Fitness experts recommend that runners replace their shoes every 300 to 500 miles or so. That means your average jogger will buy — and discard — between two and four pairs of running shoes a year. Estimates suggest that adds up to more than 200 million pairs of running shoes every year. That amounts to a lot of impact on the environment. An estimated 80 percent of all sneakers end up in landfills. And this is partially because they are so hard to recycle. “A typical pair of r

These days everyone is trying to get into the activewear games. From Target Corp. to American Eagle Outfitters Inc.’s Aerie to Madewell to Danielle Bernstein’s WeWoreWhat, retailers are trying to find their place in the world of athleisure and performance wear. There’s also sportswear giants like Nike Inc., Adidas AG and Under Armour Inc., along with smaller activewear brands, such as Urban Outfitters Inc.’s FP Movement by Free People, Gap Inc.’s Athleta and Fabletics that ha

The athleisure company’s first acquisition is a bet on the future of fitness and a way to further tie into the lives of its customers. Lululemon, the purveyor of expensive athleisure and activewear, is betting on the future of personalized remote exercise as a way to reach customers by acquiring Mirror, a home fitness start-up that sells a $1,495 wall-mounted machine for streaming workout classes. The $500 million purchase, which Lululemon announced on Monday, is the company’