VF Corp. announced that it is exploring strategic alternatives for its Licensed Sports Group (LSG) business, a division of VF’s Imagewear coalition. “As active portfolio managers, we constantly assess the composition of our company to ensure VF’s portfolio is aligned with our strategic objectives and...
Keen has made a $10,000 grant to Oregon’s Outdoor School for All initiative, a statewide, grassroots initiative working to ensure the future of Outdoor School. In addition to its financial donation, Keen plans to showcase its support through social media promotion and gathering signatures to...
Amazon.com, Inc. plans to open a state-of-the-art fulfillment center in Edgerton, Kan. This facility will create approximately 1,000 full-time hourly positions, plus many managerial and support roles to support customer fulfillment....
Under Armour's Chicago flagship store, designed by Big Red Rooster, a JLL company, won the coveted Store of the Year Award at the A.R.E. Design Awards ceremony held at the Four Seasons Hotel Ballroom in Las Vegas....
Yue Yuen reported revenues rose 5.3 percent to $8.43 billion in 2015, led by growth in its network of retail stores. Net profits grew 17.9 percent....
Timberland, Impact Farming and Haiti-based Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA) launched a new feasibility study March 22 exploring the possibility of reintroducing cotton as an export crop for Haitian smallholder farmers. If the study proves successful, the opportunities for organic cotton farming in Haiti are extensive...
When the world’s largest athletic-gear company kicked off two days of media presentations this week to preview new, innovative gear that would hit shelves through 2016, Nike didn’t opt to start the event with remarks from LeBron James or any of the other professional athletes...
Nike Inc. reported earnings jumped 20.1 percent in the third quarter ended Feb. 29, to $950 million, or 55 cents a share. Revenues grew 7.7 percent to $8.03 billion and advanced 14 percent on a currency-neutral basis. On a currency-neutral basis, futures were ahead 17...
To many, Idaho may be best known for producing potatoes. However, footwear is also home grown with Telic International footwear manufacturing all of its products in the state....
Reef announced a new humanitarian outreach known as "We Heart," an altruistic program to mesh with the travel ethos of the brand's motto, "Just Passing Through." "We Heart" highlights the brand’s existing culture of giving, an evolution of Reef’s former Reef Redemption....