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REI Plans New California and North Carolina Stores
REI plans to open two stores, oni in Santa Monica, Calif., and one in Pineville, N.C. The Santa Monica will open in the Spring of 2006 at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard. The store in Pineville, a suburb north of Charlotte, N.C., wi
Umbro Acquires 25% Stake in China Distributor
Umbro has entered into an agreement to acquire a 25% stake in Team & Sports Ltd., the current licensee distributing Umbro product in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Umbro will pay a total consideration of $12 million for the stake in the company.
Luxottica Acquires China Eyewear Chain
The Luxottica Group will acquire Ming Long Optical, the largest premium optical chain in the province of Guangdong, China. As a result, the Group becomes the leading operator of premium optical stores in China, with a total of 278 locations in two of the
Pacific Sunwear Appoints Burden as COO
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. announced the appointment of Wendy E. Burden to the position of COO effective November 8, 2005. Ms. Burden will report to Seth Johnson, the company's CEO, and will be responsible for store operations, real estate a
Miôn Taps Outdoor Sports Marketing to Cover South
Miôn footwear hired Outdoor Sports Marketing as the company’s new sales representative agency for the South. Outdoor Sports Marketing is composed of Nolan Davis, Rion Smith, Scott Eddins, Martin Wilkinson and Tavia Davis. The team covers the states of Flo
Enge Exits GM Role At Hind; Takes Stake in Zoot Sports…
Zoot Sports Inc., a triathlon sports apparel and competitive racing wet suit company has tapped former Hind general manager Brian Enge as its CEO, effective immediately. Enge resigned his post at Saucony’s Hind apparel division last week…
Altama Delta Awarded Military Contract…
Altama Delta, the sister company of Royal Robbins, was awarded a maximum $11.2 million fixed price contract for boots for Army and Air Force with economic price adjustment. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contra
ATTA World Summit Gains Steam…
The Adventure Travel Trade Association is hosting the first annual Adventure Travel World Summit in Seattle in an attempt to redefine, reorganize, and galvanize the fragmented adventure travel industry. The newly formed organization has made significant h
Back-to-School Sales Again Drift into Fall…
The Back-to-School season for athletic footwear proved to be challenging again this year. Athletic footwear had been running a solid high-single-digit increase all year, but flattened out just as the all-important BTS season began…
Stride Rite Sees Margin Gains Easily Offset Increased Growth Investment in Q3…
The Stride Rite Corporation got a nice boost on the margin line in the fiscal third quarter ended September 2 from a robust owned-retail business, a repositioning of Keds, and strong sales growth at Sperry Top-Sider that more than offset rising SG&A expen
SEW Goes One-On-One with… David Chamberlain
David Chamberlain is chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of The Stride Rite Corporation. Mr. Chamberlain joined the company in mid-November, 1999. Prior to joining Stride Rite, he was chairman of the Board of Genesco, Inc. from 1994 to 1999, and p
College Students Organize Anti ‘Sweatshop’ Campaign
Students at 40 major colleges and universities have announced a new national campaign to end what they deem sweatshop production of collegiate apparel. Students affiliated with United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), a national network of student labor
SGMA: CITA Expands ‘Safeguard’ Quotas
According to the SGMA, the U.S. Department of Commerce Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) recently approved limits on imports of Chinese-manufactured brassieres and body support garments and synthetic filament fiber. With the la
Fila Hires Ex-Puma Design Chief for Design Team
Fila has announced the addition of Phil Russo to its global product design team, appointing him as the creative design director for performance and lifestyle footwear. Most recently, Russo was the international group head of footwear design at Puma Intern
Prince Receives Red Dot Award for O3
Prince Sports received the Red Dot Design Award in recognition of high design quality for O3 Technology out of a field of six-hundred and thirty-eight entries from 24 countries…
