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Emerald Acquires Outdoor and Sporting Goods-Focused B2B Purchasing Platform

Retail TouchPoints

The Elastic Suite platform streamlines the wholesale buying process for both brands and retail buyers, offering a digital year-round transactional platform for use by Emerald’s customers. Key client brands include Patagonia , The North Face , Timberland , Vans and Puma.

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Top Wholesale Easter Products

Independent Retailer

Get these items from wholesale suppliers and profit for the holiday. While these are hot commodities, there are plenty of other wholesale merchandise retailers can offer shoppers to make the most stunning baskets: Wholesale Decorated Easter Eggs Glittery colors and patterns make a step-up for your egg hunts and gift baskets.

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Patagonia Workers in Reno Store Vote to Join Union

Retail TouchPoints

Along with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), the UFCW has been making inroads at other outdoor retailers recently, organizing nine REI locations across the U.S. The associates at a Patagonia store in Reno, Nev. with the RWDSU and five Vertical Endeavors climbing gyms in Minnesota.

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Dave Burwick to join BJ’s Wholesale board of directors

Mass Relators

Mr. Burwick serves on the board of Deckers Outdoor Corporation, a publicly held footwear design and distribution company, and The Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc., The post Dave Burwick to join BJ’s Wholesale board of directors appeared first on MMR: Mass Market Retailers. Prior to that, he spent 20 years at PepsiCo, Inc.

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Kathmandu parent KMD Brands sees sales, net profit increase

Inside Retail

Outdoor apparel retailer KMD Brands has witnessed an increase in sales and net profit in FY23 on the back of improved performance across all its businesses – with the Rip Curl and Oboz brands achieving record sales. Despite a challenging wholesale market, group wholesale sales grew by 11 per cent.” Sales grew 12.6

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L.L.Bean Expands to Dillard’s and Moosejaw, Plans 4 New Brick-and-Mortar Stores

Retail TouchPoints

The outdoor goods retailer also will add Dillard’s and Moosejaw to its key U.S. wholesale accounts, along with 10 independent specialty retailers in the southeastern U.S. We’re grateful to be in a position to expand our retail presence and build new wholesale relationships in order to serve more customers.”

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How Kathmandu plans to become the world’s most loved outdoor brand

Inside Retail

From switching its focus on hardcore sporting adventures to inspiring joy in the great outdoors, Kathmandu is changing things up as it primes itself for global ambitions. We’re about being more inclusive and making the outdoors more accessible to everybody. We’ll do online direct-to-consumer and have wholesale partners.

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