Puma has reinforced its European PR team by appointing Gudrun Cämmerer as senior manager PR Europe. In her new position, Cämmerer will be responsible for adapting global PR initiatives to regional needs and executing them in the key European markets....
Caleres will begin to distribute footwear in greater China, including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, through a joint venture with Brand Investment Holding, a member of the Gemkell Group. Naturalizer and Sam Edelman will be the inaugural brands and both will be marketed and sold...
Adidas won the first Sports Sustainability Leadership Award while Under Armour was named the winner of the Corporate Community Impact Award at the fifth annual Sports Humanitarian Awards presented by ESPN and sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company....
VF Corporation announced the appointment of Denny Bruce to the position of global brand president, Dickies, effective July 1. He reports to Curt Holtz, executive vice president and group president, Workwear....
The Outdoor STORY shops are the second iteration of STORY at Macy’s, and come about 14 months after Macy’s acquired STORY, the experiential Manhattan retailer that reinvents itself with a new theme every couple of months....
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) announced that Executive Director Amy Roberts will leave the organization at the end of September to join The North Face as Senior Director, Communications & Corporate Social Responsibility. The OIA Board will begin the search for a new executive director immediately....
Nike announced Thursday the company is investing $184 million in its U.S. innovation footprint by opening a Nike Air Manufacturing Innovation (Air MI) facility in Goodyear, AZ. The expansion is expected to generate more than 500 full-time jobs....
Jerry Turner, a pioneer in the athletic footwear business who helped drive the industry’s explosivegrowth over a 60-year career, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Turner, 84, passed away peacefully in his sleep surrounded by family members....
Nite Ize and Amazon. com, Inc. filed a joint lawsuit in U. S. District Court in Seattle against multiple counterfeit product importers and sellers spanning three countries, including the United States, Canada and China....
The U.S. and China agreed to resume trade talks after a seven-week breakdown and the Trump administration has decided to hold off for now adding new 25 percent tariffs on some $300 billion in Chinese imports, which would have included apparel and footwear classifications and...