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NSGA Creates New Industry All-Star Awards Program…

The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) has created a new way for the industry to recognize outstanding accomplishments and contributions with the launch of its All-Star Awards program. The All-Star Awards program is meant to recognize the most out

MEC Awards More than $600,000 in Grants

Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) named the fall recipients of its community grants program, with 58 community-based environmental and outdoor recreation projects awarded a total of $604,389. These grants are announced twice each year, with over $1.3 million

ComScore: Black Friday Online Spending Up 26 Percent

ComScore reported U.S. retail e-commerce spending for the first 25 days of the November – December 2011 holiday season increased 15 percent to $12.7 billion. Black Friday (November 25) saw $816 million in online sales, making it the heaviest online spendi

City Sports Raises $10K for Breast Cancer Research

City Sports raised $10,000 to benefit the Tufts Medical Center Breast Cancer Research Fund, the result of a successful October social media campaign which generated awareness for the cause via the brand's official Facebook page…

Li Ning Sees Q2 Momentum Slow

Li Ning Company Limited said order volume for its second quarter were flat on a year-on-year basis. Both the average retail selling price and order volume for apparel posted low-single digit percentage declines; whereas for footwear products, the average

DSW Sees Q3 Comps Climb 5.3 Percent

DSW Inc. reported sales increased 8.5 percent in the third quarter to $530.7 million from $489.3 million for the third quarter of 2010. Comparable sales for the third quarter increased 5.2 percent. This follows a 10.1 percent increase in comparable sales

Jake Anderson Named As U.S. Sales Manager For Line Skis/Full Tilt

Line Skis & Full Tilt Boots appointed Jake Anderson as its new U.S. Sales Manager. Anderson has been involved with Line in one way or another for over a decade, starting as one of Line’s first sales reps and later becoming a retailer of Line and Ful

NRF Survey: More Americans to Shop on Black Friday-

According to a preliminary Black Friday shopping survey, conducted for the National Retail Federation by BIGresearch, up to 152 million people plan to shop Black Friday weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday), higher than the 138 million people who planned

Eight in Ten Holiday Shoppers Plan to Give Gift Cards

According to NRF’s 2011 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions survey conducted by BIGresearch, holiday shoppers are expected to spend an average of $155.43 on gift cards, the highest amount since 2007 and up from $145.61 last year…

BDO Survey: Muted Expectations for Black Friday

Retailers expect solid but not stellar results for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. According to a recent BDO USA, LLP survey of 100 chief marketing officers at leading U.S. retailers, just 27 percent expect to see an increase in Black Friday sales, down fr