BUSINESS NEWS
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September 29, 2020
INCUS Performance partners with Claire Cashmore on her road to become Paralympic Champion
INCUS Performance are delighted to announce the start of a long-term partnership with Claire Cashmore, a talented multisport athlete based in Loughborough, UK. Originally a swimmer Claire has competed in 4 paralympic games and won 8 medals, including a Gold and Silver medal at Rio 2016. After these games, Claire...
September 29, 2020
UCAN Welcomes Running Superstar Sara Hall to Its Team of Elite Athletes
One of the fastest US marathoners of all time, Sara Hall, has officially joined Team UCAN. Hall ran 2:22 at the Berlin Marathon last year, holds the World Record for the half marathon on the treadmill in 1:09:03, and is a 3-time US 10 Mile Champion. Sara will be racing...
September 28, 2020
Flywheel Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Closes All Of Its Studios
On Sept. 14, Flywheel Sports Inc. closed its 42 studios, laid off its 1,200 employees and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York. Flywheel had $10 million to $50 million in liabilities and less than $50,000 in assets. Read more on Club Industry.
September 28, 2020
Mayweather Boxing + Fitness Announces Opening of Greenville, SC Studio
Greenville, SC (September 28, 2020) – Mayweather Boxing + Fitness – a group fitness and boxing experience created by legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather – announced today the opening of their Greenville, South Carolina Studio, the first location to open since the onset of COVID-19. On Saturday, October 3rd, the Mayweather...
September 28, 2020
RunSignup Raises $2.6 Million in Series A Funding from Payroc for Strategic Initiatives
Moorestown, NJ and DesPlaines, IL - Payroc is making a minority investment in the RunSignup|GiveSignup business to help fund the continued rapid expansion of the RunSignup customer base and provide additional fundraising capabilities to the nonprofit market with GiveSignup. RunSignup has seen unparalleled opportunity amidst the pandemic and sought additional...
September 25, 2020
Alta Cycling Group Rolls Out New Beeline Connect Bridge Software
KENT, Wash., (September 25, 2020) — Alta Cycling Group, a premier cycling company, is incorporating Beeline Connect’s new Bridge software to facilitate a new dealer locators integrated on Diamondback, Redline, IZIP, Haibike and Raleigh websites, to provide added support and improve processes for their authorized dealer network. This added software...
September 24, 2020
Communication Issue? Echelon’s ‘Prime Bike’ Scrubbed from Amazon
Echelon Fitness went from promoting a “Prime Bike” sold exclusively on Amazon to having all its at-home spinning bikes yanked from the online retail giant for about 24 hours. Read more on Front Office News.
September 24, 2020
Walton Family Foundation and PeopleForBikes Partner to Support Increased Bicycling Through Area Businesses in Northwest Arkansas
BOULDER, CO (Sept. 24, 2020) — PeopleForBikes announced a five-year program to help Benton County, Arkansas businesses become national leaders in bicycling, realize the return on investment from an active workforce that embraces bicycling, both for transportation and recreation and position Northwest Arkansas as the national model for getting more people...
September 24, 2020
Adventure Journal To Be First Carbon Neutral Publisher through Climate Neutral
Monarch Beach, CA – September 24, 2020–Today, Adventure Journal, the online and quarterly print magazine devoted to outdoor adventure, announced its commitment to being carbon neutral in 2020. This commitment will be certified by Climate Neutral, the nonprofit organization founded in 2019 by the leaders of Peak Design and BioLite. ...
September 24, 2020
mountainFLOW Announces B-Corp Status and USDA Certification
(BOULDER, CO - September 2020)- mountainFLOW, the innovative and award-winning Colorado company that has revolutionized the ski wax industry with its line of groundbreaking eco-friendly products, announced today that is now a certified B-Corporation, and that all of the company’s celebrated products are also certified bio-based by the USDA. Launched...