News and insights about brands in the sporting goods industry – Page 276
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Michelin Technical Soles is unveiling a new partnership with Shimano...
Michelin Technical Soles is unveiling a new partnership with Shimano at the Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen on Aug. 31, while confirming its collaboration with Northwave
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Brunotti Sportswear has enlisted a 20-year-old kitesurfing champion, Liam Whaley,...
Brunotti Sportswear has enlisted a 20-year-old kitesurfing champion, Liam Whaley, as “one of the creators of the brand”
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Adidas raises its guidance
A few days before it was due to announce its quarterly performance on Aug. 4, the Adidas Group raised its guidance for the full year, on the back of a 13 percent sales increase to €4.4 billion in the three months to the end of June, and an operating profit ...
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Adidas opens up and gets faster
The Adidas Group wants to get more creative talent involved in its product development, to invest over-proportionally in key cities and to speed up its production, in order to get closer to consumers. The initiatives form the three pillars of Creating the New, the strategic five-year plan unveiled by Adidas ...
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Adidas expands head office to support ongoing growth
Adidas has recently laid the foundation stone for two new staff buildings at its headquarters in Herzogenaurach. “Campus Expansion South” is to include a new office building for more than 2,000 employees as well as an events building with a restaurant for the employees. The expansion will also involve the ...
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Confirming an article in Boardsports Source, Adidas says it is...
Confirming an article in Boardsports Source, Adidas says it is building up a dedicated action sports team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) under the Adidas Originals umbrella, servicing primarily the skate and snowboard community. The Western Europe unit has been run since last year by Bjorn Wiersma, ...
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Adidas has filed a new intellectual property lawsuit in the...
Adidas has filed a new intellectual property lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the state of Oregon against Skechers, claiming that the design of the latter's “Mega Flex” shoe infringes on its “Springblade” concept. Last February, Adidas won a preliminary injunction against Skechers in another Oregon court case over ...
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Adidas has announced that Benjamin Proud and Andrew Willis have...
Adidas has announced that Benjamin Proud and Andrew Willis have joined its team of swimmers, only a few weeks ahead of the Rio Olympics. The two British swimmers will wear the recently launched adizero XVI swimsuit. Proud, aged 19, won two gold and a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth ...
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Adidas has signed up a supermodel, Karlie Kloss, as the...
Adidas has signed up a supermodel, Karlie Kloss, as the ambassador for the next autumn/winter collection of its Adidas by Stella McCartney collection
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Confirming reports that have already appeared in several countries, Michelin...
Confirming reports that have already appeared in several countries, Michelin Technical Soles says that it has won over a new partner, Mizuno. The Japanese brand is coming out with three models of trail running shoes for medium and long distances, equipped with two different soles developed in cooperation with the ...
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Amer Sports ups investments
The Amer Sports group predicts a small decline for this year in the sales of its winter sports equipment, comprising the Atomic and Salomon brands, after the unfavorable previous winters and a 3 percent drop in orders for the coming season. But this comes after a sales hike in the ...
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Amer Sports has appointed Emilio Morabito as vice president in...
Amer Sports has appointed Emilio Morabito as vice president in charge of commercial portfolio management for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), replacing Markus Ense who left at the end of June after appointing several field sales managers and strategic account managers who are now working with the sales ...
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Under Armour sells more but makes a loss
As usual, Under Armour posted strong sales for the second quarter, boosted by Stephen Curry's performance and demand for his shoe line, but profits were hit by a $23 million write-off of bad debt from the bankruptcy of The Sports Authority, the big American sporting goods retail chain, and a ...
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Loro Piana has become an official supplier to the Ryder...
Loro Piana has become an official supplier to the Ryder Cup
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A new public-private partnership in New York City has been...
A new public-private partnership in New York City has been put in place to promote football to children. Adidas with Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Mayor's Fund to Advance NYC, the U.S. Soccer Foundation and the New York City Football Club have announced the launch of the New York City ...
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Rollerblade, the inline skating brand that is part of the...
Rollerblade, the inline skating brand that is part of the Tecnica Group, is recalling its Urban helmets because the synthetic material next to the rivets of the safety belts is likely to break
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Camelbak will be the official hydration sponsor of the Ultra-Trail...
Camelbak will be the official hydration sponsor of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB), running from Aug. 22 to 28 and will provide free, freshly filtered water to the 50,000 attendees expected for the event. Camelbak water stations will be located throughout the UTMB Village in Chamonix, where the brand will ...
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Dachstein is launching a new color-changing shoe at the OutDoor...
Dachstein is launching a new color-changing shoe at the OutDoor trade show, which will be held in Friedrichshafen, Germany on July 13-16. According to the company, the new model of its Skylite shoe, called Skylite Thermocolor, features heat-sensitive color pigments which change color as the temperature alters.
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Weak growth for Columbia
Columbia Sportswear's sales were up by just 2 percent in dollars and local currencies in the second quarter ended June 30, but they still reached a record level of $388.8 million for the period. The variation is not very significant as this is the weakest quarter in the group's financial ...
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Oakley is planning a commercial launch of its first wearable...
Oakley is planning a commercial launch of its first wearable device in October. It will be compatible with Android and iOS platforms. Among other features, the Radar Pace will use voice recognition technology. Oakley will introduce it during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
