Brian White was the SVP of Global Sales for Herschel Supply after being the VP of sales for Nixon and managing the agency he founded, including for brands Ride, Hurley, Globe, and DaKine.
Category: Sports/Fitness
Crunch Fitness Franchisee Adding Two More Texas Locations
Crunch Fitness is adding two additional locations in Texas, encoding a second gym already open in El Paso and a new location in Kyle, TX scheduled for fall 2024.
Summit Golf Brands Adds PGA Pro to Sales Team
Golf industry professional Garrett Malcolm was hired as an account executive to expand the company’s presence and distribution of its premium golf apparel brands within green grass facilities across Canada.
Citi Trends Shuffles CEO Role in Weekend Board Action
The retailer’s Board of Directors appointed Ken Seipel as interim CEO, effective June 2. In connection with his appointment, David Makuen stepped down as CEO and a board member.
Rally House Rolls Out Three New Store Openings in Key Markets
Rally House the family-owned specialty retailer that offers apparel, hats, gifts, and home decor representing local NCAA, NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and MLS, opened stores in Philadelphia, Indiana and Chicago.
Nordstrom Promotes Alexis DePree to Chief Operating Officer
DePree will continue to support supply chain operations, transportation, inventory operations, enterprise operations, and store operations, but now with an expanded title that better reflects the breadth of these teams’ work.
EXEC: Genesco CEO Outlines the Journeys Turnaround Plan and Progress
As Journeys’ product advances and other strategic initiatives across the business take hold, Journeys’ parent expects momentum to build into fiscal 2026 but also warned of Q2 and Q3 challenges ahead.
Report: U.S. Sporting Goods Growth Continues Solid Post Pandemic Growth
The growth last year coincides with a year in which the market saw the lowest number of total inactive Americans (64.9 million people) since SFIA began tracking the metric.
EXEC: Athleta Sees Solid Turnaround in Q1, but Q2 Challenged by Tough Promo Comps
Athleta posted 5 percent comp sales growth in Q1, a clear improvement from the forth quarter results that saw Athleta comps down 10 percent and total sales down 4 percent.
The Future of Nike Air
New research, advanced capabilities and an innovation agenda has led Nike to evolve its Alphafly line to the Alphafly 3 — a shoe “to serve all marathoners.”
Genesco, Inc. Sees Journeys Slide Continue in Q1 as Schuh and J&M Turn Negative
The parent of Journeys, Schuh and Johnston & Murphy, reported net sales for the first quarter of Fiscal 2025 amounted to $458 million, a 5 percent year-over-year decrease compared to $483 million in the first quarter of Fiscal 2024.
Inspired by Nostalgia, Puma x Lost Management Cities Reimagine GV Special
Puma returns with a 2024 version of its GV Special from its archives, having received a “collaborative touch-up” from Seoul-based Lost Management Cities.
Vans Global Skateboarder Arisa Trew, First Woman to Land a 900
Trew has taken skateboarding to greater heights by becoming the first female to land a 900, a feat accomplished 25 years after Tony Hawk’s groundbreaking achievement.
Nordstrom Beats on Fiscal Q1 Estimates, Reaffirms Full Year Guide
The retailer narrowed its first quarter loss and beat expectations for the first quarter but analysts may be a little jumpy as guidance didn’t move higher and may signal internal concerns about the discretionary shopper.
Drew Brees + Partners to Open 19-Court Pickleball Club in Indiana
The Picklr Noblesville is a joint venture between Drew Brees’ BV Pickleball Clubs, LLC and Pickle Indy, LLC, owned by Ron Brock and David Gilreath, local Indianapolis businessmen.
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