The Adidas AG Supervisory Board extended the mandates of executive board members Glenn Bennett, responsible for global operations, and Robin Stalker, chief financial officer, by another three years beyond 2015 until March 2018…
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Adidas AG Extends Glenn Bennett, Robin Stalker to 2018
The Adidas AG Supervisory Board extended the mandates of executive board members Glenn Bennett, responsible for global operations, and Robin Stalker, chief financial officer, by another three years beyond 2015 until March 2018…
Fleet Feet Acquires Metro Run and Walk
Fleet Feet, Incorporated announced the purchase of Metro Run and Walk in Mishawaka, IN, which is adjacent to South Bend. The formal acquisition is the 123rd store for the company. The company also said it will open six new franchises in May and June in th
47 Brand Chooses Centerstone Technologies as B2B E-commerce Vendor
47 Brand, a premium global sports lifestyle company, and CenterStone Technologies, Inc., an international developer of Web-based B2B e-commerce software, are collaborating on opening up 47 Brand for business 24 x 7…
Superfeet Appoints VP of Marketing and Product
Superfeet has named Eric Hayes as the new vice president of marketing and product…
RockyMounts Turns to Outside Product Development Firm
RockyMounts Inc. has turned to the design consultancy GSD Global, LLC to help drive innovation in product development and increase its offering of car-rack systems…
Belk’s Q1 Profits Slide
Belk Inc. reported sales for the first quarter were $955.1 million compared to $955.8 in the prior-year period. On a comparable store basis, net sales decreased 0.2 percent. Juniors, women’s contemporary and better merchandise categories in general
Dick’s SG Foundation Funds Over 180 Youth Teams
The Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation announced the funding of more than 180 youth athletic teams from across the country through its inaugural Sports Matter program. During a five-week fundraising campaign, the initiative raised more than $2 million
NSGA: Participation Up in One Third of Activities Tracked in 2013
The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) reports that participation grew in only one-third of the 51 sports and recreational activities it tracks in 2013 compared with 2012. Among the losers were…
Anti-Russian Sentiment Spawns Boycott of FIFA Sponsors
Grassroots organizers launched an international boycott of Budweiser and Anheuser-Busch InBev products to protest their support of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) and its decision to award the 2018 World Cup to Russia…
DSW Slashes Guidance on Lousy Spring
Blaming the weather and competitive discounting, DSW Inc. reported first-quarter earnings that fell well short of analysts’ estimates while slashing its guidance for the year. Women's shoes, which excludes boots and sandals, comped down 9 perce
B. Robinson Reveals Revo’s U.S. Rep Force
B. Robinson named the five U.S. sales agencies that will represent Revo sunglasses and eyewear, which the company makes under license from Sequential Brands Group, Inc…
K2 Sports Names Wallace VP of US Sales
K2 Sports appointed Ben Wallace vice president of U.S. sales, which puts him over sales management teams for K2 Skis, K2 Snowboarding, K2 Inline skates, Ride Snowboards, Line Skis, Full Tilt Boots, Madshus Nordic, Backcountry Access and Atlas and Tubbs sn
Ticla Names Reps for Southwest and Midwest
Ticla, founded in 2012 to bring quality camping gear to car and festival campers, has signed two new sales agencies to service specialty outdoor accounts in the Southwestern and Midwestern United States…
Study: Exercise Reduces Mobility Problems Among Older Adults
A new University of Florida study shows daily moderate physical activity may mean the difference between seniors being able to keep up everyday activities or becoming housebound. In fact, moderate physical activity helped aging adults maintain their abili
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