West Coast dockworkers entered the Labor Day holiday with a reason to celebrate as June’s tentative agreement between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association was ratified last week with an “aye” vote from 75% of union membership.

The veteran fashion designer has been consulting for Under Dog for several months, and will join the management team effective Sep. 11, also taking a seat on UA’s board of directors.

The brand management giant has finalized the acquisition of Boardriders, parent of the action sports and lifestyle brands Quiksilver, Billabong, Roxy, RVCA, DC Shoes, Element, VonZipper and Honolua.

The Japanese sporting goods brand hired 25-year sneaker industry veteran, Chris Brewer to helm its running division.

The National Sporting Goods Association inducted four more distinguished honorees into the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame for its Class of 2024.

IFit Health & Fitness was hit with another suit from Dish Technologies and Sling TV in DE district court for infringing on two patents related to adaptive bit-rate content streaming.

NSSF-adjusted NICS FBI background checks fell 13% last month to 1,117,824 from 1,286,816 a year ago, but marks the 49th consecutive month that checks have exceeded 1 million in a single month and the fifth highest Aug. on record.