Club Ride Apparel Raises Capital to Fuel Expansion

Club Ride Apparel, one of the leaders in the casual-technical cycling apparel segment, secured $1 million in additional capital from Royal Street Investment & Innovation Center to support the company’s continued expansion…

RG Barry Explores Possible Sale

R.G. Barry Corporation entered into a non-disclosure and standstill agreement with Mill Road Capital Management LLC in regards to the PE firm's potential bid to acquire the company…

November Outdoor Product Sales Impacted by Holiday Shift

Winter arrived in earnest early for many parts of the U.S. in November, but it was, for the most part, too late to impact the four-week fiscal month ended November 30. The potential positives from colder weather across much of the country and early mounta

NRF: Consumers Embrace Thanksgiving Day Store Openings

Retail traffic surged 27 percent on Thanksgiving Day as consumers responded to earlier promotions, store hours and promotions to make up for the shorter shopping period this year, according to an annual survey conducted over the weekend on behalf of the N

Mobile Shopping Poised to Continue Gains on Cyber Monday

Nearly 25 million, or 18.9 percent, of Americans surveyed said they would use their mobile device to shop over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend, up 22 percent from last year and eightfold since 2009, according to the National Retail Federation. The survey

NSGA Juggles Marketing Staff After Hammond Departure

Bruce Hammond, who served as Director of Marketing & Communications at the National Sporting Goods Association for nearly three years, left the Association, effective Nov. 1. As a result, Marty Maciaszek was named Director of Communications, in addition t

Nike Shareholder Meeting Sparks Succession Talk…

At Nike’s 33rd annual meeting last week held at Tiger Woods Center on the Nike World Headquarters campus, new Nike Brand president Trevor Edwards addressed the World Cup, the opportunity around expanded sizes, and Nike’s future in digital tech

Adidas Group Again Trims Fiscal Year Outlook…

For the second time in two months, Adidas Group lowered its top-line guidance for the year. The revised outlook was blamed on a further weakening of several currencies, a distribution problem in Russia and ongoing softness in golf. The earnings update ca

Sport Footwear Posts Tepid Sales Growth in Fiscal July

Based on retail point-of-sale data compiled by SportScanInfo, sales of Sport Footwear for fiscal July 2013 increased in the low-single-digits in dollars as a mid-single-digit increase in average selling prices more than offset a low-single-digit decline i