Compass Diversified is acquiring the maker of synthetic down insulation at a $530 million valuation, from its current owner, Victor Capital Partners, adding it to the other sporting goods brands—Boa, 5.11, Velocity Outdoor and Marucci—in CODI’s consumer brands portfolio.

Gathr Outdoors, the former MacNeill Pride Group, made its second acquisition in 2022 with the addition of WaterPORT, which makes self-pressurized water tanks for the outdoor market.

Walther Manufacturing appointed Thomas Goike as CEO, succeeding former president and CEO Adam Blalock, who is stepping away from day to day operations.

While the online reseller platform maintains that Nike has a fundamental misunderstanding of NFT’s, as it argued originally, the company defended its anti-counterfeiting measures in a response to Nike’s amended complaint.