Global Brands Group Files IPO Paperwork in Hong Kong
Li & Fung Limited filed a registration statement with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Wednesday laying out financial and other information for its $3.3 billion brand management business, which it plans to spin off as a separate publicly traded Global Brands
Nike Opens San Francisco Location
Nike opened a new retail store in the heart of San Francisco at 2071 Union Street to serve athletes throughout the community. At the 2,000-square-foot boutique…
Nike to Offer Free Basketball Skills Clinics in Chicago
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Scottie Pippen and Chicago Park District General Superintendent and CEO Michael Kelly announced that Nike and the Jordan brand will continue to offer free basketball skills clinics in neighborhood parks across the city through the end
TubbsRomp Raises $218,000 to Fight Breast Cancer
Tubbs Snowshoes raised more than $218,000 for for the Susan G. Komen and Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation through its 12th annual TubbsRomp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer Snowshow this past winter…
Sportsman’s Warehouse IPO Nets $73.4M After Underwriter Allotment
Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings Inc. said it netted $73.4 million from its IPO after underwriters exercised their options to buy an additional 1,400,000 shares…
Sportsman’s Warehouse IPO Nets $73.4M After Underwriter Allotment
Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings Inc. said it netted $73.4 million from its IPO after underwriters exercised their options to buy an additional 1,400,000 shares…
Fits Named Official Sock of GoPro Mountain Games
Fits of Niota, TN has secured the sponsorship as the Official Sock of the 2014 GoPro Mountain Games, the country's largest celebration of adventure sports held each year in Vail, CO (June 5 – 8, 2014)…
Outdoor Nation Awards 17 Paddlesports Grants
The Outdoor Foundation has awarded grants to 17 projects from a pool of 159 applications in its latest round of its Paddle Nation Grant Program, which seeks to connect young people to their rivers, streams, lakes and oceans…
We Are Golf Visits Capitol Hill for National Golf Day
We Are Golf – a coalition of the game’s leading associations and industry partners – visited Capitol Hill for the seventh annual National Golf Day to showcase golf’s nearly $70 billion economy, $4 billion annual charitable impact, environment
Champs Sports Introduces Eastbay Performance Zone
Foot Locker Inc. introduced its latest innovative retail collaboration: Eastbay Performance Zone at Champs Sports. Champs Sports is evolving and elevating the store experience by dedicating approximately 150 square feet in select stores…
Yue Yuen Estimates $37M Worker Provision over China Strike
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd said it would make a preliminary provision of some $37 million to an employee benefit program at its Gaobu factory in southern China as part of an agreement that resolved a major strike…
Smith Optics Makes New Hires
Smith Optics appointed Brian Cotsonas as eastern regional sales director for the brand. Eric Stumpner was named e-commerce and web development manager…
Gander Mountain Sued for Selling Gun Used to Kill NY Firefighters
The families of two volunteer firefighters killed in the Christmas Eve 2012 shootings in Webster and two survivors of the attack are suing the store that sold the guns used against them. Gander Mountain vowed to vigorously defend itself…
Dick’s Misses Guidance on Disappointing Golf and Hunting Sales
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. stock plunged nearly 18 percent by late Tuesday after it reported it had missed its guidance on same-store sales in the first quarter ended May 3 due largely to disappointing results in golf and hunting. Dick's report
L.L.Bean CEO to Step Down in 2016
Chris McCormick, L.L. Bean's president and CEO since 2001, plans to step down in 2016…
