McCarthy joins Merrell with significant brand, strategy, product, marketing and operations experience in the industry, including leadership roles as SVP of footwear for Under Armour, co-president for Timberland, SVP of global footwear for Reebok, and a variety of leadership roles in his many years with...
Powermers moved to Ohio, and Scardena became its president. Time will tell if Powermers turns into a billion-dollar company. In addition to Powermers, e-commerce-related companies that recently have relocated to Ohio include nChannel, a multichannel cloud-management system for retailers that came from Los Angeles;...
Noel didn't have a shopping list. "It's more the experience. This was the third year for the after-hours event at the East Liberty store and Mr. Fine, it's nine point ...
This is Retail campaign's goal is to get people to get serious about retail as a career, not just a hobby or means to get extra money or a discount at a favorite store. Thisisretail.org's website makes this statement: "Did you know that retail supports...
Toys"R"Us and Walmart got a very early jump on the holiday shopping promotions machine this week -- for Christmas, not Halloween -- by announcing price-matching and layaway policies for the most important sales period of the year....
The couple first caught the attention of law enforcement several years ago after Niagara Falls police received complaints about fake Nike sneakers being sold from makeshift stands at deeply reduced prices. Local agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, who listened in on phone calls,...
The International Council of Shopping Centers reported that chain-store sales were down 1.9 percent for the week ended Aug. 17 compared with the previous week. It was the second straight weekly decline....
A fight over footwear is brewing among several major sneaker manufacturers in New England. Six New England-based footwear companies wrote a letter to President Obama's top trade official recently, urging the administration to eliminate import tariffs on shoes made overseas as it negotiates a new...
Soles4Souls Inc., the not-for-profit institution dedicated to fighting poverty through the distribution of shoes and clothing, named veteran philanthropy executive Kevin Cherep as chief development officer....
A Toyota ad might show up on a news article about a car crash. Or an ad for Dove, which prides itself on promoting women’s “Real Beauty,” could show up on a Facebook page glorifying domestic violence. Such situations have forced the tech companies hosting...