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STARTERS

Wilson Again Tops
NFLPI Sales List

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eattle Seahawks quarterback
Russell Wilson was ranked No. 1
for the second consecutive year
on the NFL Players Inc.'s (NFLPI) Top
50 Player Sales List for the fiscal year 2015.
The list is based on the total overall
sales of officially licensed products from
March 1, 2014 to Feb. 28, 2015. Released
quarterly by NFLPI, the marketing
and licensing arm of the NFL Players
Association, the list is based on total
overall sales of all officially licensed
products from online and traditional retail outlets as reported by more
than 80 NFLPI licensees.

In all, NFLPI licensees generated retail
sales exceeding $1.4 billion. The Top 10
player sales rankings are as follows:
1. Russell Wilson, Seattle Seahawks
2. Peyton Manning, Denver Broncos
3. Tom Brady, New England Patriots
4. Colin Kaepernick, San Francisco 49ers
5. Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers
6. Dez Bryant, Dallas Cowboys
7. Richard Sherman, Seattle Seahawks
8. J.J. Watt, Houston Texans
9. Marshawn Lynch, Seattle Seahawks
10. Johnny Manziel, Cleveland Browns
For more information and the complete
list, visit nflplayers.com. - J.B.

LIDS Celebrates 20th Anniversary

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at World Inc., Indianapolis,
entire series will include eight total styles.
introduced its headwear-only
"We've enjoyed quite a ride over the last
retail concept in 1995.
two decades," says Ken Kocher, president
Twenty years later, LIDS - as the comof LIDS Sports Group. "LIDS is prepped
pany now is known - has evolved into
for the next 20 years and beyond; at the
a destination for sports fans and street
ready with the apparel, headwear and
fashion enthusiasts.
novelty items that fans want - 'any team,
The retailer's 20th anniversary celany time, anywhere.'"
ebration includes special events and
LIDS also will launch
product launches, including
Cha mpionship
the recent release of FlawSeries headwear
less, a style included in
lines in order
the "20th Anniversary
to re-create
Platinum Collection"
the Locker
headwear series.
Room hats
The collection will
for each
feature a selecNBA, MLB,
tion of limNHL a nd
it e d- e d iNFL chamtion (1,995
pionship dating
units) fashback to 1995.
ion hats inspired by
Flawless was the ﬁrst style to be
For more informareleased in LIDS' "20th Anniversary
popular designs from
tion, visit lids.com.
Platinum Collection."
the past 20 years. The
- J.B.
8 June 2015

By the Numbers

U.S. Sporting Goods Sales

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the percentage increase
of consumer purchases of sporting goods in the U.S.
from 2013 to 2014
the percentage of sporting goods equipment sold
through online channels
in millions, the number of
people that shopped for
sporting goods at a sporting goods
store in 2013
in billions, the estimated amount of money
U.S. consumers spent on sporting
goods in 2014
in billions, the estimated amount of money
spent at sporting goods stores in
the U.S. in 2013
Source: Statista.com

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