Portland, OR-based Keen has delivered 650 Fit Shield protective barriers to retail accounts, the company said. The clear vinyl plastic shields, designed for use at the fitting stool, separate and protect both store employees fitting clients and customers as they are fit.

The Big Gear Show has canceled its inaugural event, originally slated for July 22-25 in Salt Lake City. Set to serve the paddling, cycling, climbing and camping markets with a retailer-minded, low-cost trade show, BGS is postponing its first show to Aug. 3-5, 2021.

Boston-based running apparel brand Tracksmith has signed Mary Cain and Nick Willis to a new kind of athlete sponsorship model that will see the runners join the brand as full-time employees in the marketing department while training with an eye to competing in...

REI Co-op president and CEO Eric Artz will forgo his salary for the next 6 months as well as his incentives for 2020 as the retail co-op will put the majority of its retail and field employees on unpaid 90-day furlough starting April 15 as it...

Shoe Carnival senior executives declined to answer an analyst question about footwear vendors possibly extending dating on orders by 60 days during the company’s fourth-quarter conference call last week.

Dick’s Sporting Goods footwear sales accounted for 21 percent of its FY19 revenues, or an implied $1,837.6 million, according to the company’s annual report. The total represents an...

‍Geox North American revenues dipped 8.6 percent (-11.9 percent in constant currency) to the equivalent of $51.7 million in 2019. The Italian company blamed the slide on negative results in the wholesale channel, where it has shifted its partner base to those more aligned with...

Leading footwear industry executives, innovators and college industrial design students gathered in Boston last week for Vibram's third Sneaker Forum event.

A new trade show is set to launch this July. The Big Gear Show, from the team behind Paddlesports Retailer, will take place July 21-25 in Salt Lake City and will feature hardgoods only. It will also have a consumer element.

ANTA + Amer: A group consisting of China’s publicly traded ANTA Sports Group, an affiliate of FountainVest Partners, Lululemon founder Chip Wilson and Tencent will commence a 4.6 billion euro ($5.25 billion) offer for Amer Sports.

Foot Locker’s go-forward strategy will be tied to more creative projects with key partners and smaller, secondary players such as Vans, K-Swiss, Fila, Puma and Reebok.

Altra has hired Todd Dalhausser as brand president, effective immediately. Dalhausser joins the VF Corp.-owned Altra from Wolverine World Wide, where he served as SVP of sales for Saucony North America.

Aerosoles is collaborating with the Martha Stewart brand to create a line of fashionable, functional footwear inspired by Stewart’s “timeless style.” The first style to launch from Martha’s collaboration with Aerosoles is a collection of rain boots with an equestrian twist for Holiday 2018.