After having successfully streamlined its business strategy and operations in 2012, s.Oliver will open 30 new point of sales in 2013 & up to 200 by 2016. s.Oliver, the German fashion and Lifestyle Company, has restructured its ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
Durango Mountain Resort recently held a grand opening for Purgatory Cycle Works, a full-service retail, service and rental shop on the resort grounds. The shop, which is owned and managed by Durango Mountain Resort, has three employees, ...
Sherwood Ross, better known in the industry as Jerry Ross, passed away Tuesday at the age of 92. Ross was an engineer and former president of Ross Bicycles, one of the top U.S. bike manufacturers from the 1950s to late 1980s. Through the ...
Tags: Transportation, Engineer, Ross Bicycles
Why to Choose Tricycles are typically used by children between the ages of two and four, after which point they usually switch to a bicycle, often with training wheels. Parents choosing a tricycle for their child should ensure ...
Tags: Ride on Toys, children's tricycles
One year after its US toy market launch, the Lexibook Junior Tablet has won an important award from the magazine The Toy Insider - the annual holiday consumer toy guide. In May 2013, the Lexibook Junior Tablet received "The Toy Insider's ...
Tags: Lexibook, Junior Tablet, Toy Insider
Television and movie dads such as Will Arnett (Up All Night) and Chris Rock (What to Expect When You're Expecting) have made it cool to strap on a baby carrier or stock up the stroller. A gift of a sturdy stroller, baby backpack or bike ...
Tags: Father's Day, Gifts
Belk, Inc., the nation’s largest family owned and operated fashion department store company, announced operating results for its fiscal first quarter ended May 4, 2013. Tim Belk, chairman and chief executive officer of Belk, Inc., ...
Sears Canada Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement with Grand National Apparel Inc. to exclusively launch Matthew McConaughey's new just keep livin (JKL) brand clothing line. Sears will begin offering JKL apparel in store and ...
Tags: Matthew McConaughey, Apparel, Sears Canada
The Dad's Choice Awards 2013 is reminding companies and individuals to submit their entries. The awards are open to any toy, game puzzle, app or electronic device that meets the category criteria. The closing date for entries is Friday, ...
Tags: dad's choice awards, Toys
Innovation, negativity, crazy ideas and nothing less than the future of technology were on Google CEO Larry Page's mind when he took the stage at his company's I/O developers conference in San Francisco recently. With no demos and no ...
Tags: Google, Innovation, Negativity
The company that brought us the PadFone, an all-in-one smartphone, tablet and laptop device, is thinking a bit bigger. Taiwan's Asustek Computer has now combined a tablet, smartphone and desktop PC into a single product that it calls the ...
Tags: Asus, Transformer Book Trio
Make-your-own cushion products also arrive in ELC, Debenhams and more; start-up sets up licensing arm. A fresh range of craft kits that let kids create their own cushions and masks will debut at retail in July. The MakeMee Woodland ...
Tags: hobbycraft, lumoo, pre-school
German trade show organizer ISPO has named one overall and seven category winners of its biannual "Bike Industry’s Best Start Ups" awards. The eight winners were selected from 188 entries, with the majority of product submissions ...
Tags: ISPO, Transportation, German
Net income fell 11% to $18,382,000 from $20,614,000 for the three months ended May 4 on a 1% sales decline to $591,388,000 to $600,144,000 which included an oberall 4% comp store decline. Journeys comped down 2% while lids comped down 6% ...
Tags: Genesco, Momentum Building
MessagePetz, the Wi-Fi-enabled smart Teddy Bears , have launched on crowd-funding site Kickstarter with early "bear" specials starting from $89. MessagePetz is a huggable, soft Teddy Bear that allows parents and children to communicate ...
Tags: Kickstarter, Teddy Bear, Wi-Fi