The report, called "Chemicals Revealed," identified more than 5,000 products such as footwear, car seats and arts and crafts supplies that include developmental or reproductive toxins and carcinogens. Those include such toxic metals as mercury, cadmium, cobalt, antimony and molybdenum. Manufacturers also reported using phthalates...
“FDRA really does deliver when it comes to making the footwear industry’s voice heard in Washington. We had a lot of high level meetings and I think we made a clear case that lowering footwear duties will help consumers and strengthen our industry,” said...
Now that Baucus has announced his retirement from Congress, presumably he has motivation to establish as part of his distinctly mixed legacy a wholesale repair of what he and Camp called a “broken” tax code...
The magazine collected 120 pairs of running shoes for the cover, and every owner was interviewed. Fifteen runners’ stories were featured in the print edition of the magazine, while the rest are set to be published online....
April 26--Sports management programs have sprouted at universities across the United States....
Nike on Tuesday and Wednesday took another step in the strategic collaboration it joined in 2010 with NASA, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development. The four partners formed their coalition to seek sustainable living practices. They've called their endeavor...
.A series of stand-alone tax measures have been introduced in recent weeks that likely have little chance of passing through the tax barricade but put sponsors on the record with specific plans and, backers of the bills hope, give them a better chance of gaining...
Nike on Tuesday sold $1 billion in bonds, the first time in a decade it had entered the bond market. The sale follows by less than a week Nike's announcement that it would construct two new office buildings at its World Headquarters campus near...
Sarder said officials didn't see an imminent danger given that garment workers had already evacuated the building by then. Hundreds die in fires and other disasters each year. It's also the psychology of that constant price and delivery pressure, by brands and retailers, that are...
A sharp decline in the price of oil this month is making gasoline cheaper - It's a relief to motorists and businesses like shoe distributors and a positive development for the economy. ...