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29 Jul Canada Goose Journeys Into Footwear With Strategic Hire

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Canada Goose today announced the appointment of Adam Meek to the new role of GM Footwear & Accessories. Meek will lead the development and execution...

29 Jul Sports & Fitness Industry Does Not Expect Full Return In 2020

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Seventy-two percent of companies now anticipate that sales will not return to pre-COVID-19 numbers until 2021, and 53 percent report not until Q2 of 2021,...

29 Jul Under Armour Reveals Newest Diversity, Inclusion Efforts

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Under Armour Inc. said it will commit to ensuring 12 percent of its employees at the director level or higher are Black by 2023 as...

23 Jul Retail Shrink Totaled $61.7 Billion In 2019 Amid Rising Employee Theft And Shoplifting/ORC

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Theft, fraud and losses from other retail “shrink” totaled $61.7 billion in 2019, up from $50.6 billion the year prior as industry security executives reported...

23 Jul Afterpay Introduces Apple Pay For In-Store Payments

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Afterpay, the buy-now-pay-later platform, announced that its customers can now use Apple Pay to make purchases through Afterpay in physical retail stores and online. Beginning in...

23 Jul Nike Partners To Launch Global Carbon-Neutral Group

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Nike Inc. joined eight other major corporations including Microsoft, Starbucks and Unilever, to form a new consortium with a goal of accelerating the transition to...

23 Jul OIA Launches Outdoor Industry Business Certificate Program

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The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), in partnership with Utah State University (USU) and Western Colorado University (WCU), has launched select courses from its Outdoor Industry...

23 Jul VF Corp. To Open Multi-Brand Retail Store In Milan

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VF Corp. plans to open its first multi-brand store this fall in Milan, Italy. The store, inside a historic building at 11 Orefici Street, will...

23 Jul Nike Tops BrandZ’s Most Valuable Apparel Brands

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Nike was again the top-ranked apparel brand in the 2020 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking released by WPP and Kantar, although Lululemon,...

23 Jul Foot Locker Implements New Organizational Structure

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Foot Locker Inc. announced a new organizational structure designed to foster greater agility and speed-to-act as the company continues to advance its key strategic imperative...