News and insights about brands in the sporting goods industry – Page 244
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Pentland has been honored with the 22nd annual Global Family...
Pentland has been honored with the 22nd annual Global Family Business Award by IMD, a top-ranked business school. The group received the award on the occasion of the 28th Summit of the Family Business Network International (FBN-I), which took place in Gran Canaria on Nov. 8-11. The Global Family Business ...
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Amazon launches private label activewear
Amazon has gone ahead with the launch of its private labels for sports products, with three brands at three distinct price points – at least one of them at price levels in the same range as some of the international brands sold by the online retailer.The three brands include Goodsport ...
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World Cup qualifiers favor Adidas and Nike
Adidas has taken an early lead in the World Cup, at least in terms of the number of teams to be outfitted by the German brand, after the last qualifications for the finals were played last week.With eleven teams to wear the Three stripes, Adidas is slightly ahead of Nike ...
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As part of the partnership between Adidas and Zalando, customers...
As part of the partnership between Adidas and Zalando, customers can create their own sneakers through Zalando.de. This has been an option for several years on the Adidas brand's online store with Miadidas, which enables consumers to pick their own colors, materials and soles. That same option has become available ...
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Adidas, Nike and Rapha Racing were among the winners this...
Adidas, Nike and Rapha Racing were among the winners this year at the International Retail Property Market (Mapic) in Cannes earlier this month. Nike was named “Retailer of the Year.” Adidas' new flagship store on New York's Fifth Avenue was crowned for “Best Store Design.” Rapha's “clubhouse” cycling stores were ...
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Kasper Rorsted, chief executive at the Adidas Group, was quoted...
Kasper Rorsted, chief executive at the Adidas Group, was quoted as saying in Bild am Sonntag during the weekend that the company would have a problem if one of its partners was found guilty of breaking the law. The quote was placed in the context of the Adidas group's partnership ...
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Adidas is a winner of the second Stop Slavery Award,...
Adidas is a winner of the second Stop Slavery Award, an initiative by the Thomson Reuters Foundation to honor companies that have taken concrete steps to eradicate forced labor from their supply chains. Adidas leads a group of four winning companies which also includes C&A, Intel and The Co-Operative Group. ...
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After confirming the high degree of its reputation in Norway...
After confirming the high degree of its reputation in Norway through a survey among retailers and customers, Rottefella has decided to launch its first full-fledged collection of clothing. The Norwegian brand of cross-country ski bindings says the new brand-building initiative will not be restricted to apparel for Nordic skiing. The ...
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Intersport France has launched a new WeLoveSki pass that allows...
Intersport France has launched a new WeLoveSki pass that allows the holder to rent skis, snowboards, boots and ski poles throughout the snow season. The pass is sold exclusively by Intersport at www.intersport-rent.fr. The company will make available only 2,000 passes for this winter. The price for the pass is ...
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Joma has announced a global online marketing campaign to congratulate...
Joma has announced a global online marketing campaign to congratulate its best tennis players of the year. At the end of the tennis season, the brand said it wanted to thank its sponsored tennis players for the results they achieved during the season. The campaign targets an audience aged between ...
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Wilson has appointed a professional women's squash player, Nicol David,...
Wilson has appointed a professional women's squash player, Nicol David, to its advisory staff
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Three Norwegian sporting goods brands have been named winners of...
Three Norwegian sporting goods brands have been named winners of the prestigious DOGA design award by Design and Architecture organization in Oslo. Northern Playground was recognized for the design of its zipped collection of baselayers. The Bjørn Dæhlie brand of sports clothing won an award for its recent re-branding project ...
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Nike signs up Kyle Edmund, a British tennis player ranked...
Nike signs up Kyle Edmund, a British tennis player ranked in 50th place, with a four-year contract reported to be worth £2 million a year
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Lewis Hamilton, the world champion in Formula One racing, will...
Lewis Hamilton, the world champion in Formula One racing, will be the face of Puma's new 24/7 campaign for men's training
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Puma has finalized a contract to be the official supplier...
Puma has finalized a contract to be the official supplier of the jerseys for the AC Milan team for five years, starting with the 2018/19 season, replacing Adidas ahead of schedule after a partnership of 20 years. Reportedly, the Leaping Cat will be paying an annual sponsorship fee of €12 ...
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Schoeller Textil has won the Swiss Design Prize for its...
Schoeller Textil has won the Swiss Design Prize for its heated E-soft-shell fabric technology
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Icepeak will dress the Finnish team at next February's Winter...
Icepeak will dress the Finnish team at next February's Winter Olympic Games in South Korea
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Amer Sports is repurchasing up to 10,000 of its own...
Amer Sports is repurchasing up to 10,000 of its own shares until next March 7. Meanwhile, Bruno Sälzer, who was elected chairman of the board last March, has been buying shares in the company as well.
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Schoeller Textil has won the Design Preis Schweiz 2017/18 in...
Schoeller Textil has won the Design Preis Schweiz 2017/18 in the textile category for its heated E-soft-shell. The award was announced in Langenthal, Switzerland on Nov. 3. According to Schoeller's description, E-soft-shell is an electrically heated fabric which can be cut to size without affecting the embedded technology. This technology ...
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After winning the German Brand Award 2017 this past summer,...
After winning the German Brand Award 2017 this past summer, Keller Sports also received the German Design Award 2018 in the category of “excellent communications web design.” The German multi-channel retailer based in Munich has a premium positioning in the market and offers a narrow selection of branded products online. It opened ...
