PUMA Officially Launches New NYC Store
PUMA had their offical global launch this week of their newest sport-fashion retail store in New York City's Meatpacking District. The store will exclusively carry the brand's sport-fashion collaborations, specifically 96 HOURS, nuala, Mihara, S
Mountainsmith Appoints New VP Sales; Novak to Exit
Mountainsmith has appointed Gareth Richards as the new vice president of sales, effective April 15, 2005. Richards takes over for Peter Novak who is leaving the company to take advantage of a new opportunity to further advance his career. Gareth will hav
Wilson Racquet Sports Expands Customer Service Hours; Gets Nod for Best Service
Wilson Racquet Sports is expanding their #1 rated customer service call center to now include Saturdays and expanded weekday hours for the upcoming spring & summer seasons, which generally marks the peak of tennis participation throughout the United State
Survey Finds 70% of Large Retailers to Implement RFID in Next 18 Months
According to the international survey entitled ‘RFID: How Far, How Fast: The State of RFID,’ small- to mid-sized retailers from Europe and across the globe are in various stages of exploring potential RFID investments. With many of the survey respondents
Cabela’s Will Open Reno Store in Late 2006
Cabela's is in negotiations to build one of its large-format destination retail stores in Reno, Nevada. Plans call for the 150,000-square-foot outdoor gear superstore to be open by late 2006 or early 2007. It will be similar in size to the Cabela
Thule Taps Wyckoff and Hewett; Expands Conn. Facility
Thule has appointed Tripp Wyckoff as its vice president of sales and service and Larry Hewett as western region sales manager. The company has also added over 28,000 square feet to its Connecticut manufacturing and warehousing facility. 25,000 square feet
Cherokee Inks Deal with Roots
Cherokee has signed an exclusive agreement with Roots Canada to represent the Roots brand in the United States. Under the terms of the agreement, Cherokee will engineer strategic retail direct licensing opportunities for Canada's leading athletic lif
Teko Wins Backpacker Editors Choice Award
Teko has been honored as a recipient of a 2005 Backpacker magazine Editors' Choice Award given annually to products in recognition of their innovation in design, materials and/or performance. Backpacker executive editor Jonathan Dorn and his staff of
Minority Shareholder Expresses Concerns Over Johnson Outdoor’s Going Private
Dolphin Limited Partnership-I, L.P., a Stamford, CT. based private investment partnership and an affiliate hold 200,000 shares of Johnson Outdoors, Inc. sent the following letter announcing that it would vote against the JOUT 'going private' tra
Favre Signs On as Starter Pitchman for Nike
Following Saturday’s announcement of a return to professional football, legendary NFL quarterback Brett Favre has teamed up with Starter to endorse the brand’s full line of athletic footwear and apparel for the value retail channel. The endorsement will i
Brooks Inks Sponsorship Deal for Twin Cities Marathon
Brooks Sports, Inc. announced a new licensing agreement with the Twin Cities Marathon (TCM). The two-year, Gold level partnership makes Brooks the official footwear and apparel sponsor of the TCM, the first U.S. qualifying marathon for the Olympic Trials
Top Flite Makes Sales and Marketing Appointments
The Top Flite Golf Company announced new additions to its marketing and sales team. Jamie Bosworth, vice president of marketing & sales has named Bob Arnold, Director of Marketing, Ben Hogan; Kevin Martin, Director of Insides Sales & Customer Service; Den
adidas-Salomon Sees Q4 Profits Shrink on Weaker Salomon Results…
adidas-Salomon posted what most see as a pretty positive year as sales grew 3.4% in Euro terms to €6.48 billion in 2004 compared to €6.27 billion in 2003 and net income increased 20.8% to €314.0 million from €260.0 million in the prior year. Currency-neu
Orange 21 Sees Some Legal Action…
Orange 21 has received a cease-and-desist letter from Oakley with respect to patent and trademark issues involving three of its product styles. These three product styles accounted, in the aggregate, for less than 4% of Orange 21's sales for the 2004
Shoe Carnival Starts to See the Payoff…
Shoe Carnival, Inc. CEO Mark Lemond is starting to see his team’s strategy start to bear fruit as the family footwear retailer posted solid back-to-back monthly comp store sales gains for the last two months. Net sales for Q4 increased 7.2% to $143.9 mil
