Topo Athletic, the minimal athletic shoes company founded by the former CEO of Vibram USA, Tony Post, has partnered with Gazelle Sports, City Sports, Playmakers and Luke's Locker as part of its summer launch. REI will also be a launch partner…
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Keen Parks its Newest Garage in Palo Alto
Keen Inc. opened its fourth Keen Garage retail location in downtown Palo Alto, CA, not far from Alameda where the company was founded in 2003. The store, the second in the United States, is opening as the company celebrates its 10th year in business…
Bipartisan Policy Center Convenes Second Meeting over Bangladesh Safety
On June 7, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) convened a second working session with leading retailers, brands, and industry associations to help expedite consensus on a single, unified safety plan to improve worker conditions in Bangladesh garment factor
Footbalance Appoints New NA Manager
Footbalance, the maker of custom footbeds, appointed Jeremy Town as its new managing director in North America…
Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Exhibitor Badges Available Online
Outdoor Retailer has begun issuing exhibitor badges online for Summer Market 2013…
Descente Cycling Division Building North American Rep Force
Descente North America has hired several independent sales reps in an ongoing effort to build a comprehensive rep force for its Cycling division…
Pyranha Names New U.S. Executive, Splits from Feel Free Kayak
Pyranha has chosen Brian Day to head its U.S. operations and will split from Feel Free Kayaks in July so it can focus on serving specialty dealers carrying its Pyranha, P&H and Venture kayaks…
The Left Shoe Opens First U.S. Store
The Left Shoe company, a made-to-measure luxury footwear brand and accessories retailer, opened its first American flagship store in Los Angeles. The 1,700 square foot store…
Surftech LLC Sells Minority Stake to Long-Time OEM Partner in Thailand
Surftech LLC has agreed to sell a minority stake to Cobra International Co. Ltd, its long-time manufacturing partner in Thailand in a move that will provide it preferred access to one of the world’s largest manufacturers of composite watercraft amid
REI Kills Life-time Return Policy, Citing Uptick in Returns of Dated Merchandise
Internal inconsistency and the growth of social media likely contributed to an uptick in product returns at Recreational Equipment Inc. that prompted the retailer to kill its lifetime return policy last week…
Cabela’s On Track to Offer Store-to-Door Fulfillment in Q4
Cabela’s Inc. is on track to offer store-to-door deliveries in the fourth quarter, CEO Tommy Millner said at the company’s annual shareholder meeting…
Vail Resorts’ Retail Margins Deteriorate in Third Quarter
Vail Resorts Inc. reported disappointing results at its retail/rental operations in the third quarter despite comp store growth of 7.4 percent due to a higher mix of sales from lower margin urban stores…
RSG Snaps Up Boulder Running Co.
Running Specialty Group (RSG), the joint partnership between The Finish Line and Gart Capital Partners, last week acquired one of the crown jewels of the U.S. run specialty channel, Boulder Running Company. Terms were not disclosed…
Under Armour Expects to Hit $4 Billion by 2016
Bringing Tom Brady along to augment the message, Under Armour Inc. delivered a loud proclamation on its growth prospects last week at its 2013 Investor Day event in Baltimore. Officials predicted revenues would reach $4 billion by 2016, more than double 2
Billabong Takeover Talks End, Explores Asset Sales
Billabong International revealed that it had failed to reach a takeover deal with either of its two U.S. private equity suitors. But the Australian surf giant indicated that it is close to a refinancing deal that could save the company and it was now expl
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