
Nike To Open Moscow Flagship
Nike will open a flagship store in Moscow on Air Max Day, March 26. The store is another one of its recent statement locations that “transform sport retail through digitally connected experiences.” Recent openings have included Nike Soho last year and Nike Miami and the Nike & Jordan Basketball Experience Store in Beijing this year. […]
Zappos President To Leave In June
Steve Hill, president of Zappos, will step down in June, according to Footwear News.

Road Race Finishers Down For Third Straight Year
The 5K distance saw an increase in finishers in 2016, with 8.24 million runners crossing the finish line. However, the 10K, half marathon and “other” distances saw decreases of four percent or greater. The marathon finisher total remained flat.

Road Race Finishers See Third Straight Year Of Declines
For the third straight year, the number of road race finishers declined in the U.S., as 16.96 million runners crossed a finish line in 2016, a one percent decrease from the 17.1 million finishers in 2015, according to Running USA’s U.S. Road Race Trends report.

RYU Apparel Opens Third Retail Location
RYU is also planning to open its first Toronto location in spring 2017 before opening an additional store in British Columbia, giving the apparel brand a total of five locations.

Eastern Outfitters Skipping Auction For Private Sale
Eastern Outfitters, the parent of Eastern Mountain Sports and Bob’s Stores, plans to hold a private sale to Sports Direct rather than hold a bankruptcy auction as part of a deal reached with unsecured creditors.
T&B Sports Closing Santa Rosa Location
T&B Sports is closing its store in Santa Rosa, CA. The team dealer will continue to operate its San Rafael store.

Zumiez Appoints President Of North America
Zumiez Inc. appointed Troy R. Brown to the position of president North America and Adam C. Ellis as president international.

Macy’s Gains DKNY As Exclusive
Macy’s Inc. and G-III Apparel Group Ltd. announced an agreement under which Macy’s will serve, beginning February 2018, as the exclusive U.S. department store for sales of DKNY women’s apparel and accessories. Under the agreement, Macy’s exclusivity covers DKNY women’s apparel, handbags and shoes, in addition to women’s and men’s outerwear and swim, which will […]

PGA Tour Superstore To Open At Hilton Head
PGA Tour Superstore is opening a store in the Hilton Head /Bluffton area in South Carolina. The 25,000 square foot location is at 1129 Fording Island Road Bluffton, SC 29910, near the Home Depot at the intersection of U.S. 278 and Burnt Church Road and will be an anchor in the Bluffton Crossing shopping center. […]

Puma To Sponsor Olympique De Marseille
The signing came days after Adidas indicated it would not be renewing its contract with the French soccer club.

New Balance Launches ‘This is Boston’ Campaign
The campaign features Boston Bruins Zdeno Chara and Torey Krug, pro skateboarder PJ Ladd, 2016 Olympic runner Abbey D’Agostino, middle-distance runner Cory McGee and Boston Red Sox Dustin Pedroia and Brock Holt.
G-III Apparel Reports Q4 loss
G-III Apparel Group Ltd. reported net sales for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017 were up 1.8 percent to $2.39 billion from $2.34 billion in the prior year.

Aisle Talk, Week Of March 20
Top headlines from the active lifestyle industry you may have missed this week.

Finish Line Shares Crash On Q4 Miss
Said CEO Sam Sato, “Elements of our offering didn’t resonate with our customers. This was true in both, running and basketball, our two largest categories where full price selling fell short of forecast.”