"Last week's lobby day was a huge success, and a kick start to our new efforts at FDRA to be a megaphone in Washington for the NSRA and independent footwear retailers nationwide," said FDRA president Matt Priest. "Top policymakers are deeply interested in the concerns...
More consumers plan to wait until Thanksgiving weekend to start their holiday shopping, leading to a delayed start to the shopping season, according to the 2014 Holiday Purchase Intentions Survey from global information company The NPD Group....
Timberland was the hottest brand for the month as the brand's turnaround is well underway. Timberland sales in the retailers measured grew more than 85%...
By the early 1920s, they were renamed Chuck Taylor All-Stars after the eponymous basketball player who became an evangelist for the shoe, paving the way for celebrity-branded sneakers....
Wolverine Worldwide reported third quarter revenues reached $711.1 million – down 0.8 percent versus the prior year, but in line with the company's previous guidance – and strong adjusted diluted earnings per share growth of 8.6 percent to 63 cents a share. Wall Street's consensus...
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. appointed Marvin Ellison, currently executive vice president of stores at Home Depot, as president and CEO-Designee, effective Nov. 1, 2014. Ellison will also join the board of directors. He will then succeed Myron E. (Mike) Ullman, III as CEO of...
Banks and credit unions across the region are making the switch from magnetic swipe cards to the cards of the future -- the safer kind with a microchip built in....
The national average is likely to fall to $3 a gallon by Thanksgiving, Lipow said, and Texas' statewide average is expected to decline by Thanksgiving to less than $2.85. Texas' average price for regular unleaded was $3.08 on Friday, AAA data showed....
Last week, National Retail Federation (NRF) released an optimistic sales growth forecast for the upcoming holiday season. It predicts retail sales during November and December 2014 (excluding gas, autos and restaurant sales) to increase by 4.1%, while they increased by just 3.1% last year. ...
But it was the recent defection of three high-profile designers from Nike to Adidas that has really put Portland talent swapping in the spotlight. Denis Dekovic, Marc Dolce and Mark Miner were among the best known of Nike's footwear designers....