Independent outdoor retailers are posting a wave of green arrows for FY 2025 and FY ‘26 through May, their best performance since the 2021-22 post-pandemic peak, according to the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance’s mid-year update shared on LinkedIn by president Gabe Maier.

June sales at sporting goods, hobby, music, and book stores improved 18.53% year over year on an unadjusted basis, but only grew 0.45% seasonally adjusted, according to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor.

RevolutionRace parent RVRC Holding AB has agreed to acquire 90.1% of Swedish training apparel brand ICANIWILL AB at a fully diluted, cash- and debt-free value of SEK 700 million ($72.0 mm).

Egan-Jones Proxy Services and Glass Lewis have joined Institutional Shareholder Services in recommending that GCO shareholders approve the full 9-director slate ahead of its July 21 Annual Meeting.

The Fila parent is collaborating with local and global partners in China for its Rest&Recreation and Raive brands to expand its footprint in the Middle Kingdom.

With landlords pursuing millions in lease payments from closed stores, A Sneaker City Albany Inc. filed for Ch. 11 in No. NY federal bankruptcy court, listing assets of just $47,600 in inventory at its single remaining store at Crossgates Mall.