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The Running Industry Association provides some of the industry's leading research in order to support and educate specialty run retailers and brands. Open to members as an additional member benefit, the RIA curates high quality, actionable market research so that your business can thrive.

Retailer Survey 2024 - Part 3

December 12, 2024 | RIA

Retailer Survey 2024 - Part 2

November 06, 2024 | RIA

Retailer Survey 2024- Part 1

In the 2024 version of the RIA's annual member survey, we wanted to get a fee...

October 03, 2024 | RIA

By the Numbers - April 2024

This month, we share data from Sports Marketing Surveys on socks unit sales c...

April 25, 2024 | RIA

Insole Sales Ratios Growth Trend

Data aggregated by Sports Marketing Surveys shows nearly a doubling of the in...

January 29, 2024 | RIA

Specialty Run Market Report: 2023 Year-to-Date Quarter 3

2023 is looking like another banner year for run specialty across all catego...

December 14, 2023 | RIA

RIA Retailer Survey Results Part 3

In this third installment from our recent retailer survey, we did a deep dive...

October 13, 2023 | RIA

RIA Retailer Survey Results Part 2

Part two of our recent member survey asked our retailers to tell us about who...

September 11, 2023 | RIA

RIA Retailer Survey Results Part 1

In the first of a three-part series detailing RIA member’s thoughts on the bu...

August 12, 2023 | Terry Schalow

Running Consumer Insights from Sportstyle Magazine

Sportstyle magazine, sportstylemag.com, shared insights from a running consum...

June 13, 2023 | RIA