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Non-Traditional Sports/Fitness Activities Expand Their Appeal
Americans are trying out more varied and new types of physical activities, but it’s coming at the expense of traditional sports and exercises, according to the 2016 edition of SFIA’s State of the Industry Report.
Weak Outerwear Orders At G-III Signal Industry Hurdles Ahead
For vendors, unlike retailers, its never the bad winter that hurts them the most. It’s the following season that really bites.
Badger Sportswear Deal Points To Healthy M&A Trends
Badger Sportswear, a family-owned supplier of team uniforms, performance athletic wear and fanwear, has become the latest “best-in-class” sporting goods platform to find a buyer.
Colorado Retailers Vie For Sniagrab Sales
Christy Sports and Colorado Ski & Golf are about to find out a lot more about how the demise of Sports Authority is going to impact the upcoming season.
Sports Authority Revised Exec Bonuses Draw Fire
The Justice Department’s U.S. trustee states, ““The debtors appear, once again, to be prioritizing insider executives above all other parties in interest, including unsecured creditors and the thousands of employees who have already lost their jobs.”
Aisle Talk, Week Of August 22
Headlines from the active lifestyle industry this past week you may have missed.
By The Numbers, Week Of August 22
The leading figures from this week’s news in the active lifestyle space.
Billabong’s Turnaround Hits Some Turbulence
Billabong, Element and RVCA brands see growth and expand share, but currency headwinds, retail disruption and a shift away from longboards drag earnings.
Tillys Steadied By E-commerce
Despite choppy traffic at its physical stores, the action-sports-inspired retailer beat its fiscal-second-quarter comps forecast thanks to steady traffic online.
Dick’s Sporting Goods’ Expanding Empire
While there’s plenty of uncertainty in the active-lifestyle retail marketplace, the national retailer is quickly taking advantage of the lapse to expand its presence.
Sporting Goods Retailers Deliver Upside Surprise
A string of upside earnings reports last week show the liquidation of more than 500 sporting goods stores had less impact than feared from May through July.
Hibbett Sports Eyes More Lifestyle Products and Omni-channel Improvements
While it eked out a 0.8 percent gain in same-store sales during a traditionally slow second-quarter, and beat Wall Street earnings expectations by a penny, Hibbett Sports (Nasdaq:HIBB) officials aren’t sitting back.
Foot Locker Says The Malls Are Far From Dead
Slowing traffic and greater discounting at Eastbay.com and not weak mall traffic clipped profit growth in another impressive quarter for the sneaker retailer.
Aisle Talk, Week Of August 15
Headlines from the active lifestyle industry this past week you may have missed.
By The Numbers, Week of August 15
The leading figures from this week’s news in the active lifestyle space.
