Scheel’s Amplifies Social Media Presence with In-store Photo Booth
Scheels is harvesting a social media bonanza from a new kiosk it installed at its Sandy, UT store that enables customers to take pictures of themselves against a variety of backgrounds using augmented reality kiosk and then share them via e-mail…
Beijing AIC Fines Nike for Having Double Standard
Nike has been fined 4.87 million yuan ($779,700) for deceptive advertising in China, according to the Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce recently. According to Want China Times, a model of Nike basketball shoes that sell for 1,299 yuan ($208
Groupe Go Sport Reports Comps Rose 4.9 Percent in Third Quarter
French retailing giant Rallye reported sales at its Groupe Go Sport business, which operates one of the largest chains of sporting goods stores in France, reached €189.2 million ($237 mm). Same store sales rose 4.9 percent in currency-neutral (c-n)
Frankenstorm Closes Stores, Opens Ski Areas
Frankenstorm closed many stores Monday and Tuesday along the Eastern Seaboard from North Carolina north to Connecticut, but also delivered more than a foot of snow in the southern Appalachians. The snow will enable some ski areas to open weeks earlier tha
Feds Seize Counterfeit San Francisco Giants Apparel
Agents with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seized nearly 1,200 items of counterfeit MLB clothing being offered for sale by vendors on San Francisco streets Monday following the San Francisco Giant’s sweep of the World Series, accordi
Cliff Keen Announces Partnership with USA Wrestling
Cliff Keen Athletic and USA Wrestling have announced a strategic marketing partnership and media package with USA Wrestling, the national governing body of the world’s oldest sport. Cliff Keen will showcase its wrestling-specific brand to the large
Eagle Creek Reports Big Turnout for Semi-Annual Service Project
Eagle Creek said 83 percent of its headquarters employees participated in an Oct. 25 service project with Buena Vista Audubon Society during the company's latest semi-annual Service Day…
Retailers Sues Facebook Over Ads for Fake NFL Gear
Inkies Sports, Inc, doing business as Krystal’s NFL Shoppe of Albuquerque, NM, has brought a class-action lawsuit on the behalf of all officially licensed NFL wholesalers and retailers who have been harmed by counterfeiters advertising on Facebook.
Bergans Sponsors Banff Mountain Film Tour
Bergans of Norway has signed on as a major partner of the 9th annual Banff Mountain Film Festival Radical Reels Tour, a traveling film festival of the best high-adrenaline films from the 2012 Banff Mountain Film Festival. Bergans is also…
Academy Sports Apologizes for Leaking Houston Astros New Merchandise
Academy Sports + Outdoors apologized to the Houston Astros fans, the Astros organization and Major League Baseball for inadvertently leaking a small quantity of the new Astros product at its stores in Houston…
Watches, Eyewear to Sustain Sales of GPS Devices
Despite the hype around the decline of PNDs and the rise of smartphone applications, there is a long-term future for dedicated GPS devices, according to a new report from ABI Research. Total GPS device revenues are forecast to grow from $6.5 billion in 20
Dick’s Sporting Goods Opens 5 Stores this Week
Dick’s Sporting Goods said several former NFL greats will appear this weekend at grand openings of four new stores in Oklahoma City and one in Monroe, LA…
New Balance Canada Names Agency of Record
New Balance Canada has named Arnold Toronto its agency of record. Arnold Worldwide of Boston has been the global creative agency of record for New Balance since June 2010…
RYU Opens Flagship in Las Vegas
Respect Your Universe, Inc. opened their first flagship retail location at The Shoppes at the Palazzo in Las Vegas. Located in The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino, The Shoppes at The Palazzo features dozens of luxury brands including Diane Von Furstenberg, C
Body Weight Training Emerging Trend in Fitness Survey
The old expression “everything old is new again” rings true for the upcoming year’s trends in fitness, according to a new survey released by the American College of Sports Medicine. In ACSM’s annual worldwide survey of fitness tren
