Providing an update on its World Cup progress, Adidas said it expects revenues to rise 7 to 8 percent this year. Previously, Adidas had guided for a “high single-digit” increase in currency-neutral sales in 2014…
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Ridgemont Outfitters Assembles Footwear Rep Force
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Cardio Tennis Continues to Expand
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Shoe Carnival’s Q1 Waylaid by Winter Storms
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Skechers Signs Pete Rose as Endorser
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Soleus Announces Elite Running Team Trio
Soleus, a premier sports watch, GPS and Heart Rate Monitor company, announced Team Soleus Elite headlining with Kara Goucher, Alysia Montaño and Nick Symmonds…
Asics Runners Seek to Circumnavigate Mont Blanc
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Stage Stores See Q1 Loss
Stage Stores, Inc. reported total sales from continuing operations for the first quarter were $372 million. Comparable store sales for the quarter decreased 0.2 percent…
Nike Opens San Francisco Location
Nike opened a new retail store in the heart of San Francisco at 2071 Union Street to serve athletes throughout the community. At the 2,000-square-foot boutique…
Nike to Offer Free Basketball Skills Clinics in Chicago
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We Are Golf Visits Capitol Hill for National Golf Day
We Are Golf – a coalition of the game’s leading associations and industry partners – visited Capitol Hill for the seventh annual National Golf Day to showcase golf’s nearly $70 billion economy, $4 billion annual charitable impact, environment
Champs Sports Introduces Eastbay Performance Zone
Foot Locker Inc. introduced its latest innovative retail collaboration: Eastbay Performance Zone at Champs Sports. Champs Sports is evolving and elevating the store experience by dedicating approximately 150 square feet in select stores…
Yue Yuen Estimates $37M Worker Provision over China Strike
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd said it would make a preliminary provision of some $37 million to an employee benefit program at its Gaobu factory in southern China as part of an agreement that resolved a major strike…