H2O Outdoor Gear Introduces Five New Alaska-Tested Packs

Big mountain skier and Alaska heliskiing pioneer Dean Cummings will introduce a new line of products for H2O Outdoor Gear built for the outdoor enthusiast who appreciates the quality, durability and smart function it takes to withstand the demanding envir

Riddell Acquires Gunther’s Athletic Service

Riddell has acquired Gunther's Athletic Service, of Anaheim, CA, a West Coast leader in helmet and protective reconditioning, and sales of sporting goods, uniforms and equipment. Riddell will maintain operations at Gunther's facility in Anaheim

Liberty Bottleworks Taps Brewing Market

Liberty Bottleworks has tapped a new market: making custom bottles for breweries nationwide. The Yakima, WA company said more than two dozen brewers have turned to it for a new way to sell their suds, whether as conveniently sized, durable mini growlers o

NRF: Container Imports to Flatline Until March

With the holiday shopping season over, import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports should be nearly flat during January compared with the same month last year, but significant year-over-year increases are expected this spring, a

Genesco Hikes EPS Guidance On Healthy Comp Sales

With sales same-store sales jumping a stronger-than-expected 13 percent in the quarter ending through Jan. 7, Genesco Inc. again raised its guidance for the year by a dime a share. In the same year-ago period, same store sales increased 9 percent…

Mobile Triples Share of Total Paid Search in Q4

Retailers tripled the percentage of their search advertising budgets devoted to mobile users in the fourth quarter, according to IgnitionOne, a leading digital marketing firm which manages more than $1 billion in online advertising.

Pacific Sunwear Seeing Some Stabilization

While announcing plans to close nearly a quarter of its stores in early December, Pacific Sunwear said its core business is stabilizing with some turnaround efforts starting to pay off…

DSW Lifts Q4 Guidance

DSW Inc. raised its EPS guidance on the strength of strong November and December revenues. Its annual earnings were slightly raised to a range of $2.96 to $2.99 for fiscal 2011 from a range of $2.90 to $2.95 previously. The family shoe chain also plans to

Voile Bought Sentury Snowboards in September

Voile Manufacturing disclosed that it acquired boutique, high quality manufacturer, Sentury Snowboards of Reno, NV in September 2011. While Voile is not continuing the Sentury brand, Harmon is now heading up R&D and manufacturing of Voile splitboards and