Nearly 90 Percent of High School Students Fail Fitness Exam
Nearly 90 percent of US high school students fail to meet the bare minimum exercise requirements for healthy living, a new government study revealed…
Federal Interagency Council on Outdoor Recreation Forms
The Obama Administration has created a new federal interagency council to coordinate and promote outdoor recreation opportunities on public lands in partnership with federal, state, and tribal agencies. The Federal Interagency Council on Outdoor Recreatio
Two Nike Directors to Retire from Board
Nike, Inc. announced that Jill K. Conway and Ralph D. DeNunzio have decided to retire from the Nike board of directors and not stand for re-election at the annual meeting of shareholders in September 2011…
Primaloft Taps Sales Agent for Eastern Europe
PrimaLoft has hired Bartosz Lassak as sales agent for the Eastern European market, effective immediately…
Labor Dept: Wholesale Prices Up in May
The Producer Price Index for finished goods rose 0.2 percent in May, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently. This advance followed increases of 0.8 percent in April and 0.7 percent in March…
Checkpoint Systems Debuts Shoplifting Deterrents for Apparel Retailers
Checkpoint Systems, Inc. a supplier of shrink management, merchandise visibility and apparel labeling solutions for the retail industry, announced at NRF Loss Prevention Conference & Expo its RFID Overhead EAS Solution, whicht the company said will delive
REI Will Open First Indiana Store in 2012
REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) has announced plans to open a new store in Indianapolis, IN at the Plaza at Castleton next spring…
Retail Sales of Leisure Products Stalled in May
Retail sales at sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores reached $7.34 billion in May, down 0.4 percent from April and up 5.2 percent from May 2010, according to advance estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. That compares to a 0.2 percent decr
SandP Lowers Outlook On Collective Brands
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its outlook on Collective Brands Inc. (PSS) to stable from positive. The rating agency said high unemployment and rising product costs weighed on the footwear retailer's performance…
Under Armour Poised to Double Business by 2013
Under Armour Inc. has set a goal to double sales by 2013. The lofty projection to reach the $2.13 billion mark, made by company Founder, Chairman and CEO Kevin Plank at Under Armour’s investor meeting on Thursday, would assume a compounded annual gr
Pacific Sunwear to Focus on Women’s Biz, Footwear Re-Entry for Growth
At the Piper Jaffray Consumer Conference, management for Pacific Sunwear said the retailer hopes to continue building momentum from its first positive quarterly comp since 2007 by continuing a re-branding effort in its stores…
Zumiez to Focus on e-Commerce, Canada for Growth
At the Piper Jaffray Consumer Conference, Zumiez management said one of the keys to growth would continue to be market consolidation as local shops continue to decline, yielding market share to larger chains…
Forzani Group Sees May Comps Resume Growth After First Quarter Decline
The Forzani Group Ltd. said same-store sales rebounded strongly in May after dropping off in the fiscal first quarter due to a late spring and the anticipated difficulty of matching sales from a year earlier when the Winter Olympics in Vancouver spurred s
Newton Running Gets Cash and Talent Infusion
The man that once built Reebok into the world’s top athletic footwear brand in the 80s has set his sights on the natural running category with an investment in Newton Running…
Cramer Receives ESOP Nod
The ESOP Association has recognized Cramer Products, Inc., as a Silver ESOP Award winner. The Silver ESOP Awards honor companies that have sustained an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) for 25 years or more…
