Dean Rurak, Columbia’s vice president of U.S. apparel sales, has been appointed senior vice president of North America sales for the Columbia brand, effective October 2. In this new role, Rurak will report directly to Franco Fogliato, executive vice president and Americas general manager for...
The Texas Farm Bureau, the state’s largest organization representing farmers, is telling employees they can no longer wear branded Nike apparel on the job following the controversy over Nike airing TV commercials featuring former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick....
Photo courtesy The North Face The North Face launched a global campaign “to inspire the spirit of curiosity and enable a generation of new explorers through an expanded definition of exploration as a state of mind.” The campaign continues a decades-long ethos for the brand–that exploration changes...
VF Corp. on Tuesday announced that the company has selected 1551 Wewatta Street in Denver’s Lower Downtown (LoDo) district for the company’s new global headquarters....
Nike is increasingly seen getting a boost from the brand’s decision to include Colin Kaepernick in its “Just Do It” anniversary ad campaign, according to investor notes from Piper Jaffray and Canaccord Genuity. Canaccord conducted a poll that found consumers “overwhelmingly supportive” of the campaign....
FDRA, the footwear industry’s business and trade association, analyzed recent government data (July just reported out) on the footwear marketplace against historical trends and found new record highs on shoe sales....
Two Ten Footwear Foundation, the national charitable foundation of the U.S. footwear industry, announced the individuals who will be honored at the Foundation’s 79th annual Gala, co-chaired by Sam, Libby and Jesse Edelman of Caleres brand Sam Edelman, on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at the...
Community organizations in Baltimore, Los Angeles and Philadelphia will receive grants totaling $330,000 from ESPN, Under Armour and LISC to help transform vacant lots into sports, recreation and play spaces....
JD Sports said its acquisition of The Finish Line in June resulted in a small contribution to both earnings and sales in the first half ended August 4. The U.K. sneaker retail giant said it planned to “test JD’s highly differentiated multichannel retail proposition in...
The 20-year-old Japanese star is reportedly closing in on a $10 million per year agreement with Adidas that would rank as the largest deal Adidas has have ever offered to a female tennis player, according to the report. Osaka’s apparel sponsorship deal with Adidas expires...