Backcountry.com to Build Fulfillment Center in Virginia
Backcountry.com will build a fulfillment center in Virginia that will begin serving the East Coast next summer. The center will be roughly the same size at Backcountry.com's Utah warehouse and employ 200…
Search Is On for Non-Profits Able to Take Over Some California State Parks
California's Department of Parks and Recreation has begun the process of closing 70 of the states 276 state parks even as park supporters race to find non-profits to keep some of them open…
NPS to Keep Three California State Parks Running Next Summer
The National Park Service (NPS) and California State Parks reached agreements last week to keep three of 70 state parks that had been slated for closure July 1, 2012 open at least through next summer…
Black Diamond Expects Q3 Sales to Rise 24 Percent
Black Diamond, Inc. expects to report third quarter consolidated sales of approximately $42 million, an increase of 24 percent compared to $34 million in the third quarter of 2010…
Darn Tough Vermont to Supply US Marine Corps
Darn Tough Vermont has been awarded a contract to supply the United States Marine Corps (USMC) with 450,000 pairs of its Extreme Cold Weather Merino Wool Boot Socks…
RECALL: B.O.B. Jogging Strollers
About 411,700 B.O.B. Strollers are being recalled. The jogging strollers are being recalled due to a choking hazard posed by a detachable embroidered canopy backing patch…
Moosejaw Upgrades to New Warehouse Management System
Moosejaw has upgraded its warehouse management system in Madison Heights, MI with an eye toward growing its retail storefront footprint and distribution center square footage over the next several years…
Foot Locker’s Debt Ratings Raised
Standard & Poor's raised its outlook on Foot Locker Inc. to positive from stable, citing the specialty athletic footwear retailer's strengthened credit metrics due to revenue increases and margin gains…
Stage Stores Launches Off-Price Concept
Stage Stores, Inc. is launching Steele's, its new off-price concept for small town America…
Perry Ellis’ Womens’ President Exits
Perry Ellis International announced that Christa Michalaros, president of PEI Womenswear, is leaving her position to pursue other interests. The company named Lana Todorovich, currently president of Swim, Ladies Activewear & Shapewear as interim head of P
Airwalk and Vision Street Wear Gain Watch Licenses
Collective Licensing International, LLC (CLI) announced an exclusive, multi-year license agreement with timepiece designer, Xtreme Time. Under the agreement, Xtreme Time will design, market and sell Airwalk and Vision Street Wear branded watches in North
ShoesTV Launches Redesign
ShoesTV (http://shoes.tv/), the first online TV site dedicated to providing shoe-related news and entertainment around the clock, launch its site redesign that features a larger focus on news content and ease of navigation…
Jones Group in Talks to Sell Jeans Brands
Jones Group, the parent of Nine West, is in talks to sell off its jeanswear division to Delta Galil Industries Inc. The sale is estimated in bring in $350 million to $400 million…
Boathouse Sports to Outfit Ivy Rugby Conference
Boathouse Sports has been selected as the official outfitter of the Ivy Rugby Conference, which includes the eight rugby teams in the Ivy League: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale…
Phiten Signs Derrick Williams to Endorsement Deal
Phiten announced a new endorsement deal with Derrick Williams, making the Minnesota Timberwolves’ forward an official Phiten brand ambassador…
