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REI to Enter Knoxville Market in Fall 2014
REI will enter the Knoxville, TN market in the fall of 2014 with a store at Papermill Plaza, about an hour north of the Gatlinburg gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park…
Sport Chalet Sales Fall in Disappointing First Quarter
Sport Chalet Inc.'s sales decreased 2.8 percent to $81.5 million for the fiscal first quarter ended June 30 due to what CEO Craig Levra dubbed an uneven retail environment. Levra said he was disappointed with the results given the retailer's str
Web Sales Help Drive Sport Footwear Prices Higher for Early BTS
While the conventional wisdom says people shop on the Internet for price, the early results from the back-to-school (BTS) selling season finds the channel trailing only Run Specialty and Chain Specialty retailers when it comes to average selling prices fo
SIA Releases Addendum to Retailer to Consumer Marketing Guide
SnowSports Industries America (SIA) has released an Addendum to the Retailer to Consumer Marketing Guide (RMG) it released last year that delves deeper into how snow sports dealers can drive traffic to their shops…
Imperial Headwear Opens New Production Facility in MO
Imperial Headwear has opened a new production facility in the Southern Missouri town of Ellington. It is the second manufacturing plant Imperial operates in Missouri…
U.K. July Retail Sales Post Highest Growth Since April 2011
U.K. retail sales values were up 2.2 percent on a like-for-like basis from July 2012, when they had increased 0.1 percent on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 3.9 percent, against a 2.0 percent increase in July 2012, the fastest July gro
Foot Locker Rolls Out New Commercial Featuring NBA Stars Harden and Curry
Foot Locker, Inc. unveiled its newest national commercial highlighting its “Approved” sneakers and gear. The spot features James Harden of the Houston Rockets and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors…
July Retail Sales Inched up 0.3 Percent
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores’ sales were up 1.0 percent seasonally-adjusted month-to-month and 3.9 percent unadjusted year-over-year, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce…
Giant Group Reports Double-Digit Profit Growth in First Half
Giant Group grew pre-tax net profit 18.9 percent in the first six months ended June 30 on a 4.1 percent increase in revenue, which reached TWD27.2 billion yuan ($914 mm) during the period…
FDRA Releases Second Annual Footwear Sourcing Forecast
The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) published its second Annual Footwear Sourcing Forecast, which uses current statistical trends and import data to provide the footwear industry with a future view of global footwear sourcing…
OGIO International’s Golf Business to Go Direct in Canada
OGIO International will take over sales, marketing and distribution of its golf collections to Canadian retailers from Rampion Inc. on Sept. 1…
Fischer Sports Names News Reps
Fischer Sports added two new sales reps for their Alpine products in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountains territories…
Little League Appoints Fermata Partners as Retail Licensing Representative
Little League Baseball and Softball appointed Atlanta, GA-based Fermata Partners to manage its retail licensing program. Fermata Partners will assume management of Little League’s existing base of retail licensees…
Head NV Attains Q2 Growth On Strong Racquet Sales
Head NV reported unaudited net sales of €9.1 million ($11.8 mm) in the second quarter ended June 30, up 3.3 percent from the same period a year earlier as growth in its Racquet Sports division more than offset declines in its Winter Sports and Divin
Smack Sportswear Partners With Phiten
Smack Sportswear, the maker of athletic apparel primarily focused on volleyball, has signed a partnership agreement with Phiten. The agreement between the two sporting giants is the first to allow a US-based apparel company (Smack) to acquire an exclusive
