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Adidas Appoints Chief Marketing Officer for Adidas Brand
Adidas has appointed Hermann Deininger as chief marketing officer (CMO) for the Adidas brand, effective June 1. In this new role, Deininger will be responsible for all three adidas sub-brands, adidas Sport Performance, adidas Originals and adidas Sport St
Wenger’s Boulder Store Honored for Design
Wenger's Boulder, CO store has been honored as Store of the Year by the Association of Retail Environments (A.R.E.). The award recognizes the best in retail design, store fixtures and visual presentation…
Kohl’s Raises FY EPS Outlook on Above-Plan Q1
Kohl's Corp.'s first-quarter profit rose 6%, to $211 million, or 73 cents a share, up from $199 million, or 64 cents a share, a year earlier. Last week, the company said it expected per-share earnings at the high end of the forecast of 68 cents
Sport Hansa Hires First Business Development Manager
Sport Hansa has appointed Tommy Knoll to the newly created position of business development manager…
Nordstrom’s Q1 Profits Climb 24 Percent
Nordstrom Inc. reported earnings in the first quarter rose 24 percent to $145 million, or 65 cents per share, from $116 million, or 52 cents, a year ago. Nordstrom's first quarter performance was at the high end of the company's internal plans,
Payless Expands Champion Activelite Minimalist Line
Payless ShoeSource announced the continued expansion of its Champion Activelite collection featuring minimalist shoe technology. The company said by making performance runners available for $35 it would “democratize” the minimalist running craze…
Dearfoams Becomes Footwear Sponsor at Poker World Series
Dearfoams has become the Official Footwear Sponsor of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) for the 2011 and 2012 events in Las Vegas…
SRAM International Files for IPO
SRAM International Corp., the world's second largest maker of bicycle compoents after Japan's Shimano Corp., plans to go public, according to papers it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. SRAM S1 registration shows the company ha
Aetrex Opens First Concept Store
Aetrex Worldwide Inc. said it opened the doors to its first retail concept store in Englewood, N.J. The 2,400 square-foot store located in the heart of the town's shopping district will feature iStep Wave, Aetrex's digital foot scanning technol
Schutt Sports Bankruptcy Plan Confirmed
A federal judge has confirmed the Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan for Schutt Sports Inc. Creditors “overwhelmingly voted to accept the plan,” Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin J. Carey from Delaware said in his order on May 11, according to Bloomberg Businessw
ActionVillage.com Conducting Foreclosure Sale
ActionVillage.com, once a leading paintball online retailer, is closing its doors and liquidating its complete inventory, according to a listing on the Chicago Tribune's website…
Bloggers Lobby Against Skechers Shape-ups for Girls
Skechers has been receiving the ire of parent and womens' groups for its ads for its Skechers Shape-ups for girls. According to the Daily Mail in the United Kingdom, the ads, running on Nickelodeon and the Cartoon Network, “depicts cartoon characters
Brown Shoe Closing Notes Offering
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. has consummated its private placement offering of $200 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.12 percent senior notes due 2019 and the early settlement of its previously announced cash tender offer and consent solicitation wi
West Marine’s Losses Widen in First Quarter
West Marine, Inc. reported first-quarter revenues rose 3.9 percent to $113.8 million from $109.6 million a year ago. Comparable-store sales increased 2.9 percent…
Amer Sports Q1 Sales up 20.5 Percent
Amer Sports Corp. reported net sales for the first quarter ended March 31 reached EUR 449.1 million ($614.0mm), up 18.9 percent on currency adjusted terms and 20.5 percent in euro terms from the same quarter a year earlier on strong performance in its Win
