Erem, the footwear brand committed to making high performance footwear with minimal environmental impact, announced the hiring of Chris Rischke, formerly the Director of Operations at Oboz, as the company’s VP of Operations and Wholesale, effective immediately.

Recovery footwear brand OOFOS is teaming up with the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders and the team’s quarterback Derek Carr in two different partnership deals.

Active lifestyle retail chain Zumiez realized an 85 percent drop in second quarter operating profit to $5.0 million from $32.0 million for the period ended July 30. Ebit was down by 83 percent to $5.5 million as net income came in 87 percent lower year-over-year at $3.1 million versus $24.0 million.

This fall, Alegria is introducing its new ROK n ROLL collection featuring a next generation rocker outsole. Footwear in the line sports athleisure style and is designed with comfort and support in mind to meet the needs of...

Customers at Journeys, the Genesco-owned retailer, who were getting squeezed by inflation and trading down to more affordable price points in the second quarter ended July 30, are continuing to move their footwear preferences away from fashion athletic styles to more casual offerings.

The Designer Brands-owned retailer DSW, which experienced a 40 percent year-over-year increase in sales of its own brands in Q2, is working with top branded partners to go narrower and deeper with their respective assortments.

Under its AVAL brand, Drymax Technologies is introducing two new diabetic socks that the brand says are designed to “dramatically improve the environment for the feet inside the shoe.”

VF Corp., the Denver-based parent of brands including Vans, The North Face, Timberland and Altra, is eliminating 600 office-based positions or 1.7 percent of its existing workforce, according to a report by the Denver Business Journal last week that was confirmed by the company.

Faced with a lack of athletic inventory for weeks due to late deliveries, Shoe Carnival leaned on non-athletic footwear to bolster Q2 results.

St. Louis-based Caleres, with a brand portfolio segment consisting of a range of labels, including Naturalizer, Lifestride, Allen Edmonds, Vionic and Dr. Scholl’s, delivered a 78 percent increase in Q2 profits to $29.4 million on 36 percent revenue growth to $324.1 million from $239.0 million.

St. Louis-based Caleres, with a brand portfolio segment consisting of a range of labels, including Naturalizer, Lifestride, Allen Edmonds, Vionic and Dr. Scholl’s, delivered a 78 percent increase in Q2 profits to $29.4 million on 36 percent revenue growth to $324.1 million from $239.0 million.

Lifestyle, comfort footwear company Waco Shoe Co., which builds its footwear around its research-based orthotic-driven insole, is relaunching three products under its Revitalign brand—the Kholo, Siesta and Yumi—with improved sole designs.

Lauren Hobart, president and CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods, the nation’s largest full-line sporting goods chain, last week said the retailer’s footwear segment today is really strong due to its best-in-class assortment that is connecting with customers.

Cincinnati-based footwear supplier Totes-Isotoner launched a ‘Wearable Recovery’ campaign in August for their new Zenz styles of Isotoner’s slipper-like footwear.

Mary N. Dillon, the former executive Chair and CEO of Ulta Beauty, Inc and a past McDonald’s Corp. and PepsiCo senior executive., is taking the helm of Foot Locker on Sept. 1 as president and CEO to replace the retiring Richard Johnson.

Kasper Rorsted’s term as CEO of adidas AG will be over more than three years before his employment contract expires on July 31, 2026, despite the company experiencing double-digit growth in 85 percent of its business.

Ida Sports, a sports footwear company based in Melbourne, Australia, specializing in women’s-specific soccer footwear, won The Sports and Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) 2022 Start-Up Challenge last month.

Sporting goods retailer Academy Sports + Outdoors has opened a new store in Atlanta, GA. Located at 130 Perimeter Center West, in Perimeter Square Shopping Center, the 50,200 square-foot store is Academy’s 12th location across metro Atlanta and 20th throughout Georgia.

Happy to report another happy experience — our recent trip to the Atlanta Shoe Market was a good one. Merriam-Webster defines happy as 1) pleasure or contentment; 2) notably fitting, effective or well adapted; 3) marked by atmosphere of good fellowship.

Now that all the major, public athletic footwear brands have reported their respective results for the three months ending June 30 (in Nike’s case, Q4 ended May 31), it is a good time to summarize what each is saying about the running category.