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Fjällräven Hires Marketing Director for North America
Swedish heritage brand Fjällräven appointed Joe Prebich as the brand’s director of marketing in North America. In his most recent role, he served as the director of marketing for Zeal Optic…
Study: Wearables Helping Americans Lose Weight
It's the second full week of 2015 and already 83 percent of Americans are expected to lose the New Year's weight loss resolution battle, according to The Psychology of Weight Loss, a new study on consumer behaviors conducted by Instant.ly…
Salt Life Adds Surf Ambassador
Salt Life, which is owed by Delta Apparel, has added Timmy Curran to its Salt Life team ambassador roster. Professional surfer and musician, Curran has been a professional surfer…
Craft North America Appoints Manager of Custom Sales
Craft Sportswear North America has promoted Ming Tan to manager of custom sales…
Vail Resorts Sees Healthy Ski Visits
Vail Resorts reported season-to-date total lift ticket revenue at the company's nine mountain resorts, including an allocated portion of season pass revenue for each applicable period, was up 9.3 percent compared to the prior year season-to-date peri
FDRA Launches China Wage Map To Help Footwear Sourcing
The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) has launched a China wage map to aid footwear sourcing and compliance professionals in their businesses. Mike Jeppesen, president of global operations at Wolverine Worldwide, said, ”The citie
GU Energy Taps Blair Clark as New VP of Sales
GU Energy Labs’ has named former Smith Optics executive Blair Clark as its new vice president of sales and announced several other changes to its sales organization, including…
Ski Visits Dip at Intrawest’s Eastern Resorts
Intrawest Resorts Holdings Inc. said challenging weather at its eastern resorts caused an 0.8 percent decline in season-to-date skier visits through Jan. 4 compared with a year ago. However, a return of cold weather has enabled those resorts to increase t
Adidas to Ramp Up NFL and MLB Endorsements
Adidas AG plans to ramp up sharply its endorsements of NFL and MLB players in the next few years, Adidas North American President Mark King said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. The report stated Adidas will sign as many as 250 NFL players an
Pearl Izumi Hires PR Agency of Record
Pearl Izumi has hired Verde Brand Communications as its public relations and brand communications agency of record…
Nathan Makes Adds to Sales and Marketing Team
Nathan Sports, which was recently named one of the fastest-growing, privately-held businesses in the Philadelphia region, named three recent hires in its sales and marketing department…
GoPro: Growth Just Starting
Despite selling over 4 million units over the last 12 months, GoPro sees no signs of saturation in the action camera category. And despite the arrival of Sony, HTC Corp., Panasonic and Garmin, GoPro doesn’t see threats to its dominant position in th
Upbeat Holiday Forecasts Arrive
According to initial forecasts, holiday sales came in better than expected. The gains are attributed to the improving economy, including a rebounding job market and lower gas prices, as well as robust online selling…
Zumiez and PacSun Lead Strong Holiday Sales
Supporting some upbeat holiday forecasts, Zumiez and Pacific Sunwear of California both raised fourth-quarter guidance after reporting healthy comps in December. A few department stores also showed above-plan performances although both Macy’s and JC
PacSun Comps Break Out in December
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported comparable store net sales during the month of December increased 9 percent compared to the same period a year ago…
