy technology, filed 16 additional lawsuits in Federal Court on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 against Sharper Image, HoMedics, Ekrin Athletics, and more than a dozen others, including retailers CVS, Costco, Walgreens and Kohl’s, related...
January 18, 2024
Asics, Ugg, and On Saw Massive Growth on StockX in 2023, According to Year-End Report
Asics, which broke a number of its own sales records last year, jumped from tenth to fifth on the resale platform’s list of top-selling sneaker brands, thanks to a 239 percent boost in sales. StockX also reported a 240 percent growth for MSCHF, in large part due to the virality...
January 15, 2024
Designing shoes for women’s feet with Wes and Allyson Felix of Saysh (2023)
On How I Built This Lab, Allyson and Wes talk with Guy about their journey to the top of the track and field world, the decision to leave Nike, and how they built the iconic shoe that Allyson wore during her gold medal performance at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo....
January 12, 2024
Hot Shoe Brand On Running Sets Aggressive Sales Goals
Executives from rising shoe brand On Running gave an update on the company’s goals, including doubling its sales in the next three years, at the ICR Conference in Orlando, Florida, earlier this week. The Switzerland-based company is on a steep upward trajectory, with $1.58 billion in net sales for the...
January 11, 2024
Merrell, Saucony Parent Company Sells Shoe Brand Sperry
Wolverine Worldwide, parent company of Merrell, Saucony, Chaco, and other brands, announced it has sold boat-shoe brand Sperry to Authentic Brands Group and the Aldo Group. The deal closed on Jan. 10, and is expected to generate about $130 million in the first quarter to pay down debt. The announcement...
January 10, 2024
Giant Group Sees Another Steep Decline in December Revenues
Giant Group reported consolidated sales were NT$76.95 billion for full-year 2023 through December, a decrease of 16.4 percent compared to the 2022 full-year period. December revenues were down 25.8 percent to NT$4.17 billion, compared to NT$5.62 billion in December 2022. Still, the Taiwan-based bike manufacturing group, which reports in New...
January 8, 2024
Planet Fitness Nears 20 Million Members Amid Strong Growth
Planet Fitness is winning over consumers as the low-price, high-value fitness franchise nears 20 million members, according to its year-end operational metrics. As of December 31, 2023, the “Judgement Free” fitness franchise grew its membership to approximately 18.7 million members, an increase of 1.7 million since the end of 2022....
January 5, 2024
Muuvr Raises $4.2M for Rewards-Based Fitness App
Muuvr surpassed its original funding target with a $4.16 million post-seed funding round, the company announced. That, combined with $1.67 million in founder loans, sets Muuvr’s total capital increase at $5.84 million. The post-seed funding round was led by what Muuvr described as “influential private individuals and family offices. Investors...