Clothing and fashion are very vulnerable to high street decline because online clothing sales only amount to 15% of total apparel sales, compared to perhaps half of all sales for books and consumer electronics. When the High Street ...
Skins Compression has brought its Northwest brand rep Alex Moore in house. Moore is relocating to Southern California as part of the compression brand's plan to grow its business in this market. He will be an exclusive territory manager for ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
Ennis, reported financial results for the first quarter ended May 31, 2013. Highlights for the quarter include Consolidated gross profit margin increased 610 basis points -Print gross profit margin increased 180 basis points -Apparel ...
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Sales of outdoor products fell 1.7 percent in May compared to the same month last year, according to the Outdoor Industry Association VantagePoint report. VantagePoint tracks point-of-sale data from more than 10,000 retail locations and ...
Tags: Outdoor Product, Transportation
With the cycle in rules changes affecting equipment and uniforms in something of a lull, the SFIA’s annual meeting with the NCAA and the NFHS rule making bodies focused on how technology can be used to enhance play and, more ...
Tags: Rule Makers, Sporting Goods
Quiksilver, Inc. announced the appointment of Nicholas Drake as Chief Marketing Officer, effective July 1. “We have reorganized our senior management structure in order to centralize key functions and responsibilities across the ...
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First Quarter 2013 Financial Results - Total net sales increased to $120.8 million, a 13.1% increase compared to the same period in 2012. - Net sales for the Company’s U.S. Consumer Direct segment, which includes the ...
Tags: Apparel Sales, Apparel
Mavic parent Amer Sports reported a 2 percent increase in sales for the first quarter on Thursday, and said it expected full-year sales to rise by at least 5 percent. For Amer's Mavic cycling brand, sales rose slightly to $47.6 million ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
Mavic parent Amer Sports reported a 2 percent increase in sales for the first quarter on Thursday, and said it expected full-year sales to rise by at least 5 percent. For Amer's Mavic cycling brand, sales rose slightly to $47.6 million ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
With increasing challenges being faced from the rapidly increasing e-commerce portals, several clothing retailers have begun introducing online sales to compliment their brick and mortar stores. The brands which have introduced e-stores ...
Tags: Clothing Retailers, Clothing
Outdoor product sales saw a 7.6 percent uptick in sales in March, driven by outdoor apparel, footwear and hardgoods sales — and led by sales through online and discount/mass retailers. Outdoor product sales totaled $881.4 million in ...
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Ennis, Inc. reported financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended February 28, 2013. Highlights for the quarter include: Consolidated sales increased 1.7% - Print sales increased $7.4 million - Apparel sales declined $5.2 ...
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Fits.me announced total Series A investment in the company of close to £5 million. Series A investment has been subscribed by existing investor SmartCap, with new participation from Conor Venture Partners, Fostergate Holdings Limited ...
Tags: Textile, Textile Industry
Brazil's garment sector production rose by 5.33 percent year-on-year, while textile sector output declined by 2.83 percent year-on-year, according to a statement released by Associação Brasileira da Indústria ...
Iconic Italian fashion brand Benetton is eyeing at India to be its biggest market in next 10 years by opening more stores across the country. In a conversation with fibre2fashion, managing director of Benetton India, Mr. Sanjeev Mohanty ...
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