After growth slowed dramatically in 2022 coming out of the pandemic, total hardgoods sales fell sharply last year at the 41 companies on our list to $104,013 million from $112,059 million, with 25 of the companies coming in lower year-over-year.

Riddell and BRG Sports president and CEO, Dan Arment, is retiring at the end of the year, after a nearly 25-year career at the company, and will be succeeded by longstanding CFO and COO, Allison Boersma.

The Louisville, CO-based online used bicycle seller announced it’s shuttering its doors in October after 18 years of being in business.

The specialist in hands free footwear filed suit in OH district court accusing Tishkoff Enterprises (dba Drew Shoe) of infringing on two patents related to Kizik’s Cage technology.