Shoe Carnival Lauds Partnership with Nike
Speaking last week at the Invent Indiant Equity Conference in Indianapolis, Mark Lemond, Shoe Carnival’s CEO, said Nike has become the family shoe chain’s “largest and fastest growing vendor.”…
City Sports Appoints New CEO
City Sports named Edward Albertian as president and CEO. Albertian joins City Sports after seven years as president and COO of the Trans National Group in Boston. He replaces Jeff Connor, who resigned in mid-August…
Easton-Bell Earns Spot on InformationWeek 500 List
Easton-Bell Sports, Inc. was ranked 151st this year on the InformationWeek 500 list based on its implementation of a Virtual Private LAN. The network overcame bandwidth constraints that made it difficult for engineers in Asia and the U.S. to share large f
Crocs Appoints Chief Product Officer and Chief Sales Officer
Crocs, Inc. announced that Dale Bathum has been appointed chief product officer, Mike DeBell has been named chief sales officer and Doug Hayes has taken the role of president of the Americas market…
McDavid Hosts Basketball Tournament
McDavid, Inc. will host and sponsor the inaugural “First On, Last Off” Basketball Tournament Sept. 22-23. The tournament will take place at Collins Academy High School in Chicago, IL and coincides with the launch of the company’s new branding…
Amazon to Merge Endless.com
Amazon will be consolidating Endless.com, its fashion shoe and accessories website, into its Amazon site. According to a message on the front page of the endless.com website, endless.com on Sept. 27 will become part of Amazon/Fashion…
EMS and SustainU Launch Co-branded T-shirt Line
SustainU, a leading producer of clothing using fabrics made from 100 percent recycled materials that are manufactured in the USA, today announced a co-branding program with Eastern Mountain Sports, which will carry men’s and women’s graphic te
August Outdoor Product Sales Rise After Strong Finish
Outdoor product sales were uneven in August but finished strong in the final week of the month, according to point-of-sale data compiled by SportScanInfo for OIA VantagePoint™. The last week of the fiscal month was the only one that saw gains in all three
NRF Authorized to Go to Court to Block Swipe Fee Lawsuit Settlement
The National Retail Federation today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the Federation to go to court to block the proposed $7.25 billion settlement of a federal antitrust lawsuit over skyrocketing Visa and MasterCard credit card swipe f
Jones Group Appoints Kathy Nedorostek Group President, Global Footwear And Accessories
The Jones Group Inc. has appointed Kathy Nedorostek to the newly created position of Group President, Global Footwear and Accessories, effective mid-October. Nedorostek joins The Jones Group from Coach, Inc. where she served as President of North America
Retailers Bullish on Holidays, Will Start Promotions Earlier
Three fourths (75 percent) of retailers forecast an increase in holiday sales this year and 31 percent report that they will start promotions earlier, according to a survey released today by Hay Group. While 58 percent of retailers will wait until Novembe
Dakine Moving to New Headquarters
Dakine will move its headquarters from Columbia Street in downtown Hood River, OR to 603 Portway Avenue, in the Port of Hood River’s Waterfront Business Park, according to Key Development Corporation, which is developing the park. Dakine will occupy
Quiksilver Says US, New Asian Markets Offset European Decline in Q3
Quiksilver, Inc. reported that revenues grew 2 percent to $512.4 million in the third quarter ended July 31, 2012, as a successful back-to-school launch of DC footwear and apparel into mid-tier department stores in the U.S. and growing sales in new Asian
Vail Resorts Offers Season Pass Holders Access to Swiss Resorts to Entice Sales
Vail Resorts, Inc. is offering three days of free access to four ski resorts in Switzerland to anyone who buys its Epic Season Pass for the upcoming season. The offer could appeal to skiers unnerved by last winter, which went down as one of the driest in
Dick’s SG Expects to Triple E-Commerce by 2017
Speaking last week at Goldman Sachs’ Global Retail Conference, management at Dick’s Sporting Goods indicated that they expect to at least triple its e-commerce sales by the end of fiscal 2017…
