06 Feb Cole Haan Opens Innovation Center
Cole Haan opened an Innovation & Sports Lifestyle Design Center, located at its global headquarters based in Greenland, NH. Over the past two years, Cole...
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06 Feb 361 to Sponsor One Body One World (OBOW) Fitness Conference
361°, the Chinese-based athletic footwear brand launching in the U.S., is taking the helm as presenting sponsor of the One Body One World (OBOW) fitness...
06 Feb Remac Group Acquires L’ Amour Des Pieds Luxe Comfort Shoe Brand
Shoe and accessory company the Remac Group has acquired the rights and intellectual property of the L’ Amour Des Pieds brand of Luxe Fashion Comfort...
06 Feb Asics Relaunches Asics Tiger as Sport Lifestyle Brand
Asics announced the relaunch of the Asics Tiger brand for the sport lifestyle market. Originally designed as competitive sports shoes during the 1980s and early...
06 Feb Phoenix Footwear Reports New Bank Financing
Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc., the parent of Trotters and SoftWalk, entered into a new bank financing agreement with NewStar Business Credit, LLC....
06 Feb Adidas Sees Record Results in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Adidas Group reported its combined sales in Germany, Austria and Switzerland hit the €1 billion mark for the first time in 2014. The company...
05 Feb Under Armour Acquires Endomondo And MyFitnessPal
Under Armour acquired Endomondo and MyFitnessPal. These acquisitions, which supplement UA's existing MapMyFitness and UA RECORD suite of applications, will further enable the brand to...
05 Feb Under Armour’s Q4 Revenues Jump 31 Percent
Under Armour Inc. reported net revenues increased 31 percent in the fourth quarter to $895 million for the period ended Dec. 31, 2014, compared with...
04 Feb Nike Introduces First CrossFit Shoe
Nike introduced what many consider its first shoe aimed at CrossFit athletes. The Nike MetCon 1 is designed to "support workouts through the highest levels...
04 Feb Foot Locker Recognized as Favorite Shoe Retailer
Findings from a national consumer study by Market Force Information revealed that revealed that Foot Locker was American consumers’ favorite shoe retailer, followed by Skechers,...