Sears Considering Spinoff of Lands’ End
Sears Holdings Corporation said in a statement it's evaluating separating both its Lands' End business and Sears Auto Center (“SAC”) business. It also lowered its guidance for the current quarter…
FootBalance/Sports Authority to Support Breast Cancer Research
FootBalance, an maker of custom footbeds, teamed up this month with Sports Authority to raise more than $2,000 to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Fund…
Rusty and La Jolla Group Agree to Part Ways
La Jolla Group, the owner of the O'Neill Clothing license, and Rusty have mutually agreed to return the apparel license for Rusty North America to the brand owners, Rusty International, at the end of 2013. This concludes a six-year licensing partners
City Sports Launches CS Kids Expansion
City Sports has expanded its current CS Kids offering to include six more stores, following a positive consumer response…
Brunswick Launches Free Online Marketing Program For Certified Dealers
Brunswick Corporation's (NYSE: BC) dealer services team, Brunswick Dealer Advantage, has teamed up with Dominion Marine Media, the online marine marketing services division of Dominion Enterprises Inc., to offer Brunswick certified dealers online mar
Dr. Martens Sold to PE Firm
Permira Funds, a private equity firm that owns Hugo Boss and New Look, has bought R Griggs Group, the parent company and licensee of the Dr Martens brand, for £300 million (U.S. $486 mm)…
Pacific Sunwear Appoints Board Member
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. appointed Frances P. Philip to to its board. Philip was employed in various executive positions with L.L. Bean, Inc. from 1994 to 2011, eventually becoming chief merchandising officer…
Planet Dog Obtains License to Make Life is Good Branded Pet Products
Planet Dog has procured an exclusive license to design, develop and manufacture a complete line of pet products for Life is Good that will be sold through both companies' dealers in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean…
Uncle Josh Acquires Acme Tackle
Uncle Josh has announced the purchase of substantially all of the assets of Acme Tackle Company, of Providence, Rhode Island…
NRF Welcomes Government Shutdown Resolution
The National Retail Federation's President and CEO Matthew Shay welcomed the expected decision to reopen the government and delay the debate on the debt ceiling while criticizing the resolution process…
Nordstrom Rack To Open In Dublin, CA
Nordstrom, Inc. plans to open a Nordstrom Rack at the Village at Dublin in Dublin, CA. The approximately 35,000-square-foot store is scheduled to open in fall 2015…
Woolrich Footwear Assembles National Sales Team
Portland Product Werks (PPW), a premium footwear licensing group, has hired a national sales manager and sales team to launch the debut Woolrich Footwear collection in Fall 2014. Mike Mangiarancina joins Portland Product Werks as national sales manager of
NRF Survey Foreshadows Dip in Holiday Spending Budgets
U.S. consumers will spend slightly less on average this holiday season, according to a holiday consumer spending survey conducted for the National Retail Foundation since the federal government shutdown began Oct. 1…
BSN Sports Acquires Beaver Distributing Company
BSN Sports has completed the acquisition of Beaver Distributing Company dba Sols of Ambridge ( Sols) based in Ambridge, PA. Sols, family owned and operated since 1929, is a leading distributor of team apparel and equipment in western Pennsylvania, and par
Liberty Creating New Stock to Track Backcountry.com and Other E-commerce Holdings
Liberty Interactive Corporation plans to create a new tracking stock so investors can follow the performance of its dominant home QVC and HSN operations separately from its other e-commerce companies, including Backcountry.com and Bodybuilding.com…
