UPS plans to deliver more than 750 million packages globally in the 25 days between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve. The record-breaking seasonal global delivery volume is approximately 5 percent above last year’s holiday peak shipping season volume.
Category: Sports/Fitness
GoPro Expands Engineering Office In Bucharest
GoPro Inc. will be expanding its presence in Bucharest, Romania with a move to a larger office space in Timpuri Noi Square.
NRF: Holiday Sales To Rise 3.4 Percent
Consumers will spend an average $967.13 during the holiday season this year, according to the annual survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics for the National Retail Federation. That’s up 3.4 percent from the $935.58 consumers said they would spend when surveyed at the same time last year.
VF Corp. Upbeat For Holiday
In an interview with SGB. Steve Rendle, president and CEO of VF Corp., said that while October started “a little slow,” sales have picked up as “the weather began to become more fall like” and the company remains optimistic about holiday selling. He also said he remains bullish on The North Face and Timberland regaining top-line momentum.
Aisle Talk, Week Of October 23
Top headlines from the active lifestyle industry you may have missed this week.
Columbia Sees U.S. Wholesale Returning To Growth First Half Of 2018
Columbia Sportswear’s third-quarter results came in better than expected as growth overseas and in its U.S. DTC business offset another steep decline in U.S. wholesale revenues. But officials predicted U.S. wholesale growth would resume in the first half of 2018.
Gilbert Rugby To Sponsor World Rugby
World Rugby appointed Gilbert as official ball supplier for its premier 15s tournaments, including the men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups.
Vetta Brands Appoints Glenn Silbert As CEO
Vetta LLC, a specialist in licensed and wholesale blank apparel and headwear, has named Glenn Silbert as chief executive officer.
TYR Sport Adds Olympian Ross Murdoch To Athlete Roster
TYR Sport welcomed Olympian and two-time World Championship medalist Ross Murdoch to its roster of sponsored athletes.
Rawlings Unveils 2017 Gold Glove Award Finalists
The winners will be unveiled during a live, one-hour show on ESPN Tuesday, November 7, 2017.
High Intensity Interval Training Leads Fitness Trends Survey
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is forecast as next year’s most popular trend in fitness, according to a survey from American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Also in the top five were group training, wearable technology, body weight training and strength training.
Skechers Athletes Dominate Podium At Ironman World Championship
Lionel Sanders and Lucy Charles each finished second in their respective men’s and women’s competitions, and David McNamee took third place for the men.
Columbia Sportswear’s Q3 Tops Estimates
Columbia Sportswear’s third-quarter earnings improved 5 percent on flat revenues. Sales were boosted by its European wholesale and U.S. direct-to-consumer businesses. Improved operating profitability outside the U.S. supported earnings gains.
Deckers Brands Lifts Guidance On Strong Q2
Deckers Brands reported earnings and sales that came in well ahead of guidance in its second quarter ended September 30. Ugg’s sales were down 2.9 percent while Hoka One One jumped 34.4 percent and Teva grew 24.9 percent.
OEKO-TEX Conducts Consumer Textile Sustainability Study
The study of more than 11,000 clothing and home textile consumers around the world examined topics ranging from concerns about climate change to harmful substances in textiles.
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