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Champion Relaunches Website
HanesBrands partnered with Elevate Studios to relaunch the the Champion athletic website by “introducing fresh content that speaks to the long-standing heritage of the brand and its cutting-edge technology and on-trend fabric innovations.”…
Risk Capital Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Zoggs
Risk Capital Partners (RCP) has bought a majority stake in Zoggs, the global swimming products brand. RCP will support the existing management team led by Mark Hammersley…
New Balance to Open London Store
New Balance is planning to open its first London flagship store on Oxford Street in mid-2016…
Giant USA Hires Nick Fisher As Account Exec
Giant USA has hired Nick Fisher as a new account executive to work with Giant and Liv retailers in Utah, western Wyoming, and southeastern Idaho…
Columbia Partners with Zac Brown to Get More Youth Outdoors
As part of an ongoing partnership between Columbia and Zac Brown’s Camp Southern Ground, Columbia is donating 10 percent of all U.S. online sales at Columbia.com on May 11, 2015. Columbia has pledged up to $75,000…
Boot Barn Opens Store in Oxnard, CA
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. has relocated its Ventura store to a brand new, bigger and better location in Oxnard…
DSW Recognized for Omni-Channel Efforts
DSW Inc. received the “Best Omni-Channel Experience Award” at the eBay Enterprise's Annual Imagine Commerce Conference held in Las Vegas, NV…
Keen Names Leaders for Utility and Kids Businesses
Keen said it has hired seasoned footwear veteran Chris Heffernan as general manager of Keen Utility and promoted Erin Simons to unit director at its Kid's business…
Fox Factory Cycling Sales Up 5.7 Percent in First Quarter
Fox Factory Holding Corp. reported its sales of suspension products and other bicycling components grew 5.7 percent in the fiscal first quarter ended March 31 compared with a year earlier…
Foot Locker Foundation Unveils Recipients of Scholar Athletes Program
Foot Locker Foundation, Inc., the charitable arm of Foot Locker, Inc., announced the 20 recipients of the Foot Locker Scholar Athletes Program. Each student will receive $20,000 in college scholarships, totaling $400,000…
Backbone Media Names Editor and Content Director
Backbone Media named a long-time editor of Skiing Magazine as its first Editor and Content Director to help its clients in the active lifestyle and tourism industry build authentic stories that resonate with their…
Escalade Increases Dividend
Escalade Inc. announced an increase to the quarterly dividend on the company's common stock from 10 cents per share to 11 cents…
Oakley Appoints New Swimwear License
RAJ Manufacturing LLC., California based swimwear pioneer, has attained the license for Oakley swimwear…
Women’s Running Event Expands in Chicago
The Running & Fitness Event For Women (TRFEW), now in its second year, will occur June 29 through July 1, 2015 at Navy Pier in Chicago, featuring an expanded conference and trade show as well as tie-ins with specialty retail groups Independent Running Ret
VF Corp’s Q1 Impacted by Currency Challenges
VF Corp. reported earnings dipped 2.8 percent in the first quarter but would have been ahead 13 percent on a currency-neutral (c-n) basis. Sales increased 1.9 percent or 8 percent on a c-n basis. Among its major brands, sales on a c-n basis rose 7 percen
