<p>Asics Corp. plans to bring in more lower-priced running shoes as part of its plan to almost double sales in five years. According to Bloomberg, Asics Corp. aims to reach sales of 400 billion yen ($4.8 bn) or more by the fiscal year to March 2016…</p>
<p>Famous Footwear's third quarter operating earnings improved 12.6% to $32.2 million from $28.6 million a year ago as revenues advanced 8.3% to $421.5 million. Comps jumped 10.6% on top of a 4.7% gain in the year-ago quarter…</p>
<p>Schutt Sports, in bankruptcy proceedings since Sept. 6, has received an offer from Kranos Intermediate Holding Corp. to acquire the company for $25.1 million. According to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, DE, Schutt is asking court </p>
<p>Genesco Inc. reported a sharp increase in third quarter earnings as the Lids headwear chain benefited from strength in MLB and action sports brands, Journeys capitalized from new casual trends, and the overall bottom-line benefited from expense leverage. </p>
<p>Pacific Sunwear, Inc. reported sequential improvement for the third quarter ended Oct. 30, but weakness from its struggling Juniors business continued to impede any hope of year-over-year improvement…</p>
<p>Improving shoe sales, increased traffic and a solid merchandising mix drove same-store sales for DSW Inc. to 10.1% growth for the third quarter ended Oct. 30. Net sales for the Columbus, OH-based branded footwear specialty retailer surged 10.0% to $489.3 </p>
<p>More than one-third of members surveyed by the U.S. China Business Council (USCBC) have been pressured to unionize by China’s largest trade union in the last year, up from 22% in 2009 and 6% in 2008, according to the latest survey by the organizatio</p>
<p>Late-arriving shoppers provided a welcomed boost for outdoor retailers in September but unfavorable weather conditions and difficult year-ago comparisons caused fiscal four-week October same-store sales to slightly miss conservative analysts’ expect</p>
<p>The 2010 Holiday shopping season kicked off with nice increases in traffic and fuller parking lots, but malls and brick ‘n mortar stores took a back a seat this year to the power of the Internet…</p>
<p>Snow farmers were rejoicing around Lake Tahoe and Jackson Hole last week as ski resorts piled up their best snow accumulations in years. In the northern Sierras around Lake Tahoe, resorts opened for skiing and riding Nov. 20 in the midst of one of the bes</p>
<p>Pacific Sunwear said its same-store sales for Black Friday, Nov. 26, declined 2% versus Black Friday last year…</p>
<p>The Department of Justice said on Monday they had shut down 82 websites selling thousands of counterfeit and pirated goods, including sports equipment, shoes, handbags, athletic apparel and sunglasses as well as illegal copies of copyrighted DVD boxed set</p>
<p>Haglöfs, acquired by Asics in August, appointed Nicolas Warchalowski as its new CEO. Nicolas is currently marketing and sales director at Haglofs and will take up his new position on Jan. 1…</p>
<p>Wilson Golf reached an agreement to re-sign PGA Tour young gun Ricky Barnes…</p>
<p>Adio Footwear has relocated its global headquarters from Southern California to its parent company AL&S' New York City offices, according to a statement. It has also confirmed that it eliminated its skate team in order to reallocate marketing resourc</p>
