Rocky Brands Declares Cash Dividend
Rocky Brands, Inc. announces that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share of outstanding common stock, which will be paid on December 10, 2014 to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 26, 20
Finish Line Youth Foundation Announces New Board Members
The Finish Line Youth Foundation will add five new members to its board effective Jan. 1, 2015. The Youth Foundation also awarded $137,100 to grant recipients in the third quarter of 2014…
Travel With Care Campaign Seeks to Humanize Cyclists
PeopleForBikes has launched a national road safety campaign, Travel With Care, aimed at humanizing people on bikes and encouraging better behavior among both bike riders and drivers…
Macy’s Cuts Holiday Forecast
Macy’s, Inc. reported earnings grew 30 percent in the third quarter but sales came in below expectations, sinking 0.7 percent. The department store giant also lowered its sales and EPS guidance for the year…
Retailers Aiming to Cut Two Days from Holiday Fulfillment Cycle
Retailers are aiming to reduce their processing and shipping time frames for multi-item orders by almost two days this holiday season, according to a new Kurt Salmon survey of 100 retail brands…
SFIA Sees No Movement on Trade Issue in Lame Duck Session
The Sports & Fitness Industry Association’s (SFIA) Public Policy team said it is appearing increasingly unlikely that there will be a major push on trade issues, including a Miscellaneous Tariff Bill, during the upcoming lame duck session of Congres
Repreve Kicks off National Recycling Challenge in Charlotte
Unifi Inc. said school kids in Charlotte, NC collected nearly 200,000 plastic bottles during a 10-day recycling challenge to create enough Repreve yarn to make 8,000 Repreve-based Patagonia Jackets, 100,000 t-shirts or 25,000 pairs of pants.
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WSS to Expand to Las Vegas
WSS, the California-based neighborhood footwear retailer, is hosting a grand opening celebration on Saturday, Nov. 15 starting at 10:00 a.m. to commemorate its arrival to Las Vegas…
Timbuk2 Renews Korean and Japanese Distributors
Timbuk2 extended current contracts with its Korean and Japanese distribution partners; Anvil SNH Co. for Korea and Itochu Fashion System for Japan…
Feedback Sports Adds Marketing Support
Feedback Sports has hired Katie Macarelli as their first marketing coordinator, where she will help the marketing team become more proactive…
Columbia’s Indian Distributor to Accelerate Store Openings
Columbia Sportswear's distributor in India has dramatically accelerated its plans to open Columbia-branded retail stores after a better than expected response…
Mountain Hardwear Brings Ueli Steck to States
Mountain Hardwear is sponsoring a speaking tour featuring legendary speed climber and Mountain Hardwear athlete, Ueli Steck. Steck will share stunning photos and accounts from his record-setting climbs of some of the world’s highest peaks with audi
Sportsman’s Warehouse to Open First North Dakota Location
Sportsman's Warehouse announced plans to open its first store in North Dakota next summer in Williston. The Utah-based hook-and-bullet retailer has now announced locations of seven stores it plans to open in 2015…
Sonic Boom Adds Rep Group
Sonic Boom Exploding Targets announces the appointment of Elite Outdoor Sports Marketing Group in the Western United States…
Adams USA to Liquidate After Selling Brands to Schutt Sports
Adams USA is liquidating after selling its Adams, Trace, Bolco, Neumann and Bucks brands and certain inventory from its current catalog to Schutt Sports. On Monday, Nov. 10, Adams USA was to begin liquidating the balance of its inventory as well as machi
