Amazon To Hire 3,500 In U.S. Expansion
Amazon announced plans to add 3,500 tech and corporate jobs across a half-dozen U.S. cities. The cities include Dallas, Detroit, Denver, New York,...
20 August, 2020
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Kohl’s Looking To Take More Share In Active Post-COVID-19
Kohl’s Inc. warned that back-to-school was off to a slow start and a promotional climate is expected for holiday selling. However, the middle-market...
20 August, 2020
Anta Group Partners With World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)
Anta Group and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) held a signing ceremony at the Group’s operational headquarter in Xiamen, China announcing...
20 August, 2020
Mint Green Group To Distribute Nike Golf And Tennis In Canada
The Mint Green Group announced an exclusive distribution partnership with Nike Canada in golf and tennis. The partnership will enable increased investment in...
20 August, 2020
Foot Locker Opens Flagship In Singapore
Foot Locker Inc. has opened its largest store in Singapore. Located in Orchard Gateway @Emerald, the five-story space with retail over three-levels combines...
20 August, 2020
Target Reports Q2 Comps Vault 24.3 Percent
Target Corp. reported second-quarter comparable sales grew 24.3 percent, the strongest the company has ever reported. Store comparable sales increased 10.9 percent. Digital comparable...
20 August, 2020
Payless Plans Comeback In U.S.
Payless, which emerged from bankruptcy protection in January after closing all its 2,100 stores in the U.S., announced plans to open 300-to-400 standalone...
20 August, 2020
Swiss Running Brand ‘On’ Announces First Professional Run Club
On, the Swiss running footwear brand, announced the debut of its first professional run crew, the On Athletics Club (OAC). Coached by three-time...
13 August, 2020
Change At The Top Of The Adidas Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board of Adidas AG has appointed Thomas Rabe, shown below right, chief executive officer of Bertelsmann, as chairman of the company’s...
13 August, 2020
Foot Locker Sees 18 Percent Q2 Same-Store Gain
Foot Locker Inc. provided a sales and earnings update for the second quarter of 2020 ended August 1, 2020. The company announced that...
13 August, 2020
Wolverine Worldwide Appoints President, CEO-Designee
Wolverine World Wide Inc. announced the appointment of Brendan Hoffman as its next president and his appointment as a member of its Board...
13 August, 2020
Columbia Sportswear To Sponsor Bubba Wallace And Richard Petty Motorsports Race Team
Columbia Sportswear announced a multiyear sponsorship with NASCAR Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace. The agreement enlists Wallace as Columbia’s newest brand ambassador and...
13 August, 2020
REI Co-Op To Pursue Sale Of Headquarters, Embrace Distributed Work Model
REI Co-op announced it is pursuing a sale of its newly completed corporate campus in the Spring District neighborhood of Bellevue, WA with...
13 August, 2020
WFSGI July Survey Finds Some Optimism Amid Pandemic
The July Edition of the COVID-19 Impact Survey from the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) finds that COVID-19 is forecast...
11 August, 2020
Amazon Exploring Turning Penney, Sears Stores Into Fulfillment Centers
Amazon is reportedly in talks with Simon Property Group to convert some vacant Sears and J.C. Penney locations into Amazon fulfillment centers, according...
11 August, 2020
CFDA Promotes CaSandra Diggs To President
The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has promoted CaSandra Diggs to president of the organization. Diggs is a veteran to the organization...
11 August, 2020
Columbia Sportswear Releases 2019 Corporate Responsibility Report
Columbia Sportswear Company released its 2019 Corporate Responsibility Report which includes highlights from the progress made throughout 2019 in the three main areas...
06 August, 2020
Deckers Brands Posts Solid Quarter On Strong DTC, Hoka and Domestic Gains
Deckers Brands reported that net sales for the first fiscal quarter ended June 30 increased 2.3 percent to $283.2 million compared to $276.8...
06 August, 2020
Hurley Family Acquires Simple Footwear Brand
Kandui Holdings LLC, founded by the Hurley family, through its new operating entity Simple Shoes LLC, has acquired the outstanding assets and intellectual...
06 August, 2020
H1 Athletic Footwear And Apparel Sales Fall In Low-Teens, According To NPD
According to a report from NPD, athletic footwear and activewear sales declined in the low-teens in the first six months of the year. In athletic...
06 August, 2020
Adidas AG Extends CEO’s Appointment Through July 2026
The Supervisory Board of Adidas AG has extended the appointment of CEO Kasper Rorsted by another five years until July 31, 2026. Kasper...
06 August, 2020
Wolverine Worldwide Sees Q2 Results Exceed Plan On Online Momentum
Wolverine Worldwide reported sales dropped 39 percent in the second quarter but came in better than expected with a boost from almost triple-digit...
06 August, 2020
The VF Foundation Announces $7.3 Million In Community Investments
The VF Foundation, the private grantmaking organization funded by VF Corp., announced the recipients of its gifting cycle totaling $7.3 million in investments...
06 August, 2020
Nike To Open Third House Of Innovation In Paris
Nike will open its third House of Innovation at the historic 79 Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The location will open on July...
30 July, 2020
REI Ranked Best Employer For Women
REI ranked first in Forbes America’s Best Employers For Women list. In its third annual ranking of the best employers for women, Forbes collaborated with...
30 July, 2020