Industry News
Industry News Archive for dates of Wednesday, April 8, 2020 thru Tuesday, April 21, 2020
- USOPC to cut up to 20%, says no games would be ‘devastating’ 04/21/2020 apnews.com - The Associated Press received a copy of a letter CEO Sarah Hirshland sent to leaders across the U.S. Olympic world Tuesday, in which she said cuts of 10 to 20% are “necessary...
- NSGA sports participation study shows growth In 2019 04/21/2020 sgbonline.com - Participation increased in 7 of 10 segments in 2019 according to the 2020 National Sporting Goods Association’s (NSGA) Sports Participation in the U.S. Report* released today. One segment remained relatively flat and...
- World Athletics and IIRM form outbreak prevention taskforce for mass events 04/20/2020 racemedicine.org - World Athletics has joined forces with the International Institute for Race Medicine (IIRM) to set up a medical taskforce to provide endurance events that include mass gatherings with guidelines for outbreak prevention....
- The first truly digital trade show has arrived 04/20/2020 snewsnet.com - Trade shows like Outdoor Retailer, while necessary and wonderful, are also necessarily, wonderfully expensive. When a big show goes south, thousands in the industry feel the sting. Sooner or later, someone was...
- Patagonia begins cautious reopening: Here’s how 04/20/2020 gearjunkie.com - The Ventura, California-based retailer quietly flipped the proverbial lights on earlier this week at its Reno, Nevada, distribution center. However, that only applies to a skeleton crew workforce who will oversee online...
- Gyms rank among the first to be allowed to re-open 04/20/2020 sgbonline.com - In a memo issued on Thursday titled “Guidelines for Opening Up America Again,” the White House included gyms among the businesses that could reopen to the general public during “phase one” of...
- Fitness under lockdown: Is America staying active? 04/16/2020 piplsay.com - With almost the entire country confined within their homes amid the coronavirus pandemic, fitness seems to have taken a major hit. Piplsay surveyed over 24,000 people to find out if and how...
- GoPro lays off 200 employees as coronavirus pandemic impacts sales 04/16/2020 engadget.com - GoPro announced it will lay off 200 employees or around 20 percent of its workforce due to the coronavirus pandemic. It aims to reduce expenses by about $100 million by switching the...
- The logistical hell of postponing the Olympics for one year 04/15/2020 slate.com - Immense logistical, economic, and psychological challenges lie ahead for the organizing committee and the city of Tokyo—challenges that must be faced under the looming risk that an unabated coronavirus pandemic may ultimately...
- The global shutdown offers a tantalizing glimpse of a cleaner climate 04/15/2020 adventure-journal.com - The Guardian proclaimed the shutdown could cut worldwide CO2 emissions by 2.5 billion metric tons in 2020, the greatest reduction in carbon pollution ever recorded. on Adventure Journal.
- Fitbit collaborates with Scripps Research and Stanford Medicine to study the role of wearables to detect, track and contain infectious diseases like COVID-19 04/14/2020 yahoo.com - There already has been early evidence that wearables, like Fitbit devices, have the potential to help predict the onset of an infectious disease like the flu before symptoms start, and the goal of this...
- Exxel Outdoors acquires outdoor apparel And gear brand Compass 360 04/14/2020 sgbonline.com - Exxel Outdoors announced Tuesday it has completed the acquisition of Compass 360, an outdoor apparel and gear company. Compass 360 produces performance wade-wear, outerwear, rainwear and camo-wear, for fishing, hunting, camping and...
- 2021 Games still not guaranteed, warns Olympic chief 04/13/2020 velonews.com - Less than three weeks after the Games were postponed by 12 months to a start date of July 23, 2021, the Chief Executive of the Tokyo Organising Committee has warned there is...
- The Big Gear Show is still on—with some changes 04/08/2020 snewsnet.com - The Big Gear Show is still on—with some changes. Organizers of the next major event on the outdoor industry's calendar, The Big Gear Show, have stated that the first three days of...
- Feeling Down? Anxious? Hostile? A 4-Day-a-Week Exercise Regimen May Help 04/08/2020 nytimes.com - During these trying times, exercise could provide indispensable mental-health support for many of us, according to a timely new study. The study finds that among a generally healthy but sedentary group of adults in...
