California Supply Chain Transparency Act Signed into Law
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill that asks apparel and footwear makers and retailers with more than $100 million in annual sales in the state to disclose their efforts to eradicate child slavery from their supply chains…
Group Rossignol Appoints N.A. President
Tim Petrick, currently Group Rossignol's senior vice president of global sales and marketing, has been promoted to the position of president of North American operations, based in Park City, Utah. Petrick is taking over for Francois Goulet who has re
Retailers Team Up Against Amazon
Dick's Sporting Goods, The Sports Authority and several other retailers are partnering with ShopRunner, owned by GSI Commerce, to offer a year of two-day deliveries for $79, the same price charged through Amazon's Prime subscription program. The
Orange 21 Borrows $1M More from Shareholder
Orange 21 Inc., the parent of Spy 21, announced that effective Oct. 5, its wholly owned subsidiary Orange 21 North America Inc. (O21NA), entered into a $1.0 million promissory note with one of Orange 21 Inc.'s shareholders, Costa Brava Partnership II
Stein Mart Sees Slight Drop in September Comps
Stein Mart, Inc. said comparable store sales increased 0.4% for the five week period ended Oct. 2, 2010 compared to the five week period ended Oct. 3, 2009…
Bon-Ton Sales Show September Uptick; Up 5.7%
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. said comparable store sales for the five weeks ended Oct. 2, 2010 increased 5.9%. Total sales for the five weeks increased 5.7% to $299.2 million compared with $282.9 million for the prior year period…
Buckle’s September Comps Increase 3%
The Buckle, Inc. reported same-store sales rose 3% in September. Net sales for the five-week fiscal month ended Oct. 2, increased 8.7% to $87.1 million from $80.1 million a year ago…
Stage Stores Sees 1.8% Bump in September Comps
Stage Stores, Inc. said total sales for the five week September period ended Oct. 2, 2010 increased 4.8% to $118 million from $113 million in the prior year five week period ended Oct. 3, 2009…
Target Sees 1.3% Uptick in September Comps
Target Corporation said its net retail sales for the five weeks ended Oct. 2, 2010 were $5.56 billion, an increase of 3.1% from $5.39 billion for the five weeks ended Oct. 3, 2009.
Scheels Gains Naming Rights to Hockey Arena
The Urban Plains Center hockey arena in Fargo, ND, has been renamed Scheels Arena. The Fargo-based sporting goods retailer and Metro Sports Foundation announced the naming rights partnership…
Sports Authority Launches Kids’ Invention Project
Sports Authority, Inc. announced the launch of the 'Sports Authority Move It Challenge,' a national invention competition designed to uncover exciting new youth-created sporting and backyard games…
Sport Obermeyer Appoints SVP
Aspen-based Sport Obermeyer appointed 20-year industry veteran Robert Yturri as senior vice president of product and brand management…
Fila Relocates Offices in Sparks, MD
Fila, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2011, will relocate its Sparks, MD office to 930 Ridgebrook Road in January. Fila USA is currently located at 1 Fila Way, also in Sparks…
MasterCard: Web Sales Grow 7.8% in September
Web sales grew 7.8% in September, a modest increase from 7.2% growth in August, MasterCard Advisors reported…
Rockport Opens Boston Concept Store
Rockport Co., owned by Adidas, opened a “freestanding concept store” on Boston's trendy Newbury Street. The store at 218 Newbury St. “represents the first new store concept in Boston proper and the 14th new store concept for Rockport to open in the U
