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....
VF Corp. named Scott H. Baxter president of its Outdoor & Action Sports group in the Americas, effective immediately. Baxter had been in the same role at VF's Jeanswear Americas, Imagewear and South American operations....
This may come as news to many of you, but Andy Warhol once liked to sketch shoes. And now is your chance to own a piece of fashion and pop-art history, but it will cost you a pretty penny....
Kids Foot Locker with Adidas Originals unveiled its latest TV spot "Little Pro," featuring NBA star Andrew Wiggins. The 30-second commercial shows Wiggins unexpectedly boosting the confidence of a young fan after complimenting his new Adidas Originals gear from Kids Foot Locker....
Fila Korea and Fila USA reunited last week as the co-hosts of the brand’s second “WE KICKS TOWN” footwear exhibition in the iconic fashion district of Garosu-gil, Seoul. The week-long venture was a continuation of the brand’s efforts to reach the younger consumer market through...
Kering, the parent of Puma, Volcom and a number of designer brands, appointed Jean-Philippe Bailly as Kering’s chief operating officer, effective April 1. Jean-Philippe Bailly will report to Jean-François Palus, managing director of Kering and will be a member of the Group’s Executive Committee. ...