With 2 billion worldwide customers up for the taking Nike, Adidas and, to a lesser extent, Puma are waging a pre-tournament marketing battle for soccer supremacy. The World Cup has become an opportunity every four years for the brands to seek significant movement in their...
Shoes, handbags and other popular items on Pinterest are being prominently displayed in Nordstrom stores with special tags. Target, the nation's No. 2 discounter, is creating exclusive party-planning collections with top Pinterest users, or "pinners." And Caribou created a coffee blend that was inspired by...
Adidas AG is moving some production away from Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.’s shoe factory in Dongguan, China, where a strike over benefits and pay disrupted output for a ninth day....
Driven by continued momentum in its Outdoor & Action Sports coalition, VF Corporation reported earnings per share in the quarter were up 12 percent primarily due to strong demand for The North Face, Vans and Timberland brands and gross margin expansion in every coalition....
Deckers Outdoor Corp. reported sales increased 11.7 percent in its three-month transition period ended Mar. 31, to $294.7 million, led by a 15.8 percent gain for Ugg....
Under Armour reported Thursday that its first-quarter profit jumped 73 percent to $13.5 million, or 6 cents per share, compared with $7.8 million, or 4 cents per share, a year ago. Results beat analysts' earnings expectations of 4 cents per share....
“We’ve got to make this a bigger, more important part of our business,” Krueger said during an annual shareholders meeting Wednesday, April 23 at Wolverine Worldwide’s Rockford headquarters....
Gross profit for the first quarter of 2014 was $240.4 million, or 44.0 percent of net sales, compared to $192.7 million, or 42.7 percent of net sales, in the first quarter of 2013. Earnings from operations for the first quarter of 2014 were $48.2 million...
Freeman Spogli & Co. and Investcorp have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Totes Isotoner Corporation, the designer, marketer and distributor of accessories in the rain, cold weather and footwear categories....
Altra Zero Drop shoes have been on the market for less than 4 years, and they're already in the top 8 of running shoes. Ashleigh Jameson says she switched over to Altra shoes when she saw a demo while working at a women's specialty shoe...