Holiday Selling Off To Healthy Start

Black Friday pulled in $6.22 billion in online sales, up 23.6 percent from a year ago and setting a new high, according to Adobe Analytics. Traffic was seen declining again at physical stores but some reports showed the extent of the declines were lower than previous years.

Goodr CEO To Speak At Running USA Conference

Running USA announced that Stephen Lease, who co-founded Goodr sunglasses in 2015 and serves as the company’s CEO (chief executive octopus), will deliver a Tuesday keynote presentation at the running organization’s annual conference, set for February 10-12 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

REI Adventures Adds 30 New Trips

REI Adventures, the active adventure travel company of national outdoor co-op REI, has added 30 new trips this year, including South Africa, Mozambique, Portugal, Greece and the United States. The co-op also announced more of its popular women’s trips and options for travelers who prefer a more relaxed pace.

Kitsbow Appoints CEO

Kitsbow, maker of premium cycling clothing and accessories, appointed David Billstrom as the company’s new CEO, effective immediately. Kitsbow founder, Zander Nosler, will remain with the company, returning to his original focus of product design and manufacturing

Agenda Long Beach Shifts To Consumer Focus

Reed Exhibitions (RX) announced that it will postpone its Agenda Winter Long Beach trade event scheduled for January 3-4, 2019 at the Long Beach Convention Center. The Southern California edition of Agenda will evolve its platform to have a greater focus on the B2C festival in June 2019.

Foot Locker Partners With Funko On NBA Collection

Funko Inc. announced that it is now selling Pop! NBA figurines at Foot Locker. The Pop! players available include James Harden, Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kristaps Porzingis, and LeBron James, in an exclusive Los Angeles Lakers gold Icon Edition jersey.