Acushnet Skirts Golfsmith Woes
A mid-single-digit decline in Titleist golf ball sales, in part due to the bankruptcy of Golfsmith, was offset by gains at FootJoy and the Titleist golf club business.
Lululemon Defies Critics With Higher Margins
The yoga brand and retailer is proving it can sustain premium pricing in a crowded athleisure field.
Coleman Secures Review To Lower Duty Rates
The General Accounting Office confirmed it will review how the Foreign Trade Zone Board reviews applications involving textile imports, marking a victory for Coleman’s efforts to launch a new line of Made-in-USA life preservers.
Brands Offer Retailers A Cut Of DTC Sales
Can revenue-and-data-sharing programs build better relationships?
Action Sports Retail Gets A Boost, But Zumiez CEO Remains Cautious
Similar to its action sports retail peers, Zumiez reported an unexpected boost in same-store sales for its fiscal third quarter, but CEO Rick Brooks isn’t ready to start the holiday party just yet.
Journeys Sees Promotional Holiday Quarter
Journeys continues to battle an ongoing fashion shift to retro footwear styles as well as the impact of unseasonably warm weather on boot sales.
Aisle Talk, Week Of November 28
Top headlines from the active lifestyle industry you may have missed this week.
By The Numbers, Week Of November 28
The leading figures from this week’s news in the active lifestyle space.
G-III Apparel Sees Warm Weather Chilling Outerwear Sales
“The repeat of unseasonably warm weather created even more pressure than we anticipated,” said CEO Morris Goldfarb.
Is There A Bottom For GoPro?
It’s not been a good year for the action-camera category leader, which most recently laid off 15 percent of its workforce and will part ways with its president by the end of the year.
Tilly’s Surprises In Q3 With Jump In Store Traffic
The West Coast action sports retailer credited new product assortments and better local marketing efforts as the top drivers, but also likely benefitted from competitor exits. Stock jumped nearly 35 percent.
PSG Updates Bankruptcy Bid Rules Following Complaints
The parent to the Bauer, Mission and Easton hockey and baseball brands is giving interested parties friendlier financial conditions and more time to make a bid for its business.
Can Hi-Tec Sports Make It As A Licensed Brand?
Cherokee Global Brands’ proposed deal to buy Hi-Tec Sports for $98.5 million will most significantly include selling off the outdoor footwear brand’s wholesale operations to licensed partners.
Delta Apparel Eyes Bounce Back In 2017
The company’s activewear sales rose 5 percent, including an 8 percent gain from its Soffe brand with help from several “strategic sporting goods store partners.”
Shoe Carnival Lowers Guidance On Subpar Boot Sales
Declining boot sales in the third quarter and the month of November were only partially offset by athletic footwear gains.
