The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced a multi-year partnership with Fanatics to operate the new 25,000-square-foot NBA flagship store scheduled to open at 545 Fifth Avenue in time for the 2015 holiday season…
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Wilson Partners with FIBA
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Victorinox Swiss Army Launches Knife Design Contest
Victorinox Swiss Army Inc., maker of the iconic Swiss Army Knife, has partnered with Sports Authority to launch the first-ever Swiss Army Knife Design Contest in the United States…
Stride Rite Partners with Rosie Pope
Stride Rite has partnered with Rosie Pope, the designer, author, and parenting guru. Pope will provide engaging content across various brand and social platforms…
ABG and Global Brands Announce Licensing Agreement for Jones New York
Authentic Brands Group, LLC (ABG) and Global Brands Group Holding Limited jointly announced the signing of a long-term licensing agreement for Jones New York…
Zumiez Sees 12 Percent Q1 Earnings Gain
Zumiez Inc. reported sales in the first quarter increased 9.0 percent to $177.6 million from $162.9 million in the first quarter. Comparable sales for the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2015 increased 3.0 percent compared to a comparable sales increase of 1.
Fleet Feet Sports Columbus Owner To Acquire FrontRunner
Fleet Feet Sports announced that Tim Flahaven, owner of the Columbus, Ohio, Fleet Feet Sports franchise, will acquire FrontRunner, a running retailer with two locations in Columbus…
Nike Appoints Coca-Cola Exec as CIO
Nike, Inc. appointed Jim Scholefield as its chief information officer. Scholefield most recently served as chief technology officer for The Coca-Cola Company…
Delta Apparel Resumes Stock Repurchases
Delta Apparel, Inc. is resuming the open market repurchase of its stock pursuant to the stock repurchase program previously authorized by the company's board of directors…
Nike Defends Alberto Salazar
Nike defended Nike Oregon Project head coach Alberto Salazar and 2012 Olympic 10,000m silver medalist Galen Rupp over allegations of doping. In a statement, Nike said, “We take the allegations very seriously as Nike does not condone the use of performance
G-III Apparel’s Fan Apparel Delivers Strong Year
G-III Apparel Group reported earnings rose 70.2 percent in its fourth quarter ended Jan. 31, to $22.2 million, or 96 cents a share. Revenue grew 8.8 percent to $514.3 million…
PVH’s Q1 Profits Boosted by Calvin Klein
PVH Corp., the parent of Speedo and Izod, reported first-quarter earnings that topped internal expectations, primarily driven by its Calvin Klein business…
Fitbit Sets IPO Terms
Fitbit plans to sell nearly 30 million shares in its initial public offering at prices between 14 to $16 a share, according to its updated filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. At the top end of that range, Fitbit's IPO would take in $477
Academy Sports + Outdoors Searching for Next CEO
Academy Sports + Outdoors revealed it has begun planning for the succession of its president and CEO, Rodney Faldyn. While Faldyn has not decided on a specific timeline for his exit, Academy has nonetheless initiated a succession planning process to ensur
K-Swiss Purchases Skate Brands Supra, KR3W
K-Swiss Global Brands (KSGB), which is owned by Korea-based conglomerate E.Land, acquired One-Distribution, a leading skate-inspired apparel and footwear manufacturer and parent company of KR3W Denim Co. (KR3W) and Supra Footwear (Supra). Terms were not d
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