Driven by strong growth in its outdoor & action sports portfolio and its direct-to-consumer business, revenues at apparel marketer – VF Corp rose 7 percent from a year earlier quarter to $3.5 billion in the third fiscal quarter ending ...
Tags: Apparel, action sports Apparel
VF Corp. said The Timberland, Vans, The North Face, Kipling and Wrangler brands drove a 7 percent increase in revenues and an 11 percent increase in earnings per share in the third quarter ended Sept. 27, 2014. All per share amounts are ...
Tags: VF Corp, Outdoor Brands
Timberland, outdoor lifestyle footwear and apparel brand outlined a plan which will help its sales grow 13% annually through 2019. At an investor meeting at its headquarters, Timberland said it plans to reach revenue of $3.1 billion by ...
Tags: Apparel, Timberland, footwear, outdoor apparel
Allied Feather & Down, supplier and processor of down to the outdoor and home markets, has completed the audit and certification process of the Textile Exchange Responsible Down Standard (RDS) for its processing plant in Montebello, ...
Tags: outdoor markets, Down, clothes
AvaTech, a new technology company focused on developing snow safety solutions, has appointed Backbone Media to manage its public relations strategy. "Backbone has the experience and expertise in the snowsports industry, as well as the ...
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Tabar, Inc., a private label technical sport glove design and production firm which has built handwear for the outdoor and sports markets for more than 32 years, is merging with Fownes Brothers & Co., Inc., a 236-year-old company in the ...
Tags: Tabar, Fownes Brothers&Co, Sporting Goods
The Outdoor Foundation is pleased to announce that over 125 non-profit projects will be funded, thanks to the outdoor industry’s generous support of the 2014 Outsiders Ball, which took place on August 5 - Night 0 of the Outdoor ...
Tags: Outdoor Foundation, Projects, Sporting Goods
VF Corporation reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 28, 2014. All per share amounts are presented on a diluted basis. Strong contribution from our Vans, Timberland, The North Face, Kipling and Wrangler brands drove ...
Tags: VF, Apparel, Accessories
At the start of the OutDoor trade show the curtain is raised to reveal which companies received one of the 35 OutDoor Industry Awards. The awards go to products and technologies that demonstrate a particularly high degree of innovation and ...
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Sports Authority, one of the largest full-line sporting goods retailers in the United States and Puerto Rico, announced that it will host grand reopening events for its redesigned stores in the New York (NY) and New Jersey (NJ) area on ...
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Unifi, Inc. announces the expansion of its Recycling Center, which opened in Yadkinville, N.C., May 2010. The expansion comes as Unifi dials up its commitment to Premium Value Added products, like REPREVE, which continue to be a strategic ...
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VF Corporation reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 29, 2014. All per share amounts are presented on a diluted basis. Driven by continued momentum in its Outdoor & Action Sports coalition, earnings per share in the ...
Tags: Apparel
Black Diamond Equipment named Olav Neitzer as its new brand and sales director in Europe, where it has changed its management structure in a bid to accelerate the process of bringing its innovations in climbing, skiing and mountain sports ...
Tags: Black Diamond, business acumen and intelligence, director hardgoods
VF Corp reported revenues rose 8 percent in its fourth quarter to $3.3 billion, compared with the same period of 2012, driven by double-digit growth in its Outdoor & Action Sports, Sportswear, international and direct-to-consumer ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Building robots is hard. Seriously hard. Not only do you have to construct them physically, but even after you've got them all wired up with motors and sensors and batteries and whatnot, they won't actually DO anything until you've spent ...
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