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Sporting Goods Industry News for June 08, 2026
Pickleball has cast a wider net, expanding its demographics beyond the retirees who first put the sport on the map, according to SFIA’s 2026 Single Sport Report for Pickleball, which finds more teens and younger adults participating.
The ski resort operator’s retail and rental revenue was down 8% to $104,211,000 from $123,262,000 in the fiscal third quarter ended Apr. 30, due to extremely unfavorable weather conditions that impacted visitation, particularly at its Rockies resorts.
While imports were down 7% in Apr. to 2.05 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units, May is expected to skew higher as retailers rush to bring in goods ahead of more tariffs and rising fuel prices, according to the NRF and Hackett Associates.
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