[1] City Gear is owned by Hibbett Sports and its current CEO is Mike Longo.

The store sells lifestyle clothing and footwear from brands such as: Nike, Jordan, Levi's, and Grindhouse.

In 2011, they acquired the Deveroes chain of 14 stores with locations in Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Dayton, and Columbus.

They endorse the teams in the cities that have stores in them, which include the Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets, New Orleans Pelicans, and the Atlanta Hawks.

[5] The claim being made against is that City Gear “violated the wage-and-hour provisions of the FLSA by depriving Plaintiffs, as well as others similarly situated to Plaintiffs, of their lawful overtime wages.” [5] The CEO of City Gear made the claim that the complaints were "just not accurate".