News and insights about brands in the sporting goods industry – Page 254
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The management of Scarpa, the Italian brand of technical outdoor...
The management of Scarpa, the Italian brand of technical outdoor shoes, denies a rumor that it is in discussions for its possible takeover by VF Corp.
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Calida, the Swiss bodywear producer that controls the Lafuma Group,...
Calida, the Swiss bodywear producer that controls the Lafuma Group, has decided to stop developing and marketing its own swimwear line, which was being sold mainly in its own stores
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BLK has signed a partnership deal with the Windies, which...
BLK has signed a partnership deal with the Windies, which makes the company the official kit supplier of the cricket team for the next three years. The West Indies team, officially known as the Windies, is a multinational cricket team representing the English-speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies that formed the British West ...
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Compression tights bring benefits for long-distance runners, but many claims...
Compression tights bring benefits for long-distance runners, but many claims made for the sports apparel do not hold true. Researchers at Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center recently found that the tights neither reduce muscle fatigue nor make runners go farther or faster. They greatly reduce muscle vibration, but this ...
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Dunlop will be the official supplier of tennis balls for...
Dunlop will be the official supplier of tennis balls for the WTA Mallorca Open
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Replacing Kappa, New Balance will be the official supplier of...
Replacing Kappa, New Balance will be the official supplier of the Standard Liège football team in Belgium for the next three years
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Garmin has been named an associate of the PGA in...
Garmin has been named an associate of the PGA in the South of England. The year-long partnership will cover the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and Sussex. The partnership is to further promote Garmin's golf products and services in these geographical areas, which feature 525 golf courses ...
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Reportedly, Under Armour has finally reached a settlement with its...
Reportedly, Under Armour has finally reached a settlement with its former Spanish distributor, Alnisa Sport. The American company had terminated a distribution agreement with Alnisa, giving it notice that the contract would stop at the end of 2016, and decided to set up its own sales subsidiary in the country. ...
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Under Armour has completed the renovation of two parks in...
Under Armour has completed the renovation of two parks in Portland, where it plans to open a big new dedicated office for the development of its footwear collections, attracting valuable talent from the local sports footwear cluster. One of the two parks, Duniway Park, will be adjacent to its own ...
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Clarín, an Argentinian newspaper, reports that Under Armour and Asics...
Clarín, an Argentinian newspaper, reports that Under Armour and Asics are both preparing to set up their own business in the country. It explains that Under Armour was distributed in the country through Grupo Vieytes but that the agreement expired last year and that the U.S. brand intends to expand ...
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Volcom is launching an apparel collection developed with Georgia May...
Volcom is launching an apparel collection developed with Georgia May Jagger, as part of an effort to expand the brand's image among young women, following the promotion of an English designer, Kelly Summer, as head of design for Volcom's women's collections. The line will be exclusively available from the month ...
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Decathlon has announced the launch of Olaian, its new exclusive...
Decathlon has announced the launch of Olaian, its new exclusive surfing brand. The products are developed in Hendaye, in France's Basque region. Olaian will include several product categories ranging from surf boards to swimsuits, wetsuits and accessories. The products will make their debut in 2018. The French retail group is ...
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Kukri Sports has announced a partnership with Thomas Cook Sport,...
Kukri Sports has announced a partnership with Thomas Cook Sport, the British travel company that offers sports fans a range of services to allow them to follow their favourite teams and athletes around the world. Upon the terms of the new three-year agreement, Kukri becomes the official uniform provider to ...
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Rossignol will be teaming up with Andrea Pompilio for its...
Rossignol will be teaming up with Andrea Pompilio for its autumn-winter 2018/19 apparel line. The new Studio collection will be presented at Pitti Uomo in January 2018. The capsule collection, for men and women, will comprise 30 models combining a sporting style with urban trends. Rossignol previously teamed up with ...
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Evoc has new brand ambassadors: Harald Philipp, a mountain biker...
Evoc has new brand ambassadors: Harald Philipp, a mountain biker from Tyrol; Teal Stetson-Lee, an American mountain biker and organizer of the “CrossReno Cyclocross Events & Music Festival” and Thomas Genon, a slopestyle-mountain biker from Belgium
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Nike to work more closely with Amazon and Zalando
Zalando has unveiled plans to double in size by 2020, raising its annual sales from €3.6 billion to €7.6 billion, as part of an ambitious new strategy that will include providing new services to brands like Adidas and Nike. Founded in Berlin in 2008, the German company has quickly expanded ...
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Callaway Golf has introduced the Allsport watch, which the company...
Callaway Golf has introduced the Allsport watch, which the company describes as the first multi-sport watch designed specifically for golfers. The Allsport incorporates popular features of fitness tracking devices into a conventional GPS watch, including a calorie tracker, a step counter and multi-sport training features suitable for other sports, including ...
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The Alpinestars Tech-Air airbag system has been honored at this...
The Alpinestars Tech-Air airbag system has been honored at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Asia Innovation Awards, taking away the prize in the Wearables category. The Tech-Air, which is said to be the first self-contained street airbag system, can be used for any type of motorcycle or scooter. The ...
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Bernard Tapie, the former majority shareholder of Adidas, has lost...
Bernard Tapie, the former majority shareholder of Adidas, has lost a final appeal in French courts against a ruling that he should reimburse €404 million paid out to him after arbitration proceedings around the sale of the sports company in 1993. Tapie has long alleged that he was fleeced by ...
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Kasper Rørsted, the new chief executive of the Adidas Group,...
Kasper Rørsted, the new chief executive of the Adidas Group, is the most popular manager in the German fashion industry, according to Glassdoor. The company, which operates an employment and recruitment platform, recently released its list of the ten most popular managers in the country. Glassdoor's list includes managers from ...
