Coming on the heels of the successful debut of its Gore-Tex Surround product technology at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market and the OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen, W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) will debut a multi-year, multi-channel, international marketing campaign, “Experience the Difference” in support of...
Based on preliminary data released by the U.S. Census Bureau Wednesday, NRF said it estimates September retail sales — excluding automobiles, gasoline stations and restaurants — decreased 0.1 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month yet increased 4.6 percent unadjusted year-over-year. While seasonal factors were apparent, especially in...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will slow new store openings next year and shift capital spending toward enhancing its e-commerce platform in a bid to catch up with rapidly changing consumer behavior. ...
"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....