OBIT: Kep Harding
Kep Hardig, who operated Kep Harding Sport Shop from 1965 until 2005 when it merged with Nebraska Sports, has passed away. He was 93…
G-III Apparel’s Fan Apparel Delivers Strong Year
G-III Apparel Group reported earnings rose 70.2 percent in its fourth quarter ended Jan. 31, to $22.2 million, or 96 cents a share. Revenue grew 8.8 percent to $514.3 million…
TaylorMade-Adidas Golf to Open Outlet Stores
TaylorMade-Adidas Golf will open its first branded outlet store in April in Myrtle Beach, S.C. It plans to open additional locations by the end of the year…
REI Reports Record Sales for Fiscal 2014
REI reported record annual revenues of $2.2 billion for the fiscal year ended Jan. 3, 2014, up 9.9 percent from the year earlier. Same-store sales, including Internet sales, increased 4.2 percent…
Nike’s Strong Q3 Clouded by FX Challenges
Nike Inc. reported earnings in its third quarter ended Feb. 28 easily topped Wall Street expectations, boosted by healthy revenues on strong global demand for Nike and Converse as well as gross margin expansion.
Outsiders Ball Proceeds Got 25,000 Active Outdoors
The $300,000 raised by the 2014 Outsiders Ball paid for projects that engaged more than 25,000 Americans across the United States in outdoor activities, according to…
Ecco’s 2014 Revenues Climb 9 Percent
Ecco reported profit after tax increased 7.6 percent in 2014 while revenues grew 9.1 percent. The record performance came despite challenging conditions in some markets, most notably in Russia and the Ukraine…
STX Named Official Puck Supplier for NCAA Ice Hockey Championships
STX LLC has been named the official puck supplier of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Ice Hockey Championships…
Majestic Athletic Extends MLB Sponsorship Deal
Majestic Athletic and Major League Baseball Properties have reached an extension of their contract that makes Majestic the official on-field uniform of MLB through 2019…
K•Swiss Partners with Diplo on Entrepreneur-Driven Campaign
K•Swiss is partnering with renowned DJ, producer and entrepreneur Diplo to launch ‘The Board’, a campaign built to inspire, and to be led by the next generation of young entrepreneurs…
Meijer Opens First Skechers Concept Shop
Meijer announced that it's continuing to up its fashion game with the spring launch of a Skechers concept shop inside the Knapp's Corner Meijer…
Spalding Named AAU’s Official Ball Provider
Spalding and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) announced a multi-year partnership designating the company as the official provider of balls for AAU basketball, baseball, football and softball, including championship play…
Newton Launches ‘Feel It, Spell It’ Challenge
Newton Running is partnering with Timex to ask runners nationwide to express how running makes them “feel” by spelling out words with their run routes, launching a first-ever initiative on this scale…
Foot Locker Sets $10 Billion Goal for 2020
Coming off four consecutive years of record-breaking financial results, Foot Locker Inc. again hiked its bar with the release of goals for the five-year (2016 to 2020) period. Foot Locker President and CEO Richard Johnson said Foot Locker initially set i
DSW’s Q4 Boosted by Athletics
Led by athletics but carried by a recovery in its women’s offerings, DSW Inc. reported comparable sales increased 7.6 percent in the fourth quarter. Comps were flat in the year-ago quarter…
