Lids Team Sports, the team apparel division of Indianapolis-based Lids Sports Group, has agreed to become the official uniform sponsor of the 2012 East-West Shrine Game. The 87th annual college football all-star game will take place Saturday, Jan. 21, at
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Lids Team Sports Acquires Transfer Magic
Lids Team Sports, part of Genesco's Lids Sports Group, announced the acquisition of Transfer Magic, a technology company that specializes in online embellishment services based in Anderson, IN. Lids Sports Group will principally utilize Transfer Magi
Lids Sports Partners with Super Baskets of Hope
Riley Children’s Foundation, Basket of Hope and former Indianapolis Colts Coach Tony Dungy have kicked off the first-ever Super Bowl host city service project that reaches across the nation. The Super Baskets of Hope project is made possible thanks
Former Impact Sports Owners Sued by Lids Team Sports
Hat World, Inc., a division of Genesco, Inc. also known as Lids Sports Group, last week filed suit against the former owners of Impact Sports, the team dealer acquired by Lids as part of its move to build a national team dealer network. The defendants, i
The Return of the Blockbuster Deal
With the economy's steady recovery encouraging buyers to pull out their wallets, the floodgates have opened for mergers & acquisition deals…
Brand Athletics Renamed Lids Team Sports
Brand Athletics of Tigard, OR, and a division of full service team uniform, apparel and sporting goods dealer LIDS Team Sports, has announced it will operate solely under the LIDS Team Sports name…
Retailers Maintain Strong Profit Growth in Fiscal Q1
Sporting goods and outdoor industry retailers continued to build inventories in the 2011 fiscal first quarter as weather impacted sales of traditional spring/summer products, a reversal from the 2010 first quarter when retailers kept the floor clean, buil
LIDS Sports Group Buys Buckeye Corner Stores
LIDS Sports Group has acquired Buckeye Corner stores, which operate in the Columbus, OH area. The acquisition is made up of four store locations, the e-commerce website www.buckeyecorner.com, and a catalog business. Terms of the acquisition were not discl
Phoenix Footwear Posts Q1 Loss
Phoenix Footwear reported a net loss of $339,000, or 4 cents a share, in the first quarter. Sales from continued operations declined 8.5 percent while gross margins improved 190 basis points to 35.5 percent…
Industry Retailers See Strong Bottom Line Gains in Q4
Many of the trends evident in the preceding reporting period resurfaced for the fiscal fourth quarter for retailers – retailers continued to ramp up inventories while striving to maintain margins by focusing on full-priced goods, cost cuts and resourceful
Investor Conferences Kick Off the New Year with Upgrades, Warnings and Outlooks
Industry public companies hit the investor conference circuit last week in an environment that was in part as upbeat as last year but also a bit more cautious as real solid growth trends at retail prove to be a bit elusive for many…
Retailers Post Solid Q3, But See Rising Inventories
After paring down merchandise inventories to all-time lows in the year-ago period, retailers in the third fiscal quarter of 2010 ramped up their stocks in anticipation of better days ahead. Retail chains saw the back-to-school season come slightly later t
Lids Teams Sports to Close Wisconsin Factory
Lids Team Sports, the team dealer division of Genesco Inc., plans to close its factory in DeForest, WI, by Dec. 31, affecting 100 workers. The factory was acquired in the acquisition of Impact Sports in late 2008…
Lids Teams Sports to Close Wisconsin Factory
Lids Team Sports, the team dealer division of Genesco Inc., plans to close its factory in DeForest, WI, by Dec. 31, affecting 100 workers. Genesco acquired the factory with its acquisition of Impact Sports in late 2008…
Nike Agrees to Five-Year Deal with Lids/SMSU
Lids Team Sports, a division of Hat World, Inc., and subsidiary of Genesco Inc., has agreed to administer a five-year joint agreement between Southeast Missouri State University and Nike. Working through dealers with Lids Team Sports, terms of the agreeme