Kohl’s is an American department store retail chain with over 1100 stores across the USA. With their tremendous buying power, their online shop is a winner. Kohls retail well-known brands like Nike, Adidas, Levi’s, and New Balance for a moderately discounted price but also have their own branded product lines, such as Sonoma, which is their clothing brand, for both men,… Read More »
NORDSTROM is an American upscale fashion retailer with over 250 stores located across 36 states. Their online portal nordstrom.com receives over 20 million visits each month making it one of the largest and most successful online shopping sites in the world. In addition to their main site, Nordstrom also sell online through nordstromrack.com, a relatively new site offering… Read More »
Sierra Trading Post operate five retail “bricks-and-mortar” stores throughout the mid-west US as well as operating a catalog mail-order business and selling online. Products Sierra Trading Post retails seconds, overstocks and closeouts in categories like outdoor recreation and adventure gear, footwear, clothing and home decor. They carry sometimes heavily discounted goods from around 300 name-brand manufacturers.… Read More »
Products Eastbay retails athletic footwear, apparel and sports equipment through mail order. They sell most major brands as well as a range of their own in-house branded apparel. Website Eastbay.com is slick, easy to use and with all the standard features that good online portals have; including product picture zooms and extensive customer reviews. We really liked… Read More »
With retail stores all over Canada, Canada’s largest retailer of sporting clothing and sports equipment, Sport Chek, has established a successful online component to its business, providing flexibility for shoppers and the company itself. Background Sports Chek’s parent company FGL Sports Ltd operates under various banners including National Sports, Atmosphere, Intersport and others. PGL Sports accounts for 16.4%… Read More »
There was a time when Reebok really were cool. Back in the 1980’s, Reebok dominated the sneaker market, leading the US market for three years in a row from 1987-89. The 1980’s was bookended by innovations with the 1982 release of the Reebok Freestyle aerobics shoe – the first athletic shoe designed for women and the 1989 Reebok Pump… Read More »
The makers of the world’s first ever basketball shoe, Converse, have had a turnaround in their business since their narrow escape from insolvency in 2001. Since being bought out by Nike , Converse have repositioned their brand with clever marketing and, backed by their parent company Nike, greatly expanded their retail presence. Wearing Converse as a… Read More »
Product Saks Fifth Avenue retails designer clothing, shoes, handbags, jewellery, beauty and other products. Saks reputation is forged on the back of the quality of its product lie and their sensitivity to fashion trends. The sister store – SAKS Off Fifth – is the discount off-shoot. Shop online now at saksoff5th.com! Website Saks.com was launched in 2000… Read More »
PUMA is one of the world’s leading sports brands specialising in footwear, apparel and accessories. Their online store puma.com attracts around 2 million unique visitors per month which places it behind rival Adidas and well behind market leader Nike. Since 2007 Puma has been part of French group Kering (formerly known as Pinault-Printemps-Redoute or PPR). Product Line… Read More »