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
Town Sports Names VP of Real Estate
Town Sports International Holdings, Inc., a leading owner and operator of fitness clubs in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, named Todd Shugarman as its new vice president of real estate…
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
Accell Group Sells Derby Cycle Shares to Pon Holdings
Accell Group N.V. sold its 22% stake in Derby Cycle AG to Pon Holdings at a price of €28 per share, or a profit of €17 million ($23mm)…
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…
Brown Shoe Adds Board Member
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. elected Mahendra Gupta, Ph.D., to its board of directors and appointed him to the audit committee. Gupta has been dean of Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis…
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…
Nordica USA Pays $214,000 Federal Fine
Nordica USA, of West Lebanon, N.H., agreed to pay a civil penalty of $214,000 to settle allegations by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that it knowingly failed to report immediately to CPSC the safety defect and hazard with the “X
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…
