Brown Shoe Company reported earnings on an adjusted basis were up 45.5 percent in the fourth quarter, to $9.0 million, or 20 cents per share, compared to reported net earnings of $6.2 million, or 14 cents, in the fourth quarter of 2013. Comps at Famous F
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Under Armour Opens Digital Headquarters In Austin
Under Armour opened its first-ever Connected Fitness digital headquarters in downtown Austin, TX. Located in a new commercial development near the restored City of Austin Power Plant, the office currently employs more than 100 industry-leading engineers,
Adidas Partners with Prospect League
Adidas entered into a multi-year sponsorship with The Prospect League, an elite Midwestern collegiate wood bat summer baseball league…
Blue Ridge Mountain Sports Partners with Give-Back Program
Blue Ridge Mountain Sports announced a partnership with Sparo, an online startup that enables customers to have Blue Ridge donate 8 percent of their online purchase to the charity of their choice…
Havaianas U.S. Expansion Fuels Alpargatas Q4 Growth
Alpargatas reported strong sales of its Havaianas flip flops in the United States and Europe continued to offset declining sales in Latin America in the fourth quarter. The company also reported higher sales of Mizuno and Timberland in its native Brazil..
Phoenix Footwear’s Q4 Revenues Climb
Phoenix Footwear, the parent of Trotters and SoftWalk, reported sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 increased 28.0 percent to $5.6 million…
Pearl Izumi Hosts Fun Runs to Celebrate National PI Day
Pearl Izumi is hosting a number of 3.1415 mile fun runs on National PI Day, which occurs on Saturday, Mar. 3…
Moncler Names New COO Amid Strong Growth
Moncler, the rapidly growing French ski and fashion apparel company, announced that Roberto Eggs will join its executive ranks May 1 as chief operating officer…
Klean Kanteen Launches ESOP, Moves to Larger HQ
Klean Kanteen is launching an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and moving its US headquarters to a larger facility in Chico, CA…
National Bike Summit Underway in Washington D.C.
The National Bike Summit began Tuesday, March 10 in Washington, D.C., bringing together hundreds of passionate bicycling leaders from communities across the country.
Atomic’s Bruce McDonald Named an SIA 2014 Regional Rep of the Year
SnowSports Industries of America (SIA) recognized Atomic Sales Rep Bruce McDonald as a 2014 Regional Rep of the Year…
Saxx Underwear Appoints Erik Darby as U.S. Sales Leader
Saxx Underwear Co. announced the addition of Erik Darby, who formerly worked for Oakley, Converse and Pony, to the newly created position of U.S. sales director…
Saxx Underwear Appoints U.S. Sales Chief
Saxx Underwear Co. appointed Erik Darby as its U.S. sales director. Most recently Darby was director of sales at Oakley. Prior to that…
Dr Pepper Snapple Pledge $2 Million to Good Sports
Dr Pepper Snapple Group has committed $2 million to non-profit Good Sports over two years to support the organization’s efforts to provide athletic equipment to youth-serving organizations nationwide…
Black Diamond Equipment Names New Managers
Black Diamond Equipment announced Heath Christensen and Tor Brown have returned to the company in new roles as director of sales for North America and mountain line category director, respectively. Industry veteran Matt Burbach will also join Black Diamon