Sherpa Adventure Gear appointed Maria Vlahos as director of design. Preceding arriving at Sherpa, Vlahos held the role of women’s senior designer at Prana since 1999,
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HanesBrands Hires Tim Gibson And Jim Dunne To Sales Team
HanesBrands Inc. announced that Tim Gibson has joined the company as director of business development, and Jim Dunne has joined as director of distributor sales.
New Balance Uses Avatar To Launch Shoe
New Balance partnered with Genies, the maker of avatars, on the launch of the Fresh Foam Roav shoe.
AAFA Criticizes Tariffs On Mexican Imports
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) questioned the use of tariffs on U.S. imports from Mexico in a statement.
FDRA Responds To President Trump’s Mexico Tariff Increase Announcement
FDRA President & CEO Matt Priest in a statement wrote his organization is “deeply concerned about the President’s continued use of tariffs as a political weapon” in response to President Trump’s Mexico tariff increase announcement.
RILA: Retailers Warn The Tariff Bill Is Adding Up For American Consumers
The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) Vice President of International Trade Hun Quach issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s recent announcement that the U.S. will impose a 5 percent tariff on all Mexican imports beginning June 10.
NRF: Retailers Warn Of Growing Tariff Bill For American Businesses And Consumers
The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from senior vice president for government relations, David French, in response to the Trump administration’s plans to impose a 5 percent tariff on all Mexican imports starting June 10.
Journeys’ 2018 Momentum Carries Over Into Q1 To Lift Genesco
The successful back-to-school and holiday seasons that Journeys posted last year carried over into the first quarter, propelling parent Genesco Inc. to a revenue and earnings beat and prompting the company to expect full-year earnings at the high end of guidance.
Open Sky …. Podcast Supporting Wellness, Self-Discovery and Growth
Open Sky, a wilderness therapy program based in Southwest Colorado and Southeast Utah, has recently launched a podcast titled SKYlights. In each episode, Open Sky Founder and Executive Director, Emily Fernandes, pictured here, will speak with staff and a series of experts in their given fields on the value of wilderness therapy toward a journey […]
The North Face Apologizes For Wikipedia Marketing Stunt
The North Face issued an apology for uploading photos of athletes wearing its gear to Wikipedia pages about famous locations—all in an attempt for the brand to place higher on Google search results.
Plastic Pollution Is Coming From An Unlikely Suspect
Single-use plastic is the most obvious of offenders when we consider ocean plastic pollution. Yet the biggest offender of plastic pollution is something that might not be front of mind: our clothes. Over 35-percent of the projected 1.5 million metric tons of microplastics found in the oceans come from synthetic textiles1. What’s even more concerning […]
Aisle Talk Week Of May 27
Top headlines from the active lifestyle industry you may have missed this week, including The North Face issuing an apology for uploading photos of athletes wearing its gear to Wikipedia pages about famous locations—all in an attempt for the brand to place higher on Google search results.
American Consumers Expect To Bear Cost Of China Tariffs
A Monmouth University Poll finds that a majority of Americans expect they’ll bear the brunt of the latest round of tariffs on Chinese goods and they are not particularly hopeful that this policy will bring the manufacture of those goods back to U.S. soil.
Genesco’s Q1 Boosted By Journeys
Genesco Inc. said both sales and earnings exceeded expectations in the first quarter due to continued momentum at Journeys. The retailer now expects full-year earnings at the high-end of guidance.
Difficult Firearms Comp Hinders Sportsman’s Warehouse’s Q1
Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings Inc. clearly benefited from competitors such as Dick’s Sporting Goods dropping out of the firearms business last year following the school shooting in Parkland, FL. But the ensuing boom also created—as expected—some difficult comps for the Midvale, UT-based retailer, which on Thursday reduced its outlook for the year after results in the first quarter ended May 4 missed analysts’ revenue and earnings estimates.
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