Ahern Group Named Sales Agency of the Year by Winchester Ammunition
Winchester Ammunition announces that the Ahern Group has been named the company's 2013 Commercial Sales Agency of the Year…
Vans Appoints Director of Apparel, National Accounts,
Sandy Schwarzenbach, formerly VP sales, teen and sporting good chains for North America for Quiksilver and DC at Quiksilver Inc., has joined Vans as director of apparel, national accounts, according to Shop-eat-surf.com…
RG Barry Explores Possible Sale
R.G. Barry Corporation reported that it has entered into a non-disclosure and standstill agreement with Mill Road Capital Management LLC in regards to the PE firm's potential bid to acquire the company. R.G. Barry owns Dearfoams slippers as well as B
SIA Publishes Resource to Help Retailers Prep for Snow Show
SnowSports Industries America (SIA) has published ski-specific resources to prepare buyers for the decisions they’ll have to make at the SIA Snow Show, Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 2014 and the On-Snow Demo/Ski-Ride Fest at Copper Mountain Resort (Feb. 3-4)…
PETA: Outdoor Enthusiasts Favor Synthetic Over Down Insulation
PETA says a poll it commissioned shows that a vast majority, or 80 percent, of outdoor sports enthusiasts are happy to choose products with synthetic insulation rather than duck or goose down and would shop at stores that don’t offer any down produc
Sport Chalet Sales Surged in Two Weeks Since Thanksgiving
Sport Chalet, Inc. reported that its sales from Black Friday through Sunday Dec. 8 were up 19.9 percent over the comparable period in 2012. The Los Angeles-based retailer achieved the growth without opening on Thanksgiving Day…
Sustainable Apparel Coalition Turns Attention to Suppliers
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) released the Higg Index 2.0 and will now shift its attention to helping suppliers learn how to use the web-based tool to improve their own environmental and labor practices…
Canada Goose Scion Agrees to Sell Control to Bain Capital
Canada Goose, which has been family owned since its founding more than 55 years ago, completed a definitive agreement to sell a majority stake in the company to the private investment bank Bain Capital…
DTLR Withdraws IPO Filing
DTLR Holding, Inc., formerly known as Downtown Locker Room, announced that due to an unspecified “business development,” it will not proceed with its planned initial public offering. The company declined to comment beyond its one-sentence statement…
2013 Fishing Participation Virtually Unchanged Compared to 2012
In a license index run cooperatively by ASA and the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF), license sales rebounded slightly in the third quarter of 2013…
Multiple Sportsmen Acts Introduced into Congress
Through the end of November, three omnibus sportsmen’s bills were introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives…
Quiksilver to Reverse DC’s Q4 Decline with Sweet Spot Pricing Next Fall
Quiksilver reported sales of its DC brand fell by 25 percent in the fourth quarter ended Oct. 31 compared with the fourth quarter of 2012, but expects to reverse the brand's decline next fall by pricing more DC shoes in the sub-$50 sweet spot…
Lululemon Cuts Outlook on Ongoing Sourcing Issues
Shares of Lululemon Athletica tumbled last week after the yoga apparel retailer lowered its sales outlook for the year even as it reported higher third quarter earnings. Late deliveries; slower traffic and a weaker Canadian are said to be impacting the fo
PVH 3rd-Quarter Profit Jumps 17 Percent
PVH Corp.’s third-quarter profit grew 17.3 percent to $196.7 million, or $2.37 a share, again boosted by its acquisition of Warnaco Group, which licenses the Speedo brand and Calvin Klein underwear and jeans. The $2.9 billion purchase was completed
Puma Hires Advertising Agency
Puma appointed advertising agency JWT New York as its lead creative agency. Effective immediately, JWT will assume a leadership position over all Puma advertising and creative on a global basis…
