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Kohl’s shared the company’s new strategic framework with the investment community, including new initiatives to position the company for long-term success. As part...
The 2020 holiday shopping season kicked off earlier this year with Amazon Prime Days and competing retail promotions in mid-October, and while consumers...
Genesco Inc.announced that John F. Lambros has been appointed to its board of directors. Lambros is president of the GCA-U.S. investment bank. He serves...
Centric Brands has completed its financial restructuring and emerged from bankruptcy protection after filing in May. The company reduced its debt by roughly $700...
Amazon said third-party sellers surpassed $3.5 billion in sales on Prime Day, a nearly 60 percent year-over-year increase, growing even more than Amazon’s...
Asics announced the appointment of Richard Sullivan to president and chief operating officer for Asics North America (ANA). Barbara Turner will assume the...
VF Corp. reported earnings and sales declined in the second quarter ended September 26 as a result of the impact of COVID-19. However,...
Caleres Inc. announced Amy Hunter will join the company as VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to drive its strategy development and organization...
Adidas is exploring a sale of its Reebok division, according to reports in Germany’s Manager Magazin and Bloomberg. A source familiar with the matter...
Imports reached an all-time high this summer as retail sales bounced back from the pandemic and merchants replenished inventories and stocked up early...
eBay announced the expansion of its Authenticity Guarantee service for sneaker sales on its platform. Through this program, all new and pre-owned collectible...
CriticalPoint Capital, (CPC) the Los Angeles-based private investment firm and owner of JackRabbit and Olympia Sports, has completed the acquisition of Shoes.com from...
VF Corp. appointed Steve Murray global brand president, The North Face. Previously VF’s president of the Americas Region, Murray replaces Arne Arens who...
Three-quarters (76 percent) of the more than 1,500 U.S. consumers surveyed said they want retailers to close on Thanksgiving Day, according to findings...
Nike derived $461.9 million in total sponsorship value from nearly 12,000 promoters and 5.56 billion social media engagements in the 12 months through...
Puma has appointed June Ambrose, Jay-Z and Missy Elliott’s longtime stylist, as the brand’s new creative director. Ambrose will be designing for Puma’s women’s...
Piper Sandler’s 40th Biannual “Taking Stock With Teens” Fall 2020 Report found teen “self-reported” spending at an all-time survey low of $2,150, down...
With 105,000 pairs of BOBS from Skechers donation clogs en route to Lebanon, Romania and Nicaragua, Skechers has now given more than 16...
Adidas has appointed Amanda Rajkumar, an executive from French bank BNP Paribas, as its new head of human resources. Rajkumar, a 48-year-old British national,...
Neiman Marcus Holding Company, Inc. announced it has emerged from voluntary Chapter 11 protection, successfully completing its restructuring process and implementing the Plan...
Walmart and Target announced plans to offer their own deals on the same days as 2020’s Amazon Prime Day. On Monday, Amazon revealed...
Reebok today announced the appointment of Kerby Jean-Raymond to Vice President, Creative Direction across all design disciplines for Reebok working closely with Reebok’s Product,...
REI Co-op announced it will complete a 14-year commitment to be carbon neutral in its operations in 2020 and launched an ambitious new...
Allbirds, the San Francisco-based casual footwear and sneaker maker, raised $100 million in financing in a funding round that valued the company at...
Nordstrom, Inc. announced the company will stop selling products made using animal fur or exotic animal skin by the end of 2021, becoming the first major U.S....