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Lululemon CEO resigns following Q1 results
June 10, 2013

VANCOUVER, British Columbia โ€” Lululemon reported results for the first quarter ended May 5, but the news of the day was CEO Christine Day's resignation after five and a half years. Day will...

Athleta translates race sponsorship into foot traffic
June 10, 2013

Fitness and lifestyle brand Athleta is sponsoring this year's Esprit de She 5K and 10K races, designed exclusively for women, to be held Thursday, June 27, at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary,...

Fathead Turns Crisis Into Opportunity
June 10, 2013

A Fathead mistake turned into an opportunity for the brand. And for Reddit. Last week, a Reddit user posted an image of a Tim Tebow Fathead poster he'd purchased online. The thing is, the user ordered a Tom Brady Fathead. Naturally, he went to Reddit to complain. The post had 2,624 upvotes (the Reddit equivalent of a Facebook like) and 675 comments. It's the kind of attention a brand doesn't want to see when it screws up. 

Online barbecue store reopens
June 10, 2013

St. Augustine, Fla. โ€“ Barbecue product retailer Heaton Enterprises has reopened its online barbecue store...

J.Crew Feels the Pain of Lower-Priced Competition
June 10, 2013

After several seasons of rampant growth, J.Crew posted a decline this quarter, WWD reports. Net income went down 4.5 percent to $29.3 million this spring. Libby Wadle, newly promoted president of the J.Crew brand, says times were tough this spring. "It was a tough macroeconomic environment out there. We had to change how we planned to do business. It was about navigating through the environment in the healthiest way we could."

Retailers remain cautious on merchandise imports
June 10, 2013

Washington, D.C. -- Import volume at the nationโ€™s major retail container ports is expected to increase 1.1% in June over the same month last year, reflecting modest growth expectations as retailers...