Freer and clearer North American operations are on the horizon for the licensor of Umbro, Starter, Pony, and Salt Life, among others, after it announced an upsizing of its credit facility with affiliates of Apollo Global Management.

As the Commerce Dept. continues to catch up following the government shutdown, Census Bureau data for Oct. showed sporting goods/hobby/book and music store adjusted sales growing 4.6% to $8,197 million from $7,834 million and up 1.9% sequentially.

The fishing equipment company elevated its current VP of sales, Travis Tuma, to president of Rapala VMC USA, succeeding Marcus Twidale after four years.

The Italian rugged footwear company bolstered its North American marketing team, elevating Kayla Hicks to marketing and communications manager, John Weir to athlete and events coordinator, and Olivia McCartney to digital communications and engagement coordinator.

POWW reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve an investigation of past filings after the Sep. ‘24 resignation of CFO Rob Wiley.