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Falls Road Running Store Owner Jim Adams and Son Earn NRF Honors for Retail Video Saucony, Keds and Sperry acquired by Wolverine Worldwide Russell Athletic Creates iPad Customization Uniform Builder App Have you heard of the Altramaniacs yet? [videos] What It Looks Like When Cabela
 
Falls Road Running Store Owner Jim Adams and Son Earn NRF Honors for Retail Video

Falls Road Running Store Owner Jim Adams and Son Earn NRF Honors for Retail Video

Above: “How Retail Powers the Economy” featuring Jim Adams of Falls Road Running Store. Jim Adams, the owner of Falls Road Running store in Baltimore, was recently asked by an aspiring young film maker if he would star in a movie about how retail powers the economy. The only catch—the filmmaker, living in California, needed [...]

Saucony, Keds and Sperry acquired by Wolverine Worldwide

From Running Insight: Saucony, Keds and Sperry acquired by Wolverine Worldwide In a move that has been anticipated for almost a year, Saucony, one of the hottest brands in the running business for the past five years, will be acquired by Wolverine Worldwide, the footwear conglomerate that owns Merrell, Chaco, Sebago and a number of [...]

Russell Athletic Creates iPad Customization Uniform Builder App

Russell Athletic has launched a uniform builder application for the iPad. The mobile interface will allow coaches, athletic directors and other consumers to create and save unique uniform designs on the go. The application, which is free and one of the first of its kind for team sports, was developed to allow users to work [...]

Have you heard of the Altramaniacs yet? [videos]

Have you heard of the Altramaniacs yet? [videos]

Above: Videos of the Altramaniacs, courtesy of Altra Zero Drop Footwear. More videos can be viewed on Altra’s YouTube channel. The below article is from the April 16, 2012 issue of Running Insight magazine. Quirky Superhero Duo Hits the Web for Altra Have you heard of the Altramaniacs yet? They are a couple of quirky [...]

What It Looks Like When Cabela’s Opens a New Store

What It Looks Like When Cabela’s Opens a New Store

Above: Video via Cabela’s from the recent grand opening of the outdoor chain’s newest store in Wichita, KS. The Wichita Eagle reported that up to 4,000 customers waited in line for hours for the doors to open at the 80,000 square-foot store.

Vapor Apparel Adopts a Beach

28 March 2012

Vapor Apparel, a brand that makes performance apparel for the digital decorator, is hitting the beach and rolling up their sleeves. The Charleston based company recently adopted a beach on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina in conjunction with the South Carolina Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. “We’re ready to do the dirty work for [...]

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What It Looks Like When Cabela’s Opens a New Store

What It Looks Like When Cabela’s Opens a New Store

23 March 2012

Above: Video via Cabela’s from the recent grand opening of the outdoor chain’s newest store in Wichita, KS. The Wichita Eagle reported that up to 4,000 customers waited in line for hours for the doors to open at the 80,000 square-foot store.

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2012 NSGA Management Conference & Team Dealer Summit Keynoters Bring Star Power to the Event

21 March 2012

With the 48th Annual NSGA Management Conference & 14th Annual Team Dealer Summit less than two months away, the excitement is building for another excellent event in San Antonio. This year’s Conference & Summit brings some star power in the form of five keynote speakers who will share interesting content with attendees throughout the event. [...]

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New Gildan Triple-A Baseball National Championship Logo Unveiled

20 March 2012

Gildan and Triple-A Baseball unveiled a new logo (pictured at right) for the recently announced Gildan title sponsorship of the 2012 Gildan Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game. Triple-A Baseball’s pinnacle postseason event, the Gildan Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game, is a winner-take-all matchup between the winners of the International League and the Pacific Coast League [...]

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Nike Signs Andrew Luck

Nike Signs Andrew Luck

13 March 2012

Nike has announced the signing of this year’s probable top pick in the NFL draft, quarterback Andrew Luck. The record-breaking Stanford QB garnered a number of national and conference accolades during his college career, including both The Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Award as National Player of the Year as well as First Team All-America [...]

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Sh*t Bad Retailers Say [video]

Sh*t Bad Retailers Say [video]

09 March 2012

Watch the video above for some amusing scenes from a typically bad retail store. Does any of it sound familiar? “Let me know if I can help!” Great job on that video by The Mann Group (www.manngroup.net).

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Spalding Signs Jimmer Fredette, Mario Chalmers and Chris Singleton

07 March 2012

Spalding has signed three NBA players, all of whom will support the launch of the brand’s new footwear and apparel collection. Sacramento Kings’ rookie Jimmer Fredette (pictured at left), Miami Heat guard Mario Chalmers and Washington Wizards’ rookie Chris Singleton have entered into marketing and promotional agreements with Spalding. In addition to supporting the brand’s [...]

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Merrell Launches Barefoot Site for Women

Merrell Launches Barefoot Site for Women

06 March 2012

Merrell has launched a women’s-specific online resource dedicated to educating and training women on barefoot running and fitness: www.merrell.com/barefoot-women. The title of the site is “Pretty Strong,” and it’s captioned with “unleash your natural power, embrace your natural beauty.” Meant to encourage women to set and meet their personal fitness goals through the benefits of [...]

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Nike Flyknit Design Process [videos]

Nike Flyknit Design Process [videos]

29 February 2012

Above: videos via Nike. Nike Flyknit is a footwear construction technology Nike is touting as “a minimalist design with maximum return.” As Nike Inc. president & CEO Mark Parker describes it: “The Nike Flyknit upper redefines the idea of running footwear: lightweight and virtually seamless, it acts like a second skin for the foot and [...]

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Keen Purchases Building in Portland for New HQ

28 February 2012

Keen announced that it has purchased a building at the corner of 13th & Glisan in Portland, Oregon that will serve as the company’s new headquarters. The building is just a few blocks away from the company’s existing operation in Portland’s Pearl District. The 50,000 square foot office building is a five story building that [...]

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