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Famous Footwear Partners with The Salvation Army

With the back-to-school season in full swing, Famous Footwear is focusing on families in need in the New York City area by providing more than 100 pairs of the season's hottest shoe styles for kids through The Salvation Army – Greater New York Divisi

Dick’s Sporting Goods and ESPN Introduce “Hell Week”

Dick's Sporting Goods and ESPN introduced Hell Week, an original documentary chronicling the Station Camp High School football team as they endure a preseason overnight training camp deep in the Tennessee mountains. The documentary debuts Thursday, A

Billabong Refinancing Offer Undergoes Revision

US private equity groups Centerbridge and Oaktree are considering whether to make a last-minute bid for Billabong after a Takeovers Panel ruling opened the company up to rival takeover offers, according to a report by the Australian. The panel had forced

CandA Commits to Reducing Water Footprint Via Organic Cotton

Swiss fashion retailer C&A has agreed on a new three-year program to further reduce its water footprint after a study by the Water Footprint Network (WFN) found that the grey water footprint of conventional cotton cultivation is five times greater than th

Parents Wrapping Up Back-to-school Shopping Early

The average family with school-age children in grades K-12 has already completed more than half (52.1 percent) of its shopping, up from 40.1 percent the same time last year and the highest percent in the survey’s history, according to National Retai

Rawlings Reveals New Sabermetric Component for Gold Glove Award

Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Jarden Corporation, and the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) unveiled the committee of seven sabermetric experts and the SABR Defensive Index (SDI), the new statistical breakdown for the

Keen Introduces Customization Program for the Newport H2

Keen has unveiled Keen Custom, a customization program for its iconic Newport H2 sandal. With more than 80 colors to choose from and more than 65 million possible sandal color combinations, Keen fans can lead the design process…

Trek Connects Dealers with Cycling Advocacy Groups

Trek has rolled out a new initiative to connect its dealers with the nation's foremost advocacy groups: IMBA, People for Bikes, and the League of American Bicyclists in a bid the help them create more bicycle friendly cities throughout the country. T

Burton Hires Billy Anderson as New Senior Brand Director

Burton Snowboards has hired Billy Anderson as its new senior brand director effective Sept. 3. He will oversee all brand and retail marketing initiatives and staff and report directly to VP of Marketing Anne-Marie Dacyshyn…