Outdoor Retailer will be hosting Outdoor Adventure X, a new adventure festival for consumers, at Snowbasin Resort in Huntsville, UT, this June. The consumer event will take place the weekend prior to the Outdoor Retailer Summer trade show held at the Salt Palace Convention Center, June 19-21, 2023.

There has been no “game-changing” progress in sustainability for the footwear sector, and shoe professionals are equally divided over whether the industry is living up to the increased marketing of sustainable footwear.

Bolstered by strong category sales gains in Greater China and Oceania during the third quarter, Asics has grown nine-month profitability in its performance run business by 9.6 percent to $316.2 million as segment sales have raced forward by....

The parent of Merrell, Saucony, and 10 other brands, wants to establish $150 million worth of initiatives through a new office of profit improvement with an objective of recognizing at least $65 million worth of savings.

The U.S. arm of Fila Holdings Corp. in Korea generated an operating loss equivalent to $11.6 million in the third quarter as it dealt with weakening pricing power caused by the market’s excess inventory and faced a need to move excess inventory to better align with its five-year strategic plan.

Naot Footwear’s first flagship store is now open in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood at 436 W. Broadway. The boutique, open seven days a week, 11 am to 7 pm, has a minimalist feel and is designed to display the brand’s current collections as “works of art.”

The battered Three Stripes, in desperate need of a positive game changer for its business, has landed one in the form of outgoing Puma Chairman and CEO Bjorn Gulden, who yesterday was officially announced as the next CEO at Adidas.

Crocs, which raised its annual guidance last week after another strong quarter, is facing a bit of a dilemma in North America, particularly the U.S. market. Elevated footwear inventory levels at retail are pressuring margins.

Although the company has dropped its annual revenue guidance due to a difficult fourth quarter comparison, Rocky Brands experienced strong third quarter results with solid contributions from its key brands.

U.S. consumers, faced with the pressures of inflation and higher prices, will go holiday shopping, and spend 6-8 percent more than they did in 2021 to more than $943 billion, according to the annual forecast by the National Retail Foundation that was released last week.

Outdoor industry trade event The Big Gear Show announced that it will hold its next show June 8–11, 2023, in Denver, CO, at the Colorado Convention Center. In addition to changing its location and show dates, the show will also now be inviting consumers into the mix.

Hoka, which Deckers Brands intends to transition to a head-to-toe brand serving running, trail, and hiking consumers worldwide, is forecast to grow its annual sales by 50 percent to help its parent reach its overall FY revenue guidance of $3.45-$3.50 billion.

The Cat, which last week confirmed its full-year outlook of currency-adjusted mid-teens sales growth and EBIT of €600-700 million ($594-695 million), is moving forward under CEO Bjorn Gulden with a strategy that focuses on managing all short-term challenges to prevent them from...

The Three Stripes, which late last week slashed its full-year guidance for a second time in three months, is now figuring out how to move forward without Kanye West, also known as Ye, who had been the brand’s most prominent endorser for the last nine years.

Red Wing Shoe Company will begin 2023 with its first female CEO. The company has named Allison Gettings president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2023. Gettings, who is currently Red Wing’s president, will assume the role of CEO following the planned retirement of Mark Urdahl...

A new 2.6-million-sq.-ft. Skechers distribution center in Southern California is in its final stage of integration into the company’s existing system and is expected to deliver improved processes and volume for Skechers through 2023.

The fashion footwear business in the U.S. increased by 7 percent year-over-year in the third quarter to an estimated $3.5 billion, but the leisure footwear segment was flat at $5.2 billion, and the performance business declined 6 percent to $2.1 billion for the three months ended Sep. 30.

Microban International announced a new partnership with Cosmo, a leader in eco-friendly and sustainable footwear textiles. Cosmo is now the exclusive Microban Approved Component Supplier (ACS) partner in the footwear category...

The first two footwear styles from new trail run brand NNormal launched earlier this month. The brand, a partnership between world-renowned mountain runner Kilian Jornet and Spanish footwear company Camper...

Columbia Sportswear-owned footwear brand Sorel will move into an expanded headquarters building in early 2023. Currently based in downtown Portland, OR, Sorel’s new HQ will be housed in an exclusive single use building on the Columbia Sportswear Company’s campus in Washington county, OR.