Approximately one in three Americans over the age of two rode a bicycle at least one day in the past year, according to a first of its kind study PeopleForBikes commissioned to…
Category: Footwear
Polar Partners with MyFitnessPal
Polar, the maker of heart rate sensors, training apps, wearable sports devices and activity trackers, has partnered with MyFitnessPal…
Boot Barn Prices Secondary Offering
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. priced its secondary offering of 5.42 million shares of the company's common stock at a price of $23.50 per share…
Golf Galaxy Sets Grand Opening For Relocated Store in Columbus, OH
Golf Galaxy will open its relocated store in Columbus, OH during a grand opening celebration on…
Pensole Pensole Footwear Design Academy Raises $4MM in Funding
Pensole Footwear Design Academy, based in Portland, OR, raised $4 million in partnership with San Francisco-based Rooy Inc…
SOLS Raises $11.1M Series B Funding
SOLS, a developer of mass customized 3D printed footwear, completed an $11.1 million Series B funding round to boost its consumer product pipeline…
Weyco’s Q4 Revenues Jump 21 Percent
Weyco Group, Inc., the parent of Bogs, reported net sales for the fourth quarter of 2014 were $95.3 million, an increase of 21 percent from 2013 net sales of $78.5 million.. Bogs wholesale revenues surged 69 percent…
Fox Factory Reports MTB Sales Grew 2.3 Percent in Q4
Fox Factory Holding Corp.'s mountain biking sales grew just 2.3 percent in the fourth quarter, but the company's CEO said he expects growth to accelerate when the company begins shipping a new fork later this year…
Thule Group Partners with Bluesign Technologies
Thule Group has partnered with Bluesign Technologies AG to ensure textile products it uses in its packs, bags and cases adhere have a minimum impact on people and the environments…
Kohl’s Sees 3.9 Percent Q4 Comp Gain
Kohl's Corporation reported fourth quarter earnings of $369 million, or $1.83 per diluted share, a 17 percent increase…
J.C. Penney’s Comps Rise 4.4 Percent in Q4
J. C. Penney Company Inc. reported comparable store sales growth of 4.4 percent, stronger gross margins and decreasing SG&A expense boosted EBITDA by $1.1 billion in the year ended Jan. 31…
Sequential Brands’ Q4 Results Boosted by Avia and And1
Sequential Brands Inc., the parent of Heelys, Avia, And1 and several fashion brands, reported revenues, largely royalties from licensing deals, jumped 75.5 percent in the fourth quarter, to $18.6 million…
Iconix Sees Men’s Brands Recover in Q4
Iconix Brand Group reported sales in its Men’s segment slid 22.4 percent in 2014, to $111.7 million. Sales in the fourth quarter, however, bounced back, growing 8.3 percent to $32.7 million…
Asics America Surpasses $1 Billion Target in 2014
Asics America Group, which includes the U.S., Brazil, Canada and Mexico, announced that it surpassed $1 billion in net sales for the first time in 2014. Sales reached $1.1 billion, up 14.9 percent year on year.
West Marine Reports 4Q Loss
West Marine grew its gross margin 330 basis points and narrowed its losses in the fourth quarter as sales increased 8.9 percent to $129.4 million…