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L.L. Bean Second in Online Customer Satisfaction Survey
L.L. Bean came in second in ForeSee's annual Holiday E-Retail Satisfaction Index. Amazon topped the list for the eighth straight year…
Consumer Confidence Plunges in December
The Conference Board said its consumer-confidence index declined in December, as a sub-gauge on expectations plunged to 66.5 — the lowest reading since November 2011 — from 80.9 a month earlier. Blamed were uncertainties over the fiscal cliff…
Gander Mountain to Open Fourth Alabama Store
Gander Mountain’s fourth store in Alabama, and the 121st nationwide, will open in Tuscaloosa, AL, in the late spring next year…
Holiday Retail Sales Tepid Across Most of Europe
Even with mostly conducive weather conditions, retail sales results were modest throughout most western industrialized countries, according to a report by Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Results were decent in the United States and, to a lesser exte
DSW Reopens Store Damaged by Hurricane Sandy
DSW Inc. has reopened its store in Lawrence, NY after extensive renovations in the wake of Hurricane Sandy…
PCC 2013 Host Communities Announced
USA Pro Cycling Challenge organizers announced the 2013 stage-race host cities over the holiday weekend, going back to its Front Range and Central Rockies roots.
Study: Significant Underreporting of Hockey-Related Concussions
A year-long report centered around men’s and women’s college hockey teams in Canada and the United States says coaches would rather keep players with possible head injuries playing than remove them from the game for a medical check…
SpendingPulse: U.S. Holiday Sales Much Weaker Than Forecast
MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse estimated sales in the two months before Christmas increased just 0.7 percent compared with last year, according to wire reports. The report, which covers total U.S. sales at stores and online via all payment forms, sent
Flip Flop Shops Recognized in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 List
In its second-consecutive year on the list, Flip Flop Shops ranked No. 14 in the “Top New” category on Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500 list — up 27 spots from 2011 — and No. 94 in the “Fastest-Growing” category. Overall
Virus to Provide Ski Patrol with Coffee Char Compression Wear
Virus Action Sport Performance has been chosen as the official supplier for The National Ski Patrol Association (NSP). The NSP will utilize Virus' popular Stay Warm Coffee Charcoal Compression for their 29,000 members…
ComScore: Online Holiday Retail Sales Up 16 Percent
Retail e-commerce spending for the first 51 days of the November–December 2012 holiday season reached $38.7 billion, up 16-percent versus the corresponding days last year, ComScore reported Dec. 23…
ICSC: Holiday Sales Picked Up in Last Week
The ICSC-Goldman Sachs (ICSC-GS) chain store sales index for the week ending Dec. 22 rose by 0.7 percent from the prior week, which continued to reflect strength from last-minute shopping. Year-over-year, the gain for the week was 3.2 percent…
Bass Pro Announces Georgia and Florida Store Openings
Bass Pro Shops will open a 100,000-square-foot Bass Pro Shops Outpost store in Emerson, GA. as well as a 104,000-square-foot Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World store in St. Johns County, FL to serve the Jacksonville area…
Billabong Agrees To Due Diligence With Naude’s Group
Billabong announced that a consortium led by Paul Naude, a board director and former head of Billabong’s Americas division, and New York-based private equity firm Sycamore Partners, has signed a confidentiality agreement with Billabong to pursue a t
Greg Mason Named Tennis Industry Association (TIA) President
Greg Mason, the vice president of sales and marketing for Head Penn, will be the president of the Tennis Industry Association for 2013-2014. He succeeds Wilson Racquet Sports General Manager Jon Muir, who was president for the last four years and remains
