Sports Direct Q1 Gains Olympic Boost

Sports Direct International, the UK-based sporting goods chain, reported group total sales for the 13 weeks ending July 29 were up 25.3 percent to £519.0 million (US $823m) from £414.3 million a year ago…

Sweatshop Protests at Adidas U.S. Headquarters

According to The Oregonian, students from four Oregon colleges left a petition on Tuesday at Adidas America in North Portland asking for disputed $1.8 million in severance pay for 2,800 factory workers in Indonesia…

U.S. Senator Tours Exxel Outdoors Latest Expansion

Exxel Outdoors hosted U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-AL, and members of his staff at its Haleyville, AL plant, which recently invested $2.5 million in equipment and other improvements so it could begin manufacturing non-rectangular sleeping bags formerly avai

Sustainable Packaging Coalition Gets New Director

GreenBlue appointed Nina Goodrich director of its Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), a working group of companies from across the packaging supply chain that has grown from nine to nearly 200 members since 2004 and is recognized as a leading voice on

Bon-Ton Comps Up Slightly in August

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. announced comparable store sales in the four weeks ended August 25 increased 2.2 percent. Total sales increased 2.1 percent to $180.8 million in the current year compared with $177.1 million in the prior year period…

The Buckle Swings Back to Postive Comps in August

The Buckle, Inc. reported that comparable store net sales for the four-week period ended August 25 increased 4.5 percent from comparable store net sales for the prior-year period. Net sales for the four-week fiscal month increased 5.7 percent to $100.8 mi

E-Bike Boom Bypasses Germany’s IBDs

Germany's indepedent bike dealers have been largely bypassed by the e-bike boom because they lack the finances and the space to stock and display the vehicles, according to a report released by the country's bicycle retailing association VDZ on