Deckers Brands announced the rollout of the company's first multi-brand e-commerce platform in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, Style X Deckers…
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4LC Adds Hap Klopp to Board
4Licensing Corporation (4LC), which is bringing its isoBLOX impact-protection technology to market, appointed Kenneth “Hap” Klopp, founder of The North Face, to its board of directors…
Newton Running to Open Flagship Store in Boulder
Newton Running will open its new flagship store at Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, CO on March 14…
New Balance Foundation Supports Billion Mile Race to Combat Obesity
ChildObesity180 at Tufts University, The New Balance Foundation, and the 100 Mile Club have announced a new collaboration focused on increasing quality physical activity for children. The New Balance Foundation has pledged $2.55 million in support…
Shoes.com Relaunches Website
Shoes.com, which has vowed to take on Zappos.com, formally re-launched with a new design and expanded product offering that spans more than 450 brands, including Under Armour…
Escalade’s Robert Griffin to Resign from Board
Escalade, Inc. said Robert E. Griffin, its chairman and former CEO, will retire from its board of directors, effective Apr. 24…
Smith and Wesson’s Q3 Sales Decline 11 Percent
Smith & Wesson reported third-quarter sales sunk 10.5 percent but exceeded the high end of its guidance range as a result of order strength from distributors and key retailers in January 2015. Earnings from continuing operations declined 59.2 percent to $
Bogs Revenues Surge in Q4
Bogs wholesale revenues in North America jumped 69 percent the fourth quarter, driven by increased sales of women's and children's boots in the U.S. and Canada, according to its parent, Weyco Group, Inc. “The surge in shipments reflected i
Dick’s SG Ends 2014 With a Rally
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. began 2014 on a weak note due to struggling golf and hunting categories but a more aggressive marketing stance and some merchandising tweaks helped the sporting goods retailing giant close the year with a winning quarter..
Aetrex Sells HandW Division to Orthotic Holdings
Aetrex Worldwide Inc. has sold its Apex Foot Health & Wellness division to Orthotic Holdings Inc. and does business as Apex Foot Heath Industries LLC…
LaserMax Appoints New Sales Director
LaserMax, producer of laser sighting and illumination tools for firearms, appointed Shari-Lynn Fix as director of distribution and international sales…
RECALL: Flow Snowboard Bindings
About 10,400 units of Flow 2014 Flite-series snowboard bindings were recalled. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, a pin can disengage and cause the binding to open, posing a fall hazard…
Columbia Sportswear Names Bryan Timm President
Columbia Sportswear Company promoted Bryan Timm to president and COO and named Joe Boyle to the newly-created position of vice president of merchandising and design for the Columbia brand as part of a major management restructuring aimed at supporting gro
PeopleForBikes Releases Initial U.S. Bicycling Participation Benchmarking Report
Approximately one in three Americans over the age of two rode a bicycle at least one day in the past year, according to a first of its kind study PeopleForBikes commissioned to…
Converse Launches “Made by You” Campaign
Converse Inc. announced the global launch of “Made by you” – a landmark brand campaign celebrating fans of the brand who have been expressing themselves and their creativity in Chuck Taylor All Star sneakers for nearly 100 years. For the Spring 2015 campa
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