The Vitamin Shoppe Appoints CFO

The Vitamin Shoppe, the specialty retailer of nutritional products, appointed Laura Coffey as executive vice president and chief financial officer.

ProXR Partners With Thirty-5 Capital

Thirty-5 Capital, a Chicago-based venture capital firm, announced a new partnership with ProXR LLC, a St. Louis-based sports technology firm that develops, markets and licenses ergonomic grip design with products targeting baseball, hockey, golf and others.

Winnebago Industries Raises Dividend By 9 Percent

Winnebago Industries Chief Financial Officer Bryan Hughes stated, “We are pleased to enhance the dividend for our shareholders, and this move reflects our strong financial position and our confidence in the trajectory of our company’s performance, despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gregory And High Sierra See H1 Declines

Samsonite reported that its outdoor brands, Gregory and High Sierra both registered steep declines in sales in the first half ended June 30 with the decline in tourism affecting all the company’s brands.

JP Sportswear Relocates Headquarters To Lynwood, CA

JP Sportswear, a manufacturer of sportswear apparel, relocated its headquarters from Los Angeles to Lynwood, CA. The new manufacturing facility was engineered for quick-turn production of Made in USA apparel and accessories.

Anta Group Partners With World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)

Anta Group and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) held a signing ceremony at the Group’s operational headquarter in Xiamen, China announcing that Anta Group became WWF’s first international partner in China’s sportswear and textile industry.

TJX’s Sales Slide 32 Percent In Q2

The TJX Companies Inc. reported a net loss of $214.2 million, or 18 cents a share, in the second quarter as sales fell 31.8 percent. Results were short of Wall Street’s target. The off-pricer predicted open-only comp store sales to decrease in the range of 10 percent to 20 percent in the third quarter.