Steve Madden announced preliminary sales results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, and updated its fiscal year 2016 EPS guidance. For the fourth quarter, net sales were $336.4 million, down 2.3 percent compared to the same period of 2015. ...
Donald Trump urged his 19.6 million Twitter followers to buy L.L.Beans’ goods as the outdoor retailer faces a call for a boycott because one of its owners donated money to help elect Donald Trump....
Shoe Carnival Inc. warned that its earnings would come in at the lower end of its previous guidance for the year due to weak traffic early in December. At the ICR Investor Conference, President and CEO Cliff Sifford said warm weather in November “gave way...
Shoe and accessory wholesale company J. Renee’ Group has hired a new Executive Vice-President of Sales and Marketing, Mark Diehl. Working in Sales and Marketing management for over 30 years in the wholesale women’s and men’s shoe industry Mark brings a wealth of sales...
The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) recently published a study entitled, “Scouting the Hispanic Market,” which explores the opportunities around Hispanics and the sports business. Multicultural consumers are increasingly becoming a larger part of the U.S. customer base, with Hispanic and Latino Americans making up...
After more than two years in development, Arctic Grip launched this fall as an exclusive to six brands owned by Wolverine Worldwide — Merrell, Sperry, Hush Puppies, Wolverine, Saucony and Cat Footwear....
Keen Inc., an outdoor and lifestyle footwear brand, named Rygr, an integrated marketing agency, as its agency of record. Rygr, a Backbone Group company, will work on public relations and brand communications for Keen. ...
Under Armour expanded its collaboration with Johns Hopkins Medicine to support its suite of health and fitness applications: UA Record, MapMyFitness, MyFitnessPal and Endomondo. The collaboration aims to help users maintain and improve their health, wellness and recovery by tapping into the expertise of world-renowned...
Jordan Brand celebrated the 20th anniversary of entering the Chinese market by kicking off a new chapter of its “Commit to Win” campaign and opening two new Jordan-only stores in Chengdu and Taipei. ...
Genesco Inc. stated that comparable sales, including both stores and direct sales, were flat for the quarter-to-date period ended January 5, 2017. Same-store sales decreased 2 percent and sales for the company’s e-commerce and catalog direct sales businesses increased 11 percent on a comparable basis...