SGB recently spoke with Siegfried Winkelbeiner, CEO of Switzerland-based Schoeller Textil AG, about the company’s 150th anniversary, its role as a leader in sustainability, its focus on the future and what’s next for the textile industry.
Category: Apparel
Vans, Adidas And Lululemon Finding Teen Love
Vans became the fastest-growing brand in Piper Jaffray’s semi-annual Taking Stock With Teens survey while overtaking Nike as the No. 1 footwear brand among upper-income females. But Nike/Jordan improved mindshare as “top trend” and positive momentum with teens was also seen for Adidas, Lululemon, Champion, Crocs and several other brands in the active lifestyle space.
Nike Signs First Esports Ambassador
Nike signed the company’s first ever endorsement deal with an esports athlete, Chinese League of Legends player Jian ‘Uzi’ Zihao.
Nike Partners With Google’s Shopping Actions Platform
Nike joined Best Buy and Sephora in becoming the latest retailers to leverage Google Shopping Actions program.
Sears Releases Initial List Of Stores To Close In Bankruptcy Proceedings
Sears Holdings announced the list of the 142 stores it initially plans to close in bankruptcy proceedings. Liquidation sales are expected to begin within two weeks. The closings are on top of 46 store closings announced in August. The company has 687 stores remaining, including Kmart locations. The 142 stores to close include: Kmart Arkansas 2821 […]
Von Maur Plans Seventh Store In Illinois
Von Maur Department Store announced plans to open a 130,000-square-foot store at Orland Square in Orland Park, IL. Scheduled to open fall 2019, the store will be the company’s seventh location in Illinois.
Holden Outerwear Partners With Backbone Media
Holden, the California-based outerwear company founded by snowboard legend Mikey LeBlanc and designer Scott Zergebel, announced the company is teaming up with Backbone Media to drive the company’s public relations.
Outdoor Voices Opens First Nashville Store
Outdoor Voices has opened the company’s first store in Nashville, TN. The Austin-based women’s fitness apparel brand now has eight stores.
Manchester United And True Religion Launch Denim Range
Manchester United and luxury denim brand True Religion have collaborated to launch a range of premium club branded denim wear.
Carbon38 Adds Cross Border Commerce
Carbon38, the women’s athleisure brand, has partnered with Flow, a provider of cross border commerce, to create fully branded and localized shopping experiences for Carbon38 customers anywhere in the world.
Hibbett Sports Takes Red Cross Donations During Hurricane Michael Aftermath
Hibbett Sports announced support of the American Red Cross in Hurricane Michael relief efforts by accepting donations at more than 484 Hibbett Sports stores throughout the southeast.
Foot Locker To Introduce House Of Hoops Pop Ups At NBA Arenas
Foot Locker, in partnership with Nike, will be opening mobile House Of Hoops pop-up shops that will periodically open near NBA arenas during the season. The retailer also released “The Hunt” augmented-reality feature on the Foot Locker app that will enable sneaker heads to go on scavenger hunts to find Nike exclusives.
Vans Begins Journey To $5B In Style By Driving VF Corp.’s Strong Q2
The path that Vans will travel en route to $5 billion in annual revenue by 2023 is sure to be strewn with economic headwinds and market deviations along the way, but the action lifestyle brand is kicking off its quest toward that ambitious destination in style. Vans revenue grew 26 percent in the second quarter ended September 29, boosting parent company VF Corp.’s revenue 15 percent to $3.9 billion for the period.
The North Face Sees Lifestyle Offerings Driving Q2 Momentum
With continued over-sized growth for The North Face in the EMEA region and some improvement in the Americas in the second quarter due to strengthening demand for lifestyle apparel offerings, VF Corp. slightly raised the company’s sales outlook for the outdoor brand for the current fiscal year.
Aisle Talk Week of October 15
Top headlines from the active lifestyle industry you may have missed this week, including Mammut North America—a division of Swiss-based Mammut Sports Group AG—parting ways with the company’s managing director, Joe Prebich (pictured), for undisclosed reasons.
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