SGB Update Outdoor

JD Sports Posts 20 Percent H2 Growth Across North American Retail Banners

JD Sports Fashion Plc, the parent company of Finish Line, DTLR and Shoe Palace in the U.S. and sports fashion and outdoor retail brands Blacks, JD, Millets, and Go Outdoors in the U.K., realized sales growth of more than 10 percent in its organic retail businesses through 22 weeks of the second half of 2022.

Emerald Acquires Lodestone Events

Emerald Holding, Inc. reported it had acquired all of the assets of Lodestone Events, producers of the Overland Expo series of vehicle-based, adventure travel consumer shows.

Backbone Hires E-Commerce Director

Backbone hired Martin Mudry as e-commerce director, a new position at the company, to support its entrance into marketplace marketing across key third-party e-commerce platforms, including Amazon, Walmart, and others.

Imports Drop As Pandemic-Driven Shipping Surge Comes To An End

With a pandemic-driven surge over, monthly import cargo volume at the nation’s major container ports fell below the two million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units mark and is forecasted to remain there through the spring, according to the Global Port Tracker Report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Delta Apparel Sales Dip In Fiscal First Quarter

Delta Apparel Inc. expects overall 2023 fiscal first quarter net sales of approximately $106 million for the three-month period ended December 31, a decline of 4.2 percent from $110.7 million in the year-ago comp period.