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DSW Opens 300th Store in Folsom, CA
DSW is opening its 300th store in the U.S. The store is in Folsom, CA, and is the 100th opening for the company in the past three years. Today, DSW operates stores in 37 states as well as an e-commerce channel…
Nike to Close San Jose, CA Store
Nike Inc. plans to close its store at Westfield Valley Fair shopping center in San Jose, CA on May 17, according to various media sources. The 5,000-square-foot location opened in June 2005…
Crocs Q1 Sales Drop; Net Loss Widens
Crocs, Inc. reported 2009 first quarter revenue was $134.9 million, down 32% from $198.5 million in the year ago period. The company reported a net loss of $22.4 million in the first quarter of 2009 with a diluted loss per share of 27 cents compared to a
Outdoor Research Hires Director of Sales – US West
Outdoor Research has hired Dave Mahoney as the Director of Sales – US West. Mahoney comes to Outdoor Research with an extensive background in the Outdoor Industry, most recently as Outdoor Sales Manager for Cloudveil…
Adidas’ CEO Gets Contract Extension
Adidas Chief Executive Herbert Hainer will stay in his job beyond 2010, the company said Thursday. Hainer, who has been CEO since March 2001 and with Adidas AG since 1987, had his contract extended, the company announced at its annual general meeting. The
Danskin Triathlon Series Celebrates 20 Years
The Danskin Triathlon Series — the largest and longest running women's triathlon series in the world – celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year with an expanded schedule of events, a new partnership and innovative programming designed to inspire an
Retail Import Volume at Lowest Level in Five Years
Import cargo volume at the nations major retail container ports improved in March over February¹s seven-year low, but was still at its lowest level in five years and remained below the 1 million mark, according to the monthly Port Tracker report released
RECALL: Ambler Mountain Works Children’s Beanies
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Ambler Mountain Works announced a voluntary recall of the Erwin Beanie and Poseidon Beanie Children’s Knitted Hats. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise
K2 Snowboarding Hires New Global Marketing Manager
Seattle-based K2 Snowboarding named Steve Metcalf Global Marketing Manager to lead all marketing and communications for the snowboard company. Metcalf previously developed marketing programs as the brand director and film producer for Aspen/Snowmass, one
Big 5 Has Tough Q1; Sees Traffic Improving
Big 5 Sporting Goods saw first quarter earnings fall 31.7% on a 4.4% comp store sales decline, but Steve Miller, BGFV’s chairman, president and CEO, said traffic and average selling prices had shown “meaningful improvement” since it provided its last upda
GSI Commerce Q1 Revenues Show Slight Increase
GSI Commerce Inc. reported that net revenues for the first quarter ended April 4 increased slightly to $196.5 million from $195.5 million in the year-ago period. Non-GAAP net revenues increased 14% to $106.3 million from $93.3 million Q1 last year. The l
Duofold Parent May See Some Light at Retail
Hanesbrands Inc., the parent of the Champion and Duofold brands, said that while first quarter results were in line with expectations and had been significantly impacted by the economic recession, the company may also be seeing some positive movement from
Excess Inventories at Retail Impact Unifi’s Third Quarter…
Unifi is seeing excess inventory at retailers and vendors work its way up to the suppliers. The company reported fiscal third quarter net sales fell 30.0% to $119.1 million compared to $169.8 million for the prior year’s fiscal third quarter. The cumulati
Eastern Mountain Sports Inks Deal with GSIC and Opens SoHo Store…
Eastern Mountain Sports signed a deal to replatform its Web store on GSI Commerce’s ecommerce technology solution. The new EMS online store is scheduled to launch this fall. In addition, Eastern Mountain Sports will open a new SoHo location at the corner
Cabela’s Comps Up, but Finance Unit Sinks Q1 Net
Mirroring a pervasive market trend that has emerged as a common thread for nearly all outdoor retailers, Cabela’s Inc. reported first quarter revenues were driven by notable strength from strong firearms and ammunition sales. However, despite any improve
