RYU Apparel Repays Loans And Secured Debt
RYU Apparel Inc. said it has repaid and extinguished all of its unsecured and secured term notes, loans payable and short-term advances owed to related parties.
Has The Paddlesports Industry Found Its New Home?
Two big paddlesports industry playmakers have secured September 12-14, 2017 in Madison, WI at the Alliant Energy Center to host a new Paddlesports Retailer show.
Shoe Carnival’s Q3 Misses Expectations
Comp increases in athletic merchandise in each month of the quarter were offset by a high-single-digit comp declines in boots.
Hi-Tec To Be Sold To Cherokee Global Brands
The new owner plans to sell Hi-Tec’s wholesale operations to a collection of global partners, who will then license the brand from Cherokee.
Evo Opens Denver Location
The new shop marks the third physical location for the Seattle-based outdoor and winter and action sports retailer best known for its online business.
JD Sports Acquires Go Outdoors
The Go Outdoors acquisition will complement JD Sports’ existing significant interest in the outdoor market through its Blacks, Millets, Ultimate Outdoors and Tiso banners.
Online, Mobile Sales Outperform On Black Friday
More online shopping, less in-store shopping — that was an easy prediction to make for the kickoff to the 2016 holiday shopping season. Just how big the shift came in surprised even the experts.
Adidas Speeds Ahead With Biodegradable Footwear
Adidas is charging head first toward the style of sustainability, unveiling last week its Futurecraft Biofabric shoe, which will be biodegradable.
Alchemy Equipment Appoints German Sales Agency
Agentur79 will manage sales for the New Zealand-based apparel and pack brand in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Outdoorswoman Marketplace Wylder Debuts E-Store
Brands available on Wylder at launch include Patagonia, United By Blue, Free Fly Apparel, Juniper Ridge, Holden, Woolrich, Fjallraven, Parks Project, Mystery Ranch, Carve Designs, Yellow 108 and Proof Eyewear.
Dick’s Acquires GameChanger Media
GameChanger, a live scoring app that delivers data-driven coaching insights and live play-by-play updates for 165,000 amateur baseball and softball teams, joins Dick’s Team Sports HQ suite.
Adobe: Black Friday Breaks Online Sales Record
$5.27 billion was spent online by the end of Black Friday, a 17.7 percent increase year-over-year.
NRF Finds Increase In Thanksgiving Weekend Shoppers
The National Retail Federation’s annual Thanksgiving Weekend survey found more people shopped over the four-day weekend, but average spending dropped.
Darn Tough Appoints Director Of Customer Service
From Northfield, VT, John “JT” Thoubboron will oversee the recruitment, training and daily operations of the customer service team while identifying and implementing best practices to continually improve the brand’s best-in-class service before, during and after a purchase.
Study Indicates Higher Injury Rates For Athletes Who Specialize In One Sport
The study conducted by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and funded by the NFHS found athletes who specialized in one sport were twice as likely to report previously sustaining a lower-extremity injury while participating in sports.
