Article From：chinadaily Senior citizens exercise at an elderly care service center in Tangshan, Hebei province in April 2023. In recent years, Hebei has been accelerating the construction and optimization of such service centers. MOU YU/X...

Article From：chinadaily Meng Zixuan, along with her father Meng Hua and mother Meng Haiqing prepare to paddleboard across the Qiongzhou Straight on Feb 7. CHINA DAILY Meng Zixuan, from Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, celebrated...

Article From：SGB Media Product sales in the sporting goods, fitness, and related recreational markets grew 4.2 percent last year, according to the Sports Fitness Industry Associations (SFIA) 2024 Manufacturers Sales by Category Report. Th...

Article From：SGB Media Despite the challenging economic climate, the U.S. footwear market, as reported by Circana, demonstrated resilience in the first quarter. Retail sales turned a corner, with revenues holding steady at $ 9.1 billion,...

Article From：SGB Media RMS North America released its annual State of the Industry Report, suggesting that camping sentiment is up across the board despite ongoing concerns about inflation. The company, a provider of reservation and prope...

Article From：SGB Media Golf Datatech (GDT) reported that U.S. market sales for on- and off-course specialty golf equipment grew 1.5 percent in March, pushing the first quarter sales growth up 1.4 percent. The best-performing category was...

Article From：SGB Media Anta opened its first carbon-neutral retail store, AntaZero, on Earth Day at 98 Wukang Road, to align with global sustainability trends and Chinas dual carbon objectives, advancing sustainable retail practices in th...

Article From：fibre2fashion About 54 per cent of global supply chain and logistics leaders are now prioritising the automation of repetitive and non-value-added tasks to bolster worker productivity, according to a study conducted by Descar...

Article From：fibre2fashion Chinese and Australian trade officials have pledged to maximise the potential of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to deepen economic cooperation. At the second meeting of the China-Australia FTA Jo...

Article From：fibre2fashion Cross-border e-commerce trade in China increased by 9.6 per cent year on year (YoY) to 577.6 billion yuan (~$81.3 billion) in the first quarter (Q1) this year, according to commerce ministry data. The countrys e...

Article From：fibre2fashion The Conference Board leading economic index (LEI) for China fell by 0.2 per cent in March this year to 151.5, following a downwardly revised 0.3 per cent decrease in February. As a result, the LEI declined by 1....

Article From：sgbonline European Athletics, Running Industry Alliance (RIA) and Running USA reported that the organizations entered into a partnership to enhance the global running industrys business landscape in showcasing innovation and...

Article From：sgbonline Anta Sports Products, Ltd. (Group), which runs retail stores in China for the Anta brand, Fila, Descente, Kolon Sport, and Amer Sports, reported that retail sales, in retail value, for the Fila brand increased in hi...

Article From：sgbonline Active lifestyle brands dominated the leaderboard in the latest annual resale report from ThredUp and doubled representation in the reports Top 20 for Best Brandx for Resale. Lululemon was named the Best Brand for R...

Article From：fibre2fashion Four major American trade bodies, including the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA), the National Retail Federation (NRF), the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), and the United States Fashi...

Article From：sgbonline Xtep International, the China retail partner for the Saucony, Merrell, KSwiss, and Palladium brands, in addition to Xtep brand stores, and now a 40 percent owner of the Saucony IP in China, reported that retail sell...

Article From：fibre2fashion Chinas economy saw a 5.3 per cent growth in the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, according to the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday. The total GDP for the quarter reached 29.6...

Article From：fibre2fashion Forty US industry and trade associations including American Apparel Footwear Association (AAFA) recently called on the government to reassert its leadership on digital trade and stand up for US businesses and wo...

Article From：fibre2fashion Chinas industrial sector has seen a 6.1 per cent rise in value-added industrial output during the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, according to the latest figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics. The ma...

Article From：fibre2fashion Chinas electricity consumption expanded in a robust manner in March this year, with power use rising by 7.4 per cent year on year (YoY) to 794.2 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), according to data from the National...