Remington Outdoor Company Chairman and CEO George Kollitides stepped down in a major shakeup that has resulted in the appointment of a co-lead director as president, CEO and interim chairman…
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Lululemon Law Firm Clears Way for Founder to Sell More Shares
Lululemon Athletica Inc.'s law firm has signed off on a plan that would allow the company's founder Dennis “Chip” Wilson to sell his family’s remaining 14 percent stake in the company, according to a regulatory filing with the
Lids Renews Deal as Official Retail Operator of Dodgers Clubhouse
Lids Clubhouse, a division of Indianapolis-based Lids Sport Group, has renewed its agreement as the exclusive operator of the Dodgers Clubhouse store at Universal City Walk in Los Angeles…
Modell’s Opens Location in Clark, NJ
Modell’s Sporting Goods opened its second location of 2015 in New Jersey with the grand opening of its newest location at 1255 Raritan Rd. in Clark, NJ, bringing its total to 154 storefronts…
Active Ride Shop Launches Collective Vision Contest
Last Saturday, Active Ride Shop and Vans united to unveil the Collective Vision Contest and show support to the local community at the Active Bakersfield Grand Opening Event. Working closely with seven schools in the Bakersfield community,…
Onitsuka Tiger Collaborates with Japanese Textile Brand Makumo
Lifestyle brand Onitsuka Tiger has partnered with Japanese textile brand Makumo on a first-of-its-kind collaboration that will feature a capsule collection of three shoes to be released this summer with options for both men and women…
Shoe Carnival to Launch Small-Market Concept
Shoe Carnival, Inc. announced the launch of a new, complementary, small-market store concept. The new store will be approximately 5,000 square feet, or half the size of a current Shoe Carnival store…
Kohl’s Announces Senior Leadership Appointments
Kohl’s Corporation promoted Michelle Gass to the newly created principal officer position of chief merchandising and customer officer. Kohl's also commenced an external search for a chief operating officer, a newly created principal officer pos
Crocs Sees Wholesale Bounce Back in the U.S.
While rationalizing its store base in the Americas in its transition year, Crocs Inc. is still eyeing strong growth potential at wholesale in the region…
New Balance Sees Double-Digit 2014 Revenue Gain
New Balance's worldwide sales reached $3.3 billion in 2014. That represents a 12.6 percent gain from sales of $2.93 billion achieved in worldwide sales in 2013…
Orvis Appoints New President
Orvis Company Inc. selected William McLaughlin, a former PepsiCo executive and CEO of Select Comfort Corporation, as its new president. McLaughlin will assume the post July 27 and will succeed Raymond G. McCready, who is retiring…
Deckers Looks to Elevate Ugg Brand Experience
Speaking last week at Piper Jaffray’s Consumer Conference, Angel Martinez, Deckers Brands’ CEO, said that over the last four to five years, consumers have grown to want either a “brand experience” or they’re buying on price..
Caleres to Expand Current Operations in Tennessee
Caleres, formerly Brown Shoe Co., will make a substantial investment to expand its distribution facility in Lebanon, TN, according to a statement from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development…
Performance Bicycle Raises Over $13,000 for PeopleForBikes
Performance Bicycle raised $13,448 for PeopleForBikes and its goal of making every ride better. The total is a mix of donations directly from customers as well as from Performance Bicycle matching funds…
Vans Reveals Custom Culture Winner
Vans named Carlsbad High School of Carlsbad, CA as the grand-prize winner of the sixth annual Vans Custom Culture design competition…
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