Author: James Hartford

Retail sales are continuing to gain momentum in time for the busiest shopping season of the year. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), October retail sales in the GAFS category, which includes most general merchandise purchases, increased 6.

Head N.V. reported that net revenues for the third quarter ended September 30 increased by 5.2% to $122.7 million from $116.6 million in the year-ago period. Net income increased 272% to $8.1 million compared to a net income of $2.2 million in the compa

HIND, a division of Saucony, Inc., announced that the Motion Sensor Bra, part of its revolutionary Performance Shape Technology™ sport bra collection, has been named the “hottest selling bra” in 2004 by Activa, a women’s fitness gear catalog from Road Run

The Buckle, Inc. reported net income for the third quarter ended October 30 increased 22.4% to $14.9 million, or 67 cents per diluted share, compared with $12.2 million, or 56 cents per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2003. Net sales increased 10

Major League Soccer, Soccer United Marketing and adidas formally announced an exclusive 10-year partnership agreement granting adidas the official athletic sponsor and licensed product supplier for the United States' Division I professional league. a

The adidas_1 has won the “Best of What's New” Grand Award, the highest accolade in the Recreation category of Popular Science's annual awards. The adidas_1 stood out to Popular Science editors, making it the first time that footwear has won a “

Mizuno USA, Inc. reported that they received high marks from running specialty retailers nationwide in the most recent Retail Sales Survey for Fall 2004 conducted by Sports Marketing Surveys USA. The survey indicated that the Mizuno brand, along with it

comScore Networks, in its latest forecast of online consumer spending for the 2004 holiday season, estimates that consumer spending on non-travel goods at U.S. Web sites will exceed $15 billion during the November through December holiday season, represen

Nike and the NBA have expanded their marketing partnership with a new multi-year global agreement designed to increase basketball participation around the world. In addition, the Converse brand, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nike, Inc., will now be include

The Ernst & Young Retail and Consumer Products Group anticipates that the 2004 retail holiday sales increase for November and December will be 6%, compared with a 5.7% increase for the same period last year…