Dick’s SG Launches Two New Concept Stores
Dick’s Sporting Goods said it will be expanding its nationwide footprint with the opening of two new concept stores – Overtime by Dick’s...
16 June, 2020
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Puma Opens Midwest Fulfillment Center in Indiana
Puma has opened a new fulfillment center in Whitestown, IN. With an area of 640,000 square feet, the new center will complement the...
12 June, 2020
Outdoor Retailer Introduces Outdoor Retailer Online This Summer
Outdoor Retailer has launched a new Outdoor Retailer Online platform in the wake of the cancellation of Outdoor Retailer Summer Market due to...
12 June, 2020
Adidas Commits To Hiring More Black And Latino Employees
Adidas, facing calls for greater diversity within its ranks, announced plans to invest $20 million in black communities, support university scholarships for black...
11 June, 2020
Hunter Boots CEO Exits Amid Strategic Review
Hunter Boots announced that CEO Vincent Wauters, shown right, will step down “by mutual agreement” at the end of July to pursue new...
11 June, 2020
Report: COVID-19 Has Not Reduced Consumers’ Demand For Sustainable Solutions
Kearney’s annual Earth Day survey found consumers still show a strong and growing interest in the environment even as COVID-19 continues to impact...
11 June, 2020
Nike Commits $40 Million To Black Communities
On Friday, Nike committed $40 million over the next four years to support the black community in the U.S. In a separate statement,...
09 June, 2020
Crocs Announces New European Distribution Center
Crocs announced that construction has begun on its largest distribution center in Europe to be located in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. The warehouse, which will...
09 June, 2020
Pandemic’s Impact On Imports Easing
The impact of COVID-19 at major U.S. retail container ports appears to be easing slightly with projected imports remaining below last year’s levels...
09 June, 2020
JCPenney Reopens 150 More Stores
JCPenney, which filed for bankruptcy protection on May 15, said it has reopened 150 more stores bringing the total number of locations that...
04 June, 2020
L.L.Bean And National Park Foundation Receive 2020 Silver Halo Award
The National Park Foundation (NPF) and L.L.Bean were awarded the 2020 Silver Halo Award in the experiential/event category. In 2019, L.L.Bean leveraged its Find...
04 June, 2020
Duke’s Sporting Goods Merges With H+W Sports
Duke’s Sporting Goods and H+W Sports, two team-sports retailers based in Kentucky, have decided to merge. Duke’s Sporting Goods has two stores in Elizabethtown...
04 June, 2020
Running Industry Association Announces Virtual Trade Show
The Running Industry Association (RIA) said that due to COVID-19, it is replacing their in-person trade show, which was scheduled to occur in...
04 June, 2020
Wolverine Seeing Online Sales Surge In Second Quarter
Wolverine World Wide Inc., in a business update, said owned e-commerce grew more than 90 percent in the first nine weeks of the...
04 June, 2020
Adidas Business In Greater China Returns To Growth In May
Adidas said that in Greater China, the company’s first major market on the road to recovery, all own- and partner-operated stores have been...
04 June, 2020
Columbia Sportswear Closes Stores During George Floyd’s Memorial Services
Columbia Sportswear in an internal memo said it will be closing all its stores for two hours during George Floyd’s memorial service, make...
04 June, 2020
Adidas And Allbirds Collaborate To Accelerate Sustainable Footwear Design
Adidas and Allbirds announced a partnership that seeks to “open the doors to each other’s suite of sustainable innovations” in an attempt to...
02 June, 2020
Sports Industry Takes A Stand Against Racial Injustice
Nike, Foot Locker Adidas, Brooks, Nordstrom, New Balance, and Under Armour were among the companies in the active lifestyle industry issuing statements and...
02 June, 2020
NRF Chief Economist Said ‘Uncertainty Abounds’ In Predicting Recovery From Coronavirus Pandemic
“While the reopening of businesses shut down by the coronavirus pandemic is a significant step forward, it is too soon to say how...
02 June, 2020
Macy’s Seeing Strong Reopenings
Macy’s said its store reopenings are generating sales higher than expected and its digital momentum has not fallen off. The department store giant provided...
28 May, 2020
Deckers Brands Boosted By Digital And Hoka Momentum Amid Pandemic
Deckers Brands’ fourth-quarter results missed targets due to the arrival of COVID-19 but continued momentum from Hoka One One as well as triple-digit...
28 May, 2020
Golf Retailing Recovering
As the percentage of golf retail stores open, foot traffic continues to increase with a growing number of golfers indicated their concern for...
28 May, 2020
Retailers Said Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Would Provide ‘Greater Reliance’ In Future Outbreaks
The National Retail Federation (NRF) welcomed the introduction of the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act, which would establish a federal program to help businesses...
28 May, 2020
Under Armour Announces Phased Store Reopenings In North America
Under Armour announced details for the phased reopening of its owned stores in North America. The company reopened its first U.S. stores to...
28 May, 2020
Keds Appoints New President
Keds, a division of Wolverine World Wide Inc., appointed Bornie Del Priore as president. Del Priore has more than two decades of global footwear...
27 May, 2020