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07 Jan Cambodian garment workers return to work after deadly clashes

Posted at 09:00h in Latest News

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...

07 Jan Black Sabbath To Launch New Converse Footwear Collection

Posted at 08:55h in Home, Latest News

The five new styles, inspired by the band's album titles including Paranoid and Never Say Die!, will launch this spring (14)....

07 Jan adidas Golf Introduces Next Generation of adizero Golf Footwear

Posted at 08:53h in Home, Latest News

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...

06 Jan Cambodia: workers increase pressure for higher wages

Posted at 08:11h in Latest News

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...

05 Jan Columbia Sportswear launches joint venture with partner in China — Swire Resources

Posted at 07:09h in Home, Latest News

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...

03 Jan Athletic Footwear Holiday 2013 Executive Summary

Posted at 08:15h in Featured, Latest News

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...

03 Jan Online retail sales up 10% for holiday shopping season

Posted at 07:09h in Latest News

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...

02 Jan Forever 21 Is the Latest Fast Fashion Brand to Bank on Shoes

Posted at 17:43h in Home, Latest News

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...

31 Dec Columbia Sportswear Thrives, Lifting CEO Tim Boyle To Billionaire Ranks

Posted at 12:38h in Home, Latest News

Seventy-five-year old Columbia Sportswear has grown into an apparel behemoth, making products that weather storms of the meteorological variety. It’s stayed that way by withstanding...

31 Dec Bangladesh orders arrest of factory owners for deadly fire

Posted at 12:37h in Latest News, Product Safety, Sourcing

The court in Dhaka issued the warrants for Delwar Hossain and his wife Mahmuda Akter over the blaze in 2012 at the Tazreen factory, where...