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Amer Sports Hits The Gas
The Finnish company will accelerate category expansion and store openings at Arc’teryx and Salomon in a bid to leverage better-than-expected organic growth.
Vista Outdoor Is Cooking Now
Company continues spree of acquisitions, adding outdoor-cooking solutions brand Camp Chef for $74 million to further diversify from its mainstay in shooting sports.
Shoe Carnival Narrows Outlook on Weak Back-To-School Start
Delayed buying hits athletic footwear sales, too, but rebound seen in August. “For the first time I can remember, footwear sales accelerated a day or two prior to school starting.”
Australian Retailer Reports Accelerating Comps
Fiscal 2015 and year-to-date results reported by Super Retail Group show demand for athletic and outdoor gear strengthening down under.
Famous Footwear Foiled By Back-To-School Procrastinators
While the footwear retailer has seen delayed back-to-school buying for years, the trend is “much more pronounced this year” with consumers buying at need or even beyond the traditional in the season.
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.
Samsonite Sees Strong Dollar Curbing Tourism
The company’s latest earnings report surfaces several headwinds curbing global retail sales, including a strong dollar that has cut into tourism spending.
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.
Vista Outdoor Restructures Outdoor Group
Restructuring includes new leadership at CamelBak and Bell.
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.”
Probing the Limitations of Search Data
A comparison of search data from Google Shopping and retail sales from SSI Data, powered by SportsOneSource, reveals some interesting consumer insights.
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.
