08 Jul Under Armour Partners with Aston Villa F.C.
Under Armour has partnered with Aston Villa F.C. Beginning with this season's "Fight Like Lions'" campaign, Under Armour is joining forces with the proud and historic Aston Villa F.C. through 2021. The Club's new home and away kits, in addition to training wear, are also...
08 Jul Nike Renews Partnership With La Liga Spanish Football League
"We are delighted to extend this partnership, which began in the 1996–97 season. Nike is the leading brand in football and is continually innovating through the relationships we hold with the world's best players, clubs, federations and leagues," states Lorenzo Moretti, Vice President and General...
08 Jul Gaiam Sells Consumer Products to Sequential Brands for $167 Million
Gaiam, Inc. completed the sale of its branded consumer product business to Sequential Brands Group, Inc. and its operating partner Fit For Life LLC for a gross consideration of $167 million, subject to closing costs and standard post-closing adjustments, including net working capital....
07 Jul Brexit & Footwear
We are rather humored by the global market hysteria surrounding the Brexit. Why? According to World Bank stats, Britain accounts for less than 4% of global output and its exports to E.U. states account for 14% of its GDP; meaning even if new trade...
07 Jul Big Change Starts With Small Talk at All Levels
If Art Krulish, director of customer success at Setlog, a cloud-based supply chain and vendor compliance management platform, could offer one piece of advice to apparel companies, it would be this: talk. During a Product Innovation Apparel discussion last week, titled "Enhancing Interdepartmental Collaboration and...
07 Jul 3 Reasons To Be Upbeat About Retail This Summer
So says the latest note — under that same title — from Cowen and Co.'s consumer team, which analyzed consumer momentum for the season. "We acknowledge rising labor costs, promotional cadences in retail and restaurants but overall consumption trends should remain robust," the team said...
07 Jul What Brands & Retailers Need To Know About Offering In-Store Pickup
A new study from Bizrate Insights, a division of Connexity, found that 31 percent of online buyers have used in-store pickup in the past year, while 13 percent said they considered abandoning a purchase because in-store pickup wasn't offered. Whether it's on a Wall Street...
07 Jul Valentino Confirms Maria Grazia Chiuri's Exit, Appoints Pierpaolo Piccioli Creative Director
Confirming a WWD report, the Rome-based group said the designer is "to pursue a new professional experience," which sources say is to join Dior as its seventh couturier. Pierpaolo Piccioli will become sole creative director of Valentino. Together, the designers presented their swan song Valentino...
05 Jul 4 Things to Know About Shoes This Week
Now that the Nike Nightie joke has subsided, on-court competition is heating up. The London tournament wraps on Sunday with semifinals kicking off Thursday and the final matches happening on Saturday (women's singles) and Sunday (men's singles)....
05 Jul Biion Finds Disney's Dory in New Collection
Disney's lost animated fish Dory has been found… on a new pair of shoes by Canadian shoe brand Biion. In celebration of the new Disney Pixar Film "Finding Dory," this winter Biion will release a new, limited-edition line of unisex shoes, available in both adult...