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S&S Activewear names new vice president of team sales

S&S Activewear, a technology-enabled distributor of apparel and accessories in North America, has appointed Kendall Whitley as vice president of team sales. Whitley brings more than 37 years of sporting goods sales experience to drive team channel growth for S&S, as the company continues to strengthen its team across the US and Canada. With more...

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FESI and FEDAS take their collaboration to another level

Today, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) and the European Federation of Sporting Goods Retail Associations (FEDAS) have signed a Cooperation Agreement that will support both organizations in creating new operational and political cooperation schemes. This Agreement marks a new step in the collaboration between the two...

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Sports Chalet goes out of business

Vestis Retail Group, parent company of Sport Chalet, has officially filed for bankruptcy. This comes after following news of the business announcing that it would shutter all of its Sports Chalet operating stores. Unfortunately for the equipment and activewear retailer, the long-term struggles made this result somewhat inevitable. “This is a...