Verde Brand Hires Former Osprey CEO For New Consulting Practice
Verde Brand Communications hired Tom Barney, former CEO of Osprey Packs, as its COO while launching Verde Strategy.
Fulfillment By Amazon Delivered More Than 2 Billion Items In 2016
FBA items shipped worldwide grew more than 50 percent during the holiday season, while Prime members ordered millions of items from sellers in the Seller Fulfilled Prime program.
Sports Direct To Sell Dunlop Brand
The divestment of the Dunlop business is in line with Sports Direct’s “stated aspiration to become the Selfridges of sports retail, including its renewed focus on its core U.K. business and the development of its relationships with third-party brands.”
Concept III Partners With Bolger & O’Hearn For New Waterproofing
New technology promises a more environmentally friendly, non-fluorocarbon waterproofing technology.
Reebok Stands Behind Ronda Rousey
Reebok offered a vote of confidence to Ronda Rousey following her shocking loss in just 48 seconds on Friday to bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes.
Obituary: Boxercraft’s Tod Rastello, 54
The vice president of sales at Boxercraft Inc. passed away on December 3, 2016, of pancreatic cancer at age 54.
Pensole Kicks Off Fusion Of Footwear Design Competition
The top 20 designs will be featured in Footwear News and at FN Platform in Las Vegas.
Warm Weather Impacts Sales In Last Week Of December
Warmth was focused in the interior, as the East South Central and West South Central regions had their warmest end to December since 1996.
ICSC Sees 16-Percent Holiday Gain
Of those who bought items online from a retailer with a physical store and picked up in-store, 61 percent made an additional purchase in-person (75 percent of Millennials).
Brooks Running Athlete Nick Symmonds Announces Retirement
Nick Symmonds will retire from track & field after his 2017 season.
Vans Kicks Off Eighth Annual Custom Culture Art Competition
High school art teachers can register their classes to compete for the grand prize of $50,000 towards its art program by creating their most artistic and inventive designs using blank Vans shoes as their canvas.
The News You May Have Missed Over The Holidays
There were plenty of noteworthy headlines during the holidays, including additional FTC reviews of the proposed Cabela’s/Bass Pro merger, bankruptcy filings at Industrial Ride Shop and Yogasmoga and a merging of brands in the snow sports industry.
CEP Appoints Former Fleet Feet Executive As SVP
The compression brand said the former executive at Fleet Feet Sports was hired to further grow the CEP brand in the U.S.
Cabela’s/Bass Pro Deal Faces New Regulatory Hurdles
Cabela’s said it received a second request for information from the Federal Trade Commission on its merger with Bass Pro.
Iconix Brand Divests Sharper Image For $100 Million
Iconix Brand Group Inc. signed an agreement to sell the rights to the Sharper Image brand and related intellectual property assets to ThreeSixty Group, the brand’s largest licensee, for $100 million in cash.
