Chrome Industries will kick off a seven city tour celebrating its 20th anniversary at its New York City Chrome Hub location Oct. 7…
Author: Charlie Lunan
Landlords Expected to Start Adjusting Rents for In-Store Pickups
Landlords will develop new formulas for calculating rent in the next five years that could take into account the number of online orders picked up in a store, according to a report released by the International Council of Shopping Centers…
Sports Direct Makes Play for Kitbag
Sports Direct International PLC has acquired an 18.9 percent stake in Findel PLC, owner of Kitbag, a money losing seller of replica soccer kits and other sports merchandise that also manages retail operations for major soccer clubs…
Vail Resorts E-commerce Exit Boosted FY15 Retail Margins
Gross margins improved 190 basis points at Vail Resorts Inc. Retail/Rental operation in the year ended July 31 thanks largely to its decision to shutter an e-commerce platform in that was dragging down margins…
Quick Release Issue Prompts 17 Brands to Recall 1.3 Million Bikes
The country's major specialty bike vendors recalled about 1.3 million bicycles sold under 17 brands in the United States since 1998 after concluding they use quick releases that can become entangled in the bike's front disc brake rotor when impr
Fung Group Unveils Omnichannel Test Lab in Shanghai
Fung Group unveiled a retail laboratory it has developed in Shanghai with IBM and a brand activation company to help global brands test omnichannel techniques in one of the world's most tech-savvy cities…
Survey Reveals Apparel Brands’ Sustainability Gains
Textile Exchange said that while 73 percent of apparel brands it surveyed could provide data on the use of organic cotton, the numbers dropped off dramatically for other preferred materials such as recycled polyester and preferred cellulosics such as lyoc
Mammut Sports Cuts Sales and Manufacturing Jobs
Mammut Sports Group cut 25 sales jobs at its corporate headquarters in Switzerland and will outsourcing rope manufacturing in a bid to cut costs amid declining sales and margin pressures created by adverse currency effects…
Columbia Appoints GM for Canadian Subsidiary
Columbia Sportswear Company promoted David M. Brulé to serve as general manager of the company’s wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, based in London, Ontario, Canada…
Vista Outdoor Aims Big
Vista Outdoor Inc. will continue to acquire both firearms accessory brands and human-powered outdoor recreation brands to grow its Outdoor Products segment, the company's VP of Investor Relations, Michael Pici, told The B.O.S.S. Report last week…
Kathmandu Shareholders Reject Hostile Bid
Kathmandu Holdings Limited repelled a hostile takeover Sept. 17 after the New Zealand retailer's shareholders tendered just 3.6 percent of their shares to a retail group that owns the country's Rebel Sports franchise…
More IBDs Send Fewer People to Interbike
Interbike said the number of retail stores that sent representatives to the show Sept 16-18 increased 4 percent over last year — although overall retailer attendance declined slightly as each store sent fewer people on average…
Chaco’s Outdoor Retailer Sales Raise Money for OIWC
Chaco raised more than $7,000 for the Outdoor Industry Women’s Coalition (OIWC) by selling hundreds of its classic flips in the first day of the Outdoor Retailer show…
REI Puts Retail Operations Under Ligtenberg
REI affirmed Rachel Ligtenberg’s leadership of its $2 billion retail operations last week by promoting her to VP of Retail and expanding her duties to include retail operations…
Winterstick to Resume Manufacturing With Help from New Investor
Winterstick Snowboards will begin making its custom boards in house for the first time since the mid-1980s thanks to an investment by Scott Wescott, a former pro snowboarder who began designing boards for the company last fall…
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