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Realm Holdings Signs Licensing Contract with Liquid Culture California
Realm Holdings, LLC, owner of The Realm trademarks, has signed an exclusive licensing contract with Liquid Culture California, LLC, for manufacturing, design, sales and distribution of The Realm branded apparel and accessories in the USA…
KEEN Opens New European Office
KEEN Inc. opened its new European headquarters to support the brands' continued international growth and expansion. The office, located in Rotterdam, Netherlands, will support all aspects of the KEEN business in Europe…
Lorpen, Lenzing Ink Exclusive Supplier Deal
Lenzing AG has become its exclusive supplier of Lyocell and modal fibers for Spanish sock maker Lorpen’s 2009 sock collection. Lenzing will provide three fibers for Lorpen – Tencel, Lenzing Modal and MicroModal. Tencel is made of eucalyptus wood, whle Mod
Shawn Neville Out at Keds
Shawn Neville, president of Keds, a division of Collective Brand's Stride Rite unit, has left the company, SportsOneSource has learned. Calls to Collective Brands confirmed his departure although further details were not available at press time…
Comps Grow in June as Consumers Search Out Deals in Value Channels
Fiscal June proved to be a stronger month than anticipated by many industry observers as the first sustained period of warm summer weather met with the arrival of government stimulus checks to drive positive comparable store sales growth…
While PacSun and Zumiez Continue Swapped Comps Stance and Buckle Sets Pace
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported total PacSun sales for the five weeks of fiscal June ended July 5, 2008 were $127.2 million, an increase of 5% versus total PacSun sales of $120.8 million during the same period last year…
While PacSun and Zumiez Continue Swapped Comps Stance and Buckle Sets Pace
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported total PacSun sales for the five weeks of fiscal June ended July 5, 2008 were $127.2 million, an increase of 5% versus total PacSun sales of $120.8 million during the same period last year. Zumiez, Inc., Buckle
Sports Direct Still Singing England National Team Blues
Sports Direct International Plc. UK reported a decrease of 29.9% in full year underlying earnings. The discount sports retailer does not predict the trend to change in the new fiscal year citing the worst current trading conditions it has experienced in t
Saks Incorporated Announces June Comparable Store Sales Increase of 1.9%
Retailer Saks Incorporated announced today that owned sales totaled $243.8 million for the five weeks ended July 5, 2008 compared to $237.6 million for the five weeks ended July 7, 2007, a 2.6% increase. Comparable store sales increased 1.9% for the perio
Neiman Marcus June Comps Slide 2.4%
Neiman Marcus, Inc. reported June comps slid 2.4%. Total sales slipped 1.1% to $401 million from $406 million. In the five-week June period, comparable revenues in the Specialty Retail Stores segment, which includes Neiman Marcus Stores and Bergdorf Goodm
Hincapie Sportwear Hired New Design Director
Hincapie Sportswear, Inc. has hired Nikole Rock as its new Director of Design & Development. Rock will be responsible for all aspects of design, development and sourcing of the Hincapie retail apparel line…
Darius Billings to Oversee The Athlete’s Foot
NexCen Franchise Management, Inc., a division of NexCen Brands, Inc., has appointed Darius Billings as director of retail brand marketing and merchandising. Billings is charged with the development of strategic brand growth and merchandising for NexCen’s
UGG Forms China Joint Venture
Deckers Outdoor Corporation entered into a joint venture with Stella International Holdings Limited for the opening of retail stores and wholesale distribution for the UGG Australia brand in China. Initial plans call for the opening of one to two stores i
Olympic Swimmer Countersues TYR
Olympic silver medalist Erik Vendt, who will also be a part of Team USA in Beijing next month, has filed a countersuit against TYR sports, which had filed a breach of contract claim against him for switching to Speedo's record-breaking LZR Racer swim
Steve and Barry’s Faces Fire Sale
Steve & Barry's said in a bankruptcy filing late Wednesday that it doesn't have the money to stay in business and is being forced to undergo a fire sale. Lenders led by General Electric Co.'s (GE) General Electric Capital Corp., which contr
