Sports Insight Extra

Irvin digs into the compression garment market and CEP’s role in advancing the category.

The NFL veteran says the menswear brands featured in his new “Back of the House” retail store and pop-up shops will allow customers to create their own aesthetic and sense of style.

The Rafter Club is embracing the creativity of basketball kicks and merging it into Italian-sourced dress shoes and boots. The brand wants to elevate basketball viewing culture to another level focused more on leather couches and scotch and less on beers at the sports bar.

Catching up with RIA Executive Director Terry Schalow, Nike’s Scott Gravatt, 361’s Ike Avalear, New Balance’s Tom Carleo, Altra’s Todd Dalhausser and Big Peach Running Co. owner Mike Cosentino.

Serving Boston’s diverse running community to Dan Fitzgerald is more about overdelivering services and less about simply selling stuff. The Heartbreak Hill Running Co. Co-Founder and president weighs in on the run specialty market, Beantown’s running scene and expansion for his current three-door specialty chain.

Catching up with athletes Jenny Simpson, Jake Wightman, VP of Running Tom Carleo and designers Drew Nyssen and Drew Spieth during New Balance’s global FuelCell launch in Brooklyn, NY.

The 31-year-old leader of the family-owned footwear company talks ‘Made in the USA,’ sustainability and the Buford, GA firm’s recent deals with J. Crew and Target.

Jesserer talks sock and what the Statesville, NC company is doing to keep its edge in performance and continue making products in the USA.

The former longtime Nike executive discusses how the Needham, MA company helps footwear and apparel firms address product counterfeiting, diversion/grey market and global logistics issues.

Sports & Fitness Industry Association CEO Tom Cove weighs in on current climate in Washington, D.C., the status of the PHIT Act and the debate over e-sports.

Marathoner and CEP senior executive Luke Rowe talks compression socks.

Shoe Dog and former Catholic priest Tom Adams talks tech and the real need to replace the centuries-old shoelace.

DeMarini executives Josh Stenzler, a sports advanced innovation engineer, and Aaron Gillette, associate marketing manager, talk baseball bats and the uniqueness of the brand’s new 2020 Gattaca BBCOR bat.

San Antonio Shoemakers CEO Nancy Richardson talks about the casual, comfort footwear market and domestic manufacturing. Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Werq" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

CEO of RIP-IT addresses face mask protection for female softball players. Music from filmmusic.io: "Werq" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC(creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

The CEO of Icybreeze talks about the wonder of a portable cooling solution. Music from filmmusic.io: "Werq" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC(creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Director of product development for Star Micronics discusses world of retail point-of-sale and customer engagement. Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Werq" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

VP of Sales for 2UNDR goes beneath the surface to detail the men’s performance underwear market.

The president and director of the United Inventors Association talks strategies for young creators.

Running Industry Association's Terry Schalow looks ahead to issues facing the industry in 2019.