Month: May 2021

Today, on National Cooler Day, Igloo celebrates the 50th anniversary of its Playmate personal cooler and the birthday of Chilly Alexander Frost, the brand’s Playmate cooler-inspired mascot. “It’s an exciting day at Igloo as we celebrate the birthday of our dear friend and brand mascot Chilly Alexander Frost,” said Brian Garofalow, CMO, Igloo. Igloo is […]

Hibbett Sports hiked its full-year guidance after reporting first-quarter results that came in well above Wall Street targets with a boost from a resurgence in team sports categories. The gains came despite inventory shortages due to supply chain challenges. Hibbett’s comps are now projected to jump in the range from high-single digits to positive low-double digits for 2021, up from previous guidance of negative low-single digits to positive low-single digits.

Famous Footwear achieved record quarterly earnings and sales in the first quarter, boosted by improving in-store traffic trends with strong demand across athletic, seasonal and kids categories.

Lamo offers an inside look at its Fall and Winter 2021 collection offering a wide range of boots, moccasins, slippers and casual styles in contemporary silhouettes for men, women and kids.   While LAMO continues to offer its customers faux fur options, styles for fall and winter are lined with 100 percent Australian sheepskin. Men’s […]

Athleta sales growth accelerated in the first quarter with the benefit of a 113 percent hike in online sales and strong full-price selling, said Sonia Syngal, Gap Inc.’s CEO, on a conference call with analysts. “Athleta drove outsized digital growth while achieving record full-price sales through gains in performance lifestyle products, particularly warm weather short, dresses, swim, and tanks, and it really differentiates us from the competition.”

The Top National stories and the Latest headlines across the Active Lifestyle Market for the week of May 24, 2021 covered in the SGB Updates and delivered to your inbox every business day. This Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start to the summer season, SGB Media would like to thank all the men and women who have died while serving in our U.S. military.

Outdoor Research will introduce extended and plus sizing in a range of base layers, insulation and shells for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022. The offering is in partnership with a panel of six advisors working with its R+D team. “This is about getting people outside—people whose outdoor experiences are compromised by the lack of outdoor clothing […]

Hyosung has hired industry veteran, Claire O’Neill, as its European marketing manager and appointed Hyosung veteran, Julia Nam, as its U.S. marketing manager effective immediately.