UPS Forecasts Surge in Last Minute Shipments
UPS expects to deliver more than 120 million packages around the world this year in just the last week before Christmas, up more than 6 percent compared to last year's “peak week.” That growth shows how people are delaying online shopping until just
Brigss and Riley Selects Shotfarm.com to Manage Product Images
Briggs & Riley Travelware has selected The Shotfarm Platform to manage and distribute its product images…
CamelBak, ERGOBaby Sales Soar as Fox Factory Falls Flat
Compass Diversified Holdings, which has been increasing its presence in the recreational products industry, released results for Fox Factory, CamelBak and ERGObaby for the third quarter ended Sept. 30. While CamelBak and ERGObaby posted sales growth in th
Puma Unveils African Football Uniforms
Puma launched technical football kits for Puma's 10 partnered African National football teams. Each kit is designed by a renowned artist from the Creative African Network (CAN) – a Puma platform connecting and promoting artists from and in Africa…
New Era Opens Store in Chicago
New Era opened its tenth flagship store globally in Chicago. The store is centrally located at 207 South State St. in the heart of downtown Chicago…
Adams Golf’s Q3 Sales Rise 4 Percent
Adams Golf reported third-quarter revenues rose 4 percent to $20.5 million as compared to $19.7 million a year ago. Adams Golf had a net profit of $500,000, or 6 cents per fully diluted share…
Retail Container Traffic to Decline In November
With most holiday season merchandise already on its way to store shelves, import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports has started to decline for the fall. November traffic is forecast to fall 1.9 percent below its level of a yea
Crosman Appoints Domestic Airgun Product Manager
Crosman Corporation has named two new product managers. Thomas Clark, a Crosman veteran engineer, has been named product manager for domestic airgun products and William Mellon joins the company to manage CenterPoint Hunting and Outdoors scopes and optics
110% Appoints Northeast Sales Distributors
110%, the creators of a line of Compression + Ice gear, announced that Bryan Poerner and America East Athletic Collective (AEAC) will represent the brand in the Northeast United States…
Marker Skiwear Transitions Sales Reps in Northeast
Effective Nov. 9, Doug Hawkins (Hawk & Assoc.) will be ending the representation of Marker Skiwear Ltd. in the Northeast territory, including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Hawk & Assoc. will devote their effo
Icebreaker Revamps Website
Icebreaker unveiled a complete redesign of its Icebreaker.com website. The redesigned site boasts various new, user-generated features including product ratings and reviews, questions and answers about specific products…
Mammut Names Two European Executives
The Mammut Sports Group named Anders Kjellen and Andy Ernst to its European management team. While Kjellen will start as the new CEO of Mammut Norway – the home country of Anjungilak sleeping bags – in January, Ernst has already begun his work at the Swis
Asics Posts Q2 Loss as Sales Weaken
Asics Corp. swung to a net loss in the fiscal second quarter ended Sept. 30 due in part to sales declines in the Americas region and weaker earnings across regions outside Asia. In U.S. dollar terms, revenues in the Americas region were down 3.0 percent f
Descente Sees Fiscal Q2 Sales Grow But Net Declines
Descente, the Japanese maker of snow sports, golf and other sporting apparel, posted a healthy high-single-digit increase in sales in the second quarter ended Sept. 30. Fiscal second quarter revenues increased 7.0 percent to…
REI First to Launch National Google Offer
REI on Nov. 3 became the first merchant to make a national offer through Google Offer, the new online coupon service launched by Google, according to a Nov. 3 entry on a Google blog. On Nov. 3, REI offered a $15 dollar Google Offer that could be redeemed
