Charlotte-based Belk Inc. has hired consultant firm Accenture to improve its online retail systems, mobile shopping and in-store customer service, the department store company said this week. Belk suffered a high-profile misstep during Thanksgiving and Black Friday -- some of the busiest online shopping days...
The Energy Information Administration said the nationwide average retail price of regular gasoline will fall to $3.46 a gallon this year, down from $3.51 in 2013 and $3.63 the year before. In 2015, the price will sink to $3.39 a gallon, a decline of 6.6...
About 350,000 had gone on strike, threatening to cripple the country's main export industry, with more than $5 billion in revenue a year coming in from big international brands such as Adidas, Gap and H&M Hennes & Mauritz....
The five new styles, inspired by the band's album titles including Paranoid and Never Say Die!, will launch this spring (14)....
adidas Golf, an industry leader in innovation, technology and performance footwear, has announced the release of the next generation of adizero golf footwear, highlighted by the radically new adizero one....
Standing outside the Chinese-owned factory where she’s sewn clothes for the past seven years, Tith Maordy was complaining about money, and how there’s never enough of it. For Cambodian garment workers, this is a familiar lament....
Columbia Sportswear recently launched a joint venture with Swire Resources Ltd., a partnership the Washington County outdoor footwear and apparel brand expects to boost profitability in China....
Sales of sport footwear for Holiday 2013 (defined as 11/24-12/28) declined in the high singles. New Balance continued to struggle. Asics sales declined in the low teens, while Brooks, Mizuno and Saucony also had declines. Nike Holiday footwear sales declined in the mid...
From Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, online retail sales were up more than 10 percent over the same period last year, confirming what retailers and experts suspected: More shoppers are using the Web not just to browse for gifts, but to buy them, according to...
This is interesting for a couple of reasons. One is that fellow purveyor of quick-and-cheap outfits, Nasty Gal, also recently ramped up footwear with a full in-house line called Shoe Cult, after noticing that the category made up a significant portion of the company’s sales....