Retailer enjoyed online growth of 60 per cent during the five weeks to December 27th, 2014. The Entertainer enjoyed a boosted Christmas sales period thanks a surge in customers shopping on its website. RetailWeek states that the toy ...
Tags: Christmas Sales Growth, Toys
“It’s a ringing endorsement for the brand and great to see the educational benefits and play value of our toys are being acknowledged,” said LEGO Duplo's Genelle Holton. The LEGO Duplo brand rounded off 2014 in style, ...
Tags: industry experts, peers, parents, Toys
Lady Edith, Mrs. Patmore, and Mrs. Hughes enjoyed a couple of rounds of the rude game thanks to Entertainment Weekly. Downton Abbey is known across the world for its elegance, sophistication and grace. Well, all that's down the toilet ...
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"It is a fascinating phenomenon that I have a lot of respect for, but I would never say we created it." The AFOL (Adult fans of LEGO) community has thrived and grown organically, rather than as a result of any action by LEGO, the toy firm ...
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City Sports appointed Eve Bould to the post of director of marketing, effective immediately. Bould joins City Sports with 12 years of marketing experience with a variety of organizations, including Jenzabar, Patagonia, Staples and Bain & ...
Tags: trade shows, public relations, social media, Sporting Goods
Head North America promoted Jon Rucker to SVP sales/marketing for Head USA Winter Sports. “Jon’s leadership has propelled our U.S. Winter Division to new heights. 2014 was a record year for us,” stated Kevin Kempin, ...
The Buckle, Inc. reported comparable store net sales, for stores open at least one year, for the 5-week period ended Jan. 3 increased 2.5 percent. Net sales for the 5-week fiscal period ended January 3, 2015 increased 5.4 percent to $190.6 ...
Tags: net sales, Sporting Goods
Blundstone announced its Sustaining sponsorship as the official boot of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Held in Park City, Salt Lake City, Sundance and Ogden, Utah from Jan. 22 Feb. 1, 2015, this year marks the 31st anniversary and over ...
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Keen is elevating its commitment to on-time, reliable delivery of quality, innovative product with significant investments to its global supply chain leadership team as the company grows into its second decade. Keen welcomed three ...
Tags: transportation, distribution, sales force, Sporting Goods
Adidas and the University of Miami announced a landmark 12-year partnership making adidas the official athletic footwear, apparel and accessory brand of the Hurricanes through the 2027-28 season. “The University of Miami was the ...
Tags: official athletic footwear, college athletics, Sporting Goods
The inaugural Sports Tech Conference and Marketplace presented by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) made its successful debut earlier this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. CES attracts ...
Stage Stores, Inc. raised its fourth-quarter guidance while reporting holiday comparable sales grew 6.5 percent for the nine week period ending Jan. 3. Michael Glazer, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are very ...
Murata Electronics North America Inc (a subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd of Kyoto, Japan) and Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA have celebrated the closing of Murata’s acquisition of Peregrine. To ...
There will be an estimated 186.017 billion high-brightness LED chips shipped globally in 2015, increasing on year by 32.6%, and the corresponding production value will grow much less by 7.5% to US$13.699 billion due to continued drops in ...
Tags: LED chips, LED lighting
The US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is awarding the 2015 Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering to Isamu Akasaki, M. George Craford, Russell Dupuis, Nick Holonyak Jr and Shuji Nakamura for “the invention, development, and ...
Tags: LED Lighting, diode applications, Electrical