Icebreaker Names New General Manager or Europe

Icebreaker has named Peter Ottervanger general manager for Europe, where he will oversee wholesale, retail and e-commerce sales representing 45 percent of Icebreaker’s global sales, and the supporting operations and customer service teams…

Crailar Doubles Production Despite Air Quality Issues

Crailar Technologies Inc., a development stage company which has received financial support from Adidas and Ikea to provide commercial quantities of environmentally sustainable nature fibers, doubled production at its plant in the second quarter despite a

August Container Imports Expected to Set Record

Import volume at major U.S. container ports is expected to hit an all-time record in August as retailers concerned about the lack of a West Coast longshoremen’s contract rush to bring holiday season merchandise into the country, according to the mon

Academy Expands Distribution Capability

Academy Sports and Outdoors is opening a new 1.6 million square foot distribution center in Tennessee in 2016. Construction is expected to begin this month with staffing occurring in the fall of 2015 and a projected opening of early 2016. It is anticipat

NHFD Renews Sponsor

GunBroker.com is once again sponsoring National Hunting and Fishing Day on September 27 that celebrates years of conservation efforts…

Adidas Plans Marketing Blitz to Kickstart Growth

With its forewarning the prior week that full-year results would sharply miss plan and it would also fall well short of its Route 2015 targets, the surprise from Adidas' second-quarter announcement last week was its plans to launch the company's