Exceed Company Ltd., owner of China's Xidelong athletic brand, said it is negotiating with its Chairman and CE0 Shuipan Lin to again extend the deadline for him to close on his proposed acquisition of the company following news that he had ...
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The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced that Dow Chemical Company and Preferred Sands' innovation, TERAFORCE Technology, won the 2014 Polyurethane Innovation Award. The winner, ...
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L.L.Bean plans to open its first Minnesota store. The new L.L.Bean store will be located in the popular Mall of America. The 29,000 square-foot store will employ approximately 120 people and will feature an assortment of active and casual ...
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Sportsman's Warehouse will open its fifth store in Colorado and its fourth in Arizona next summer. The new stores will be located in Sheridan, CO and Flagstaff, AZ. Th Midvale-UT-based specialty retailer plans to open eight new stores in ...
Highgear, the maker of performance watches, navigation tools and accessories owned by Implus, has been shuttered at least for now. "At this time, our Highgear division has been closed,” said Alden Mills, president of Perfect ...
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Nanyang technological unibersity, which has steadily been expanding since its 2011 founding, is establishing an international consortium to develop materials and processes for sporting goods products. Founding members of the NTU's ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) hailed the introduction this week of the US Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act of 2014 or also called the US Outdoor Act. The Act which seeks to ...
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Oboz has launched a new website that makes getting info about Oboz shoes and boots fast and easy. The new site, , is designed to cater to mobile users, but also serves desktop or laptop researchers with clean, simple navigation and ...
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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 ...
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Scotch & Soda, a Dutch fashion company based in Amsterdam, US, that designs and manufactures menswear and womenswear is set to install the Centric 8 Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software by Centric Software Inc. "Centric 8 will help ...
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Adidas and Foot Locker introduced 'The a Standard,' the first shop-in-shop retail concept within Foot Locker. The a Standard offers premium product from Adidas’ sport performance and style collections, including footwear and apparel. ...
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Family-owned U.S.A. Dawgs, a Las Vegas maker and marketer of EVA clog-type footwear since 2006, has sued Crocs. The 30-page, anti-trust complaint alleges Crocs has been misleading the public and consumers for more than a decade about its ...
TAF's U.S. franchisees have agreed to switch to a more vertical business model with a clearer single positioning and drive product strategy in a single direction, similar to the strategy utilized by the major U.S. integrated athletic ...
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Former Asics America senoir executive Jim Monahan is president of 361º USA, based in Irive, CA, that will distribute the Chinese brand in the US and Canda. Select retailers will begin selling a variety of athletic and lifestyle ...
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La Sportiva North America Inc. has made several recent changes in the marketing, events, and customer service teams at to support growth, which it said is being spurred by a sharp spike in the sale of Mountain Running footwear and success ...
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