
Run Style
From elevated fabric tech to activity-specific design elements, there’s more than meets the eye in these performance apparel pieces designed with runners in mind.
From elevated fabric tech to activity-specific design elements, there’s more than meets the eye in these performance apparel pieces designed with runners in mind.
There’s plenty of “wow factor” appeal to be found in trail running and light hiking footwear across the board in 2023. Brands are tuned in to consumer trends and leaning into tech. And there is increasingly a blurred line between some of the performance details in road and trail shoes.
Molly Hanks Doyle, merchandising manager at Title Nine, and Joy Haizen, managing director, Anita USA, share their insights on the sports bra category.
Those in the know are aware that must-have items for runners looking to be at their best include the greatest-fitting, super-functional, tech-savvy, socks and insoles. These socks and insoles deliver what’s needed on the run.
Specialty retail can be critically important on several fronts for running-focused gear brands. These standout products cover a broad spectrum of what runners might need for the run — before, during, or after.
Hot topics and product news from brands around the running industry, including Puma, Brooks, On, Dick's Sporting Goods and Sky Manufacturing.
Last year, after 25 years as innovators in the outdoor industry, GCI Outdoor was acquired by Gathr Outdoors (previously the MacNeill Pride Group). With the acquisition, a new journey has begun, and the future has never been brighter. In addition to GCI Outdoor, Gathr is the parent company to other rising (and already shining) stars in the outdoor industry, including...
Read MoreStan’s Fit For Your Feet, a Milwaukee independent footwear retail institution, rebranded its two New Balance Milwaukee stores as Goodmiles Running Company, establishing a new foothold in the retail run specialty segment.
Runners who are training for that next big race require discipline and the ability to weather the elements and stay the course. The same goes for retailers. Here, specialty running retailers dish on business, brands and more.
In our latest consumer survey, we asked runners questions about a variety of different topics, ranging from when they run, how often they run, what products they prefer, and what impacts their purchasing decisions.
Last year, after 25 years as innovators in the outdoor industry, GCI Outdoor was acquired by Gathr Outdoors (previously the MacNeill Pride Group). With the acquisition, a new journey has begun, and the future has never been brighter. In addition to GCI Outdoor, Gathr is the parent company to other rising (and already shining) stars in the outdoor industry, including...
Team dealers certainly don’t need any more convincing on why they should put significant effort into selling to female athletes.
Whether for the trail, the town or the campsite, these standouts all make being outside better.
Technical comfort + active style: New run apparel standouts can perform all day, everyday.
Standouts for the Road, Trail, Mountain, Campground and Beyond.
The recovery category is expanding and evolving. We spotlight new products and ask execs “what makes a ‘recovery shoe’ to you and who needs to own one?”
Consumers have decided that now is the time to refresh their wardrobes and purchase new shoes for weddings, parties, excursions and work. The best new styles fuse fashion and comfort as customers seek more formal options.
Stan’s Fit For Your Feet, a Milwaukee independent footwear retail institution, rebranded its two New Balance Milwaukee stores as Goodmiles Running Company, establishing a new foothold in the retail run specialty segment.
Runners who are training for that next big race require discipline and the ability to weather the elements and stay the course. The same goes for retailers. Here, specialty running retailers dish on business, brands and more.
Team dealers certainly don’t need any more convincing on why they should put significant effort into selling to female athletes.
Team sports participation trends in the U.S. are solid, but not spectacular, but at least they are improving. That’s perhaps the best way to summarize the most current figures in the Sports & Fitness Industry Association’s (SFIA) 2022 U.S. Trends in Team Sports Report.
Man cannot live on bread alone. That is a tried-and-true belief passed down through the centuries. Now, in 2022, as everyone attempts to return to some sort of post-pandemic normalcy, in the world of team sports, that maxim can be expanded to say that team dealers cannot live...