Three Nike runners (Galen Rupp, Shalane Flanagan and Abdi Abdirahman) and one each from Skechers (Meb Keflezighi), Saucony (Jared Ward) and Brooks (Desiree Linden) will be running in the 2017 Boston Marathon.
Results for "skechers"
Aisle Talk, Week of November 7
Top headlines from the active lifestyle industry you may have missed this week.
By The Numbers, Week Of October 17
The leading figures from this week’s news in the active lifestyle space.
Aisle Talk, Week of September 12
Top headlines from the active lifestyle industry you may have missed this week.
Shoes for Crews Discontinues ‘Slip-Resistant’ Claims
The company voluntarily and permanently discontinued “slip-resistant” claims challenged before the National Advertising Division (NAD) by Skechers.
Shoe Carnival Sees 100 Nike In-Store Shops In 2017
Footwear chain plans to have 47 Nike shop-in-shops open this year, and more than 100 by the end of 2017. Will other brands get similar deals?
Flood Relief Through Footwear
How a Fleet Feet owner became the liaison for Baton Rouge flood relief during the busiest retail month of the year.
SGB 2016 Retail Top 100: The List
See who ranks as the top 100 active-lifestyle retailers in the United States.
Yue Yuen’s July Sales Down Despite Retail Growth
Footwear manufacturer Yue Yuen Industrial Ltd. reported sales slumped 4.4 percent in July despite a surge in sales at its Chinese retail subsidiary.
By The Numbers, Week of July 18
Stats, figures and earnings that caught our eyes in the active-lifestyle industry this week.
SSI Data: Sport Footwear Sales Jump in June
Despite some pricing pressures from retail bankruptcies and liquidations in the market, SSI Data’s latest retail point-of-sale figures for the fiscal month of June showed Sport Footwear sales rising 12.9 percent in dollars and by 19.9 percent in units.
Fitbit v. Jawbone Rival Grows with Patent Case Dismissal
Fitbit, the Kleenex of the fitness tracking industry, went after Jawbone last year in a case relating to three patents (portable monitoring, wearable heart-rate monitor and a system where a motion detector monitors physical activity), which were dismissed as invalid by U.S. International Trade Commission Judge Thomas Pender.
World Running Gear Market Growing
Global running gear market analysts say rising product innovation is boosting market growth.
Converse Awarded Partial Victory in International Trade Dispute
Converse was awarded a partial victory in the Chuck Taylor trademark battle case filed before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). The commission only upheld trademark protection for the outsole, or bottom of the shoe.
Light is Right
While runners demand a variety of options, including more fashion styles, lightweight advances reign supreme. By Thomas J. Ryan While much of the talk over the last few years in road running footwear has been around minimalist or maximalist cushioning, some of the most notable changes have been more quietly occurring with minimalist approaches to […]