Boardriders Launches Multi-Year Growth Agenda And Repositioning Of Key Executives

Boardriders, Inc., the owner of  action sports brands including Quiksilver, Billabong, ROXY, DC Shoes, RVCA and Element, announced that it is launching a multi-year growth agenda by investing in a range of strategic initiatives across seven major pillars, fueled by its substantial progress in integrating the Billabong acquisition onto the Boardriders platform.  In parallel, the company is also repositioning a number of key executives.

Fanatics Appoints Nike Exec As CFO

Fanatics appointed Michener (Mich) Chandlee as chief financial officer. Chandlee, who brings to Fanatics nearly 30 years of global finance experience – including the last 18 years with Nike – will oversee the business and financial planning, accounting, investor relations, purchasing, tax, treasury and divisional finance for the company.

Stage Stores Announces Total Company Conversion To Off-Price

Based on the success of the conversion strategy, the company plans to begin converting its remaining department stores in February of 2020, and expects to be operating approximately 700 predominantly small-market Gordmans off-price stores by the third quarter of fiscal 2020.

VF To Expand Operations In West Tennessee

VF plans to expand its current Workwear operations in Henning, TN, and locate a new facility in Covington, TN, investing nearly $7.5 million and creating over 220 new jobs in West Tennessee.

Neiman Marcus CFO Steps Down

Neiman Marcus Group’s Chief Financial Officer Adam Orvos is leaving the company to join another “as a natural progression in his career.”

NFL Merchandise Sales Surge In Week 1

Week 1 NFL merchandise sales at NFLShop.com and across the entire Fanatics network of e-commerce sites (which also includes many of the NFL Clubs online stores) were up 30 percent year-over-year, according to the NFL.