U.S. weekly retail sales rose 3.9% for the period ended Oct. 4.The increase was attributed to favorable weather that generated seasonal apparel demand, according to the Intl. Council of Shopping Centers/Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store ...
Tags: apparel demand, Sporting Goods
Retail imports into the U.S. are forecast to total 1.53 million containers in October, up 6.4% and topping the 1.52 million monthly record set in August when monthly imports rose 2.1%. Sep. imports increased an estimated 2.8% to 1.48 ...
Tags: Retail Imports, Sporting Goods
Garmatex Technologies, Inc., a leading inventor of intelligent fabric and apparel solutions, has partnered with Base360 Inc., an innovative manufacturer of safety products for high risk sports, to bring a new generation of protective hockey ...
Tags: Hockey Apparel, Sporting Goods
Sales of the largest sporting goods retailers reached $86,269 million in 2013 against $81,646 million the prior year, an increase of 5.7% in US$ and 6.8% in local currency compared to an impressive 10.2% growth rate in the prior year. ...
Tags: sporting goods, Developed markets
The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts that U.S. Christmas-season retail sales will increase 4.1 percent year on year to approximately $619.9 million for the months of November and December 2014. The projected increase is higher ...
Tags: NRF, Christmas-season retail sales
Asia, which had generally led the global growth rate until the recent inventory glut hit China, is showing signs of improvement but remains the weakest region overall. Sales rose 5.4% in weighted currency but fell in US$ to $12,593 million ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Stuart Redsun, most recently SVP of global brand marketing for Under Armour and a former Nike marketing exec, will join COLM on Oct.6 as chief marketing officer,a new poisition at the Portland, OR,company.Meanwhile, Steve Woodside, a ...
While the U.S. e-commerce market across the board continues to grow faster than brick-and-mortar retailing, the biggest players in e-commerce are growing at a significantly faster rate than their smaller counterparts as they are able to ...
Tags: e-commerce market, Sporting Goods
SnowSports Industries America along with Protect Our Winters (POW) on Sept. 19 gathered Portland, OR-based media and snow sports industry leaders to mix, mingle and learn about snow-related topics from both organizations before the Portland ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
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 ...
Mountain Hardwear has begun showing the film “Days Of My Youth” to snow enthusiasts and powderhounds around the world this fall and winter. ADVERTISEMENT The movie, which premiered along with a dusting of snow two weeks ago ...
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 ...
Tags: materials, sporting goods products
U.S. imports in September are forecast to remain at above-average levels although off slightly from a record August as retailers continue to stock up inventory ahead of the Holiday season. Import volumes are expected to reach 1.47 million ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, import level
U.S. Retail Sales rose 3.0% from the prior year for the week ended Sep. 13, but were down 2.6% from the prior week, according to the Intl. Council of Shopping Centers/Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index. Sales were strong for ...
Tags: Retail Sales, Sporting Goods
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 ...
Tags: footwear, TAF USA, Sporting Goods