Saucony Joins Rod Dixon to Fight Obesity

Saucony said the Saucony Run for Good Foundation has renewed its partnership with Rod Dixon and the legendary runner's KidsMarathon Foundation to help ensure that even more children have opportunities to be physically active…

CW-X Signs Elite Runner

The Wacoal Sports Science Corp. said its CW-X performance apparel brand has added elite runner, Carlos Trujillo, to Team CW-X…

HanesBrands Supports United Way

HanesBrands announced that the company and its employees raised $2.27 million for the United Way of Forsyth County as part of another award-winning employee campaign in 2014…

Nike+ Adds Support for Garmin, TomTom Running Watches

Nike announced collaborations fitness wearable makers, providing deeper integration of the Nike+ running app with select partner apps to reach runners around the globe. Announced collaborators include Garmin, TomTom, Wahoo Fitness, and Netpulse…

Urban Outfitters’ Comps Grow 6 Percent in Fourth Quarter

Urban Outfitters, Inc. reported sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 increased 12 percent over the same quarter last year to a record $1.01 billion. Comparable retail segment net sales, which include its comparable direct-to-consumer channel, incre

Accell North America Sales Decline in 2014

Accell Group N.V. reported its North American revenues declined 9 percent in 2014, as its decision to halt Raleigh sales to mass merchants and integrate its parts and distribution businesses hurt sales…

Foot Locker’ Mojo Continues in Q4

Boosted by strong momentum in both basketball and running footwear, Foot Locker Inc. churned out a comp gain of 10.2 percent in the fourth quarter. Excluding currency fluctuations, comps were still up a healthy 6.7 percent…

Puma Names Head of Global Strategy

Puma appointed Nina Graf-Vlachy as head of global strategy for the strategic projects and said her predecessor Arne Freundt has assumed the position of director global retail and e-commerce…

Eagle Creek Turns 40

Eagle Creek celebrates 40 years of industry firsts and innovation in 2015, 40 years after Steve and Nona Barker started building backpacks in Idyllwild, CA…