NSGA Announces 2016 Hall of Fame Class

The Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame Committee elected three industry leaders for the 2016 Class of the Hall of Fame: Bill Battle, founder of Collegiate Licensing Company, Jack Smith, founder of Sports Authority, and Jim Throneburg, CEO and owner of T

Timberland Publishes Q2 Sustiainability Report

Timberland reduced its greenhouse gas emissions in the second quarter despite using less renewable energy due to lower energy usage overseas and less corporate travel, according to its Corporate Sustainability Report (CSR) for the second quarter.

Chouinard to Co-host SHIFT Festival

Yvon Chouinard, whose outdoor-clothing company Patagonia recently diversified into food to foster positive change in the food industry, will help anchor the 2015 SHIFT Festival…

Pacific Sunwear Posts 2Q Profit

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported second-quarter earnings improved slightly, to $8.3 million, or 11 cents a share, from $7.5 million, or 10 cents, in the same period a year ago. Comparable-store sales declined 6 percent…

Aerosoles Names R. Shawn Neville as New CEO

Aerosoles announced retail and footwear industry veteran executive R. Shawn Neville has been appointed CEO. Neville formerly headed Footaction USA and Keds, while most recently serving as CEO and president of Boathouse Sports…

Riddell and TGen Again Collaborate on Concussion Research

Riddell and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), a leader in genomic research, have begun the third year of a study to advance concussion detection and treatment with the Pac-12’s Arizona State University and its Sun Devil football

Billabong’s Director Resigns

Billabong International Limited has received the resignation of director, Matthew Wilson. Wilson has decided to resign due to a potential conflict in Oaktree Capital Management’s investment portfolio…

OBIT: L.L.Bean’s Leon Gorman

Leon Gorman, the 80-year old grandson of L.L.Bean and longtime CEO of the company, died Thursday at his home in Yarmouth, ME. He was president and CEO from 1967 to 2001, chairman from 2001 to 2013, and chairman emeritus from 2013 until his death…

STX Partners with University of Virginia

Baltimore-based STX, LLC signed a five-year agreement with the University of Virginia (UVA) to be the exclusive official equipment supplier of the school’s women’s lacrosse program…

Shoe Carnival’s Q2 Boosted by Higher Margins

Boosted by higher merchandise margins and lower advertising expenses, Shoe Carnival Inc.’s earnings vaulted 86.4 percent in the second quarter, to $4.8 million, or 24 cents a share.
On a conference call with analysts, Cliff Sifford, president, CEO