Some people took up baking during the shutdown: Alan Miklofsky took up radio. Miklofsky, president of the Tucson, AZ-based Alan’s Shoes chain, has been hosting “Back to Business with Rob and Alan,” which airs Saturday mornings on KVOI 1030 AM The Voice, since the beginning of May.

Famous Footwear parent Caleres says a curbside pick-up option will be available at approximately 500 Famous Footwear stores by June 30, up from 300 at the end of the first quarter. Meanwhile, after analyzing the performance of every store within its portfolio, Caleres will now...

As the calendar turned to May and more of their stores were able to re-open, chain retailers Zumiez and Tilly’s realized improved sales. But the recession, expected promotional environment and upcoming Back-to-School/Holiday 2020 seasons mean additional challenges lie ahead for each banner.

Boot Barn will slow its brick-and-mortar expansion plans this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic but still intends to eventually reach 500 doors, the Irvine, CA-based retailer said.The 259-door chain aims to capitalize on what it sees as a customer segmentation split between...

Eastbay’s longtime operation in Wausau, WI, is being shuttered in July with as many as 187 layoffs as Foot Locker combines Champs Sports and Eastbay under a single leadership team based in Bradenton, FL. Foot Locker confirmed the restructuring during its first-quarter earnings call last week.

Although team sports sales have taken a massive hit as a result of school closings and the cancellation of spring sports throughout the country, the general category of sporting goods, along with home fitness and bicycles, actually fared fairly well in the midst of the pandemic...

Michael Schindler, the long-time CEO and president of Baden Sports, passed away on February 19 from an apparent heart attack during a vacation in Hawaii. Schindler was 70.Schindler was the son of Baden founder E.C. Schindler.

Two sporting goods and team sports legends recently passed away.John A. McArthur, the man whose name graced the iconic team dealer and sporting goods retailer he founded back in 1967, passed away Feb. 10, 2020, from pneumonia and cardiac failure. He was 92.

Bill Robinson, a sporting goods industry legend who built Bradenton, FL-based Robby’s Sporting Goods into a regional sporting goods retail powerhouse before selling it to Woolworth – which then turned it into Champs Sports – passed away January 2 at the age of 70.

Olympia Sports, which was recently acquired by sports retailer JackRabbit, is closing 76 stores. The athletic footwear and apparel chain will continue to operate its remaining 75 stores under the Olympia Sports’ banner.

Stage Stores, operator of six department banners representing 738 doors across 42 states, filed for Chap. 11 on May 10, becoming the third U.S. retailer after J. Crew and Neiman Marcus to file for bankruptcy protection this month.

Under Armour President and CEO Patrik Frisk thinks overriding “rebalancing” strategies amid the COVID-19 pandemic will focus on everything from inventory levels and distribution focus to further rationalization of overall U.S. brick-and-mortar store space.

“Gotta Go to Mo’s” is a phrase that may continue to ring true in New York City, but consumers will have far fewer places to head for their apparel and licensed garb, according to bankruptcy court documents filed in early March.

The go-forward strategy for Pittsburgh-based Dick’s Sporting Goods, the nation’s largest full-line sporting goods retailer, will focus on women athletes, team sports, golf, private label offerings and a stronger “Buy Online, Pick-up in Store” (BOPIS) platform — and much less on hunting.

Online? In store? As far as Foot Locker’s Dick Johnson is concerned, it’s immaterial. Almost 18 months after integrating its digital and in-store operations, and a year into an intensive back-end overhaul to speed up its site, Foot Locker has reaped the rewards of a unified strategy that makes...

Parent company Genesco has invested in expanding and upgrading retailer Journeys’ distribution center over the last year. Noteworthy among the changes is the addition of a customized module for e-commerce picking, to increase delivery speed to consumers, enhance efficiency and lower costs.

DSW’s decision last week to team with Authentic Brands Group (ABG), on the acquisition of the operations and intellectual property rights of Camuto Group in a $375M deal slated to close in Q4, is part of a broader strategy to expand its reach in footwear with both consumers and other retailers.

When Brendan Madigan first began working at Tahoe City, CA, mountain shop Alpenglow Sports in 2003, he was a self-described “part-time employee and mostly full-time ski bum.”

Heritage is a term that can conjure many meanings – authenticity, quality and nostalgia. Separately, it can also signify old items and things that are out of touch.