The department store giant estimates that 3,900 associates will be displaced as a result of these closures, with approximately 6,200 other jobs lost due to restructuring its central organization and adjustments due to the store closures.
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Zumiez Sees 3 Percent Comp Gain In December
The action-sports chain’s comparable sales increased 3.4 percent for the five-week period compared to a comparable sales decrease of 8.9 percent in the year-ago period.
Registration Opens For NSGA’s 53rd Annual Management Conference
The conference will host many notable speakers, including representatives from Google, Forbes, Vanity Fair, Zappos, Locally, Yelp, Hubba, Kibo and Microsoft.
Get Ready For A Big Shake Out In 2017
More than 20 active lifestyle industry executives share their thoughts on where we’re headed next.
Inter Milan FC Signs North America Licensing Deal With One Entertainment
One Entertainment’s portfolio of representations includes FC Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chivas Guadalajara and AS Roma.
G-III Apparel Partners With Danica Patrick On Athleisure Line
The collection represents the professional race car driver’s first foray into apparel and reflects “her strong, confident, and health-conscious approach to her daily life.”
Avalanche Hires Reebok Talent As New Design Director
At Reebok, Procopio designed women’s, men’s and children’s apparel for various collections, including tennis, yoga, training, running and outerwear.
Fulfillment By Amazon Delivered More Than 2 Billion Items In 2016
FBA items shipped worldwide grew more than 50 percent during the holiday season, while Prime members ordered millions of items from sellers in the Seller Fulfilled Prime program.
Sports Direct To Sell Dunlop Brand
The divestment of the Dunlop business is in line with Sports Direct’s “stated aspiration to become the Selfridges of sports retail, including its renewed focus on its core U.K. business and the development of its relationships with third-party brands.”
Concept III Partners With Bolger & O’Hearn For New Waterproofing
New technology promises a more environmentally friendly, non-fluorocarbon waterproofing technology.
Reebok Stands Behind Ronda Rousey
Reebok offered a vote of confidence to Ronda Rousey following her shocking loss in just 48 seconds on Friday to bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes.
Thermore Ecodown Gains Bluesign Certification
The insulation is 100-percent made out of recycled plastic bottles (approximately 10 for a single jacket).
Obituary: Boxercraft’s Tod Rastello, 54
The vice president of sales at Boxercraft Inc. passed away on December 3, 2016, of pancreatic cancer at age 54.
Warm Weather Impacts Sales In Last Week Of December
Warmth was focused in the interior, as the East South Central and West South Central regions had their warmest end to December since 1996.
ICSC Sees 16-Percent Holiday Gain
Of those who bought items online from a retailer with a physical store and picked up in-store, 61 percent made an additional purchase in-person (75 percent of Millennials).
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