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Dan Norton has joined Spira as VP of Footwear Development. Norton’s association with Spira dates to 2002 when he began consulting with Spira through his design company, Indever, Inc. Before founding his consulting company in 2000, he served as senior man

Vendor companies in the sporting goods industry continued to find new ways to spike profits in the first quarter of 2004. Even the hardlines segment is getting into the act as net income there outpaced sales growth for the first time since Q1 last year

After listening to the retail presentations at Financial Day — and Finish Line’s Q3 report — it is clear that Under Armour is more than just the current apparel darling of the sporting goods industry…

Tighter inventories and stronger retail sales have led to improving margins for industry apparel and footwear vendors while the hardlines companies continued to lag the total industry numbers for the third quarter ended September. For those companies not

The market went wild last week after a number of analysts either initiated coverage or upgraded a number of stocks in the sporting goods industry, sending many companies near or to their 52-week highs. The indices tracked by Sports Executive Weekly on th

The mood of the show was surprisingly upbeat. Word is that business in both footwear and apparel is better than the first two quarters, although certainly well below “robust” levels. Footwear seems to be outperforming apparel. “Improved” probably best

A senior industry executive said not long ago that “nobody wants to own inventory except the consumer – and that’s sometime in doubt as well”…

Skechers on Friday acknowledged that a Pennsylvania law firm has filed a class action suit against the footwear company alleging violations of the federal securities laws and breach of fiduciary duty…

Skechers Inc. filed a lawsuit in a federal court in Los Angeles against singer Britney Spears and her companies, alleging fraud and breach of contract…

Lesson One in trying to kill the golden goose trade show – make the show so big that you have to trek all over town and then shoo away all the retailers with bad timing. Blow into a balloon long enough and it will pop! That was the feeling as the exhibit

Lesson One in trying to kill the golden goose trade show – make the show so big that you have to trek all over town and then shoo away all the retailers with bad timing. Blow into a balloon long enough and it will pop!…

Looks like Skechers’ foray into roller skates is coming back to haunt the fashion footwear company yet again. Seems Britney Spears has sued the company for more than $1.5 million, citing breach of agreement, claiming Skechers USA, Inc. used her to plug i