Sneakers are outperforming other footwear categories in planned total spend and are driving shoppers to stores, according to the Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America’s spring ‘24 U.S. Consumer Footwear Survey.

Lacrosse e-tailer and team dealer, Lax.com has acquired one of its main competitors, Universal Lacrosse, including an e-commerce business and 10 retail stores.

The fast growing pickleball brand appointed Osprey Packs and Black Diamond veteran, Jason Dunlap as its new chief financial officer, and hired former VF Corp. and Filson exec, Doug Thielen as chief marketing officer.

HBI will compensate employees whose personal information was stolen in a May, 2022 ransomware incident, settling a federal class action suit that was filed in the Middle District of NC.

The golf training aid maker filed suit in KS district court accusing Golf Technologies (dba Birdie Bath) for infringing on patent no. 10,639,539 with its Practice Mat Pro.

Johnson Health Tech is recalling about 9,700 Matrix T1 and T3 Series treadmills because the power cord can become loose and pose a fire hazard.