Kohl’s Announces Senior Leadership Appointments

Kohl’s Corporation promoted Michelle Gass to the newly created principal officer position of chief merchandising and customer officer. Kohl's also commenced an external search for a chief operating officer, a newly created principal officer pos

Start Haus Opens Giant Partner Store

Start Haus and Giant Bicycle recently celebrated the grand opening of a Giant Partner Store at Ski Haus' Truckee, CA store, which is located at 10998 Donner Pass Rd…

Quiksilver Logs Steep Q2 Loss

Quiksilver Inc. reported a loss of $37.6 million, or 22 cents a share, in its fiscal second quarter ended April 30. Revenues slumped 16.1 percent to $333 million. Quiksilver said it no longer expects a profit turnaround in North America in its second half

Orvis Names Veteran Global Exec as Next President

Orvis Company Inc. has selected William R. McLaughlin as its new president, to succeed Raymond G. McCready who will retire later this year. A former PepsiCo executive and CEO of Select Comfort Corporation of Minneapolis, McLaughlin will assume the post J

OrthoLite Partners with Incase

OrthoLite, the maker of insoles, formed a new partnership with Incase, designer of protective accessories. Starting in June 2015, the OrthoLite Impressions foam formulation, the only OrthoLite foam created to compress and mold to the user, will offer supe

Clarks Sees Sales Decline in 2014

C&J Clark Limited of England, the parent of the Clarks brown shoe brand, reported sales declined 3.2 percent to £1.49 billion ($2.3 bn) in its year ended January 31…

GoPro and Vail Resorts Ink Marketing Pact

GoPro Inc. and Vail Resorts have renewed a three-year partnership that establishes GoPro as the official camera of Vail Resorts. The deal provides for placement of the GoPro brand and products in retail stores, marketing collateral, sponsorships and…