Survey: Retailers Expect Higher Holiday Sales, Less Discounting and Fewer Hires
Nearly seven in 10 (68 percent) retailers expect holiday sales to increase this year, according to a survey by Hay Group. However, hiring plans remain conservative, with 67 percent of retailers hiring at the same level as last year and 24 percent hiring f
Intertek Expanding New York Test Lab for Personal Protective Gear
Intertek is expanding and upgrading its Center of Excellence (COE) specializing in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Cortland, NY to meet growing demands for faster testing and certification services. The expanded COE will include new chemical lab, e
Bicycle Leadership Conference Outlines 2012 Agenda
The 2012 Bicycle Leadership Conference (BLC) will examine everything from mayors to mass merchants and minority markets when it convenes next April in Monterey, CA…
Deckers Outdoor Enters New Credit Agreement
Deckers Outdoor Corporation said that on Aug. 30 it entered into a new $200 million secured revolving credit facility which contains a $50 million sublimit for the issuance of letters of credit and a $5 million sublimit for swingline loans…
180s Appoints Canadian Agency
180s named Calgary-based Xero Seasons, Inc., as its new Canadian master agency. Effective immediately, Xero Seasons, Inc., will work with 180s' international sales group to expand the brand's presence in Canada…
Reef Names VP of Sales, U.S. and Canada
Reef announced that Todd Stanley has joined the Reef team as the director of sales for the U.S. and Canada. Stanley has spent the past five years in the Vans organization, and more recently, the director of sales for the core/action sports channel oversee
Sportfishing Industry Association Names New Tradeshow Director
The American Sportfishing Association (ASA), the association that represents the sportfishing industry, named Kenneth G. Andres as its new industry tradeshow director. ASA produces the International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades, better known a
Berghaus Names Supply Chain Expert to CEO Post
Berghaus, the U.K. outdoor brand, appointed James Harris as its chief operating officer as part of an ongoing restructuring announced earlier this year. Harris took a seat on the Berghaus International Board Sept. 1 and will be responsible for the brand&
Bushnell Outdoor Products to Acquire Night Optics USA
Bushnell Outdoor Products, the maker of sports optics, premium eyewear, and outdoor accessories, has acquired Night Optics USA, Inc of Huntington Beach, CA. Terms of the purchase agreement were not disclosed…
SpendingPulse: Back-to-School Spending up 3.0 Percent Through August
Continued growth in Apparel, eCommerce, Grocery, and Luxury were joined by the return to positive territory of the Hardware, Restaurant, and Automotive Repair sectors in August, according to MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse, a macroeconomic report tracki
Ipath Completes Move to Encinitas
Ipath, acquired in January 2011 by KLONELAB, the Boston area branding and licensing house, indicated that its new operations up and running with a new warehouse in Ontario, CA, and new operational and new production facilities in Encinitas. CA…
Brooks-Range Welcomes Slacklining Expert, Emily Sukiennik
Brooks-Range Mountaineering Equipment, a manufacturer of backcountry and mountaineering equipment, added slacklining expert, Emily Sukiennik as the newest member of the Brooks-Range athlete team…
California Tourism Indicators Remain Strong
Despite an abundance of negative economic news on the stock market, unemployment and consumer confidence, travel indicators remain surprisingly strong, according to the California Travel & Tourism Commission…
Derby Cycle Deems Accell Group’s Share Purchase Hostile
The management board of Derby Cycle AG said it views the Accell Group's Aug. 31 announcement that it has accumulated 22 percent of Derby Cycle's stock as a signal that the Dutch company has mounted a hostile bid to takeover of the newly public
Costco’s CEO to Retire
Costco Wholesale announced that CEO Jim Sinegal will step down at the beginning of 2012. Sinegal said he will leave the company on Jan. 1, 2012, the same day he turns 76. Sinegal will be succeeded by Craid Jelinek, who currently serves as Costco's pr
