News and insights about brands in the sporting goods industry – Page 294
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Canterbury will be the official supplier of the British and...
Canterbury will be the official supplier of the British and Irish Lions rugby teams
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Lee Dickson, captain of the Northampton Saints rugby team, will...
Lee Dickson, captain of the Northampton Saints rugby team, will act as an ambassador for the Glenbrae brand of knitwear
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Gabriel Medina, the surfing world champion, has prolonged his relationship...
Gabriel Medina, the surfing world champion, has prolonged his relationship with Rip Curl. The 21 year-old joined the Rip Curl team when he was just 14. He went on to win the 2014 World Surf League, becoming the first-ever Brazilian men's world surfing champion and the youngest to win the ...
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Rossignol has launched Skiing Heroes, which is claimed to be...
Rossignol has launched Skiing Heroes, which is claimed to be the first website to reward connected skiers. The platform is supposed to encourage skiing at all levels, from beginners to advanced, both in Alpine and cross-country skiing. It has been developed in partnership with Move4more, a Paris-based start-up. Skiers can ...
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Uhlsport, the German team sports company, is to supply the...
Uhlsport, the German team sports company, is to supply the official game ball for the Ligue 1, the top French football league, from the 17/18 season. The company says the deal will strengthen its business in its second largest global market. It has started working on the design of an ...
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Millet has signed a contract to be the official supplier...
Millet has signed a contract to be the official supplier of the Spanish mountain skiing team for the next three years
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Vibram is launching the FiveFingers CVT Wool, a new model...
Vibram is launching the FiveFingers CVT Wool, a new model in its FiveFingers five-toe shoe range. The new product features an upper made from wool, to keep warm on the coldest days, as well as the company's proprietary Icetrek rubber inserts, for grip and stability on slippery surfaces.
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Pertex, known for its lightweight but durable performance fabrics, has...
Pertex, known for its lightweight but durable performance fabrics, has announced the launch of a new fabric technology called CS10, which is claimed to offer increased abrasion and water resistance. CS10 technology uses yarns with unique diamond shaped filaments that tightly lock together to provide a stable construction and give ...
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Spyder has extended its long-standing partnership with the United States...
Spyder has extended its long-standing partnership with the United States Ski Team (USST) for four years until June 2020. Under the deal, the U.S. ski apparel brand will be the team's official apparel supplier for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, in South Korea. Spyder has been the U.S. ski ...
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Jack Wolfskin won one of the 15 German Design Awards...
Jack Wolfskin won one of the 15 German Design Awards given for 2016 in the sports, outdoor and leisure activities for its ergo-dynamic EDS backpack technology. The company's Texapore Downshell Tec jacket got a “special mention.”
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MBT, the company reportedly acquired by Star 360 of Singapore...
MBT, the company reportedly acquired by Star 360 of Singapore for $10 million three years ago, is introducing next spring its own line of running shoes, consisting of three styles, accompanies by branded compression apparel and socks. The shoes feature the brand's rocker construction and use a proprietary sensor technology ...
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Sneaker trends and key accounts lift Adidas’ sales in Europe
As detailed above, the strong performance of the Adidas Group in the third quarter was lifted by a 20.1 percent jump in the sales of the Adidas and Reebok brands in Western Europe. Their turnover in the region reached €1,404 million, up by 18.0 percent in local currencies. The management ...
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Authentic Brands Group, which recently acquired the Tretorn brand from...
Authentic Brands Group, which recently acquired the Tretorn brand from Puma, has appointed Marc Fisher Footwear as its footwear licensee. For Authentic Brands, which is more specialized in apparel, the deal indicates that the Tretorn brand will move more into the luxury market, especially in footwear.
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Buoyant quarter at Adidas, cuts in golf business
The Adidas Group enjoyed an impressive sales increase for the third quarter, which encouraged the company to raise its guidance for the full year. Sales jumped by 17.7 percent to €4,758 million, amounting to a rise of 13 percent in constant currencies, with ample sales and profit gains in Western ...
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Hainer says Adidas is untarnished by football scandals
While savoring the company's performance for the third quarter, the Adidas Group's chief executive, Herbert Hainer, had to brave questions about the turbulence at Fifa and the German football federation (DFB), which are both Adidas partners.Hainer said in a conference call that the uptick in Adidas' sales indicated that consumers ...
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Adidas is offering design resources and financial assistance to high...
Adidas is offering design resources and financial assistance to high schools in the U.S. that want to change their mascot names and identities, to move away from mascots with “potentially harmful” Native American imagery or symbolism. Aligned with the Adidas Group's “open source” strategy, the voluntary initiative was announced in ...
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Columbia Sportswear has launched a pilot of the ReThreads apparel...
Columbia Sportswear has launched a pilot of the ReThreads apparel and footwear recycling program, a special initiative designed to simplify post-consumer recycling, in partnership with I:CO. Columbia is installing collection bins at its stores in which customers can drop off their used clothing and shoes for recycling. The pilot was ...
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Bench is licensing out the Deichmann group for its footwear....
Bench is licensing out the Deichmann group for its footwear. Deichmann will sell the brand in its own Deichmann, Roland, MyShoes and Ochsner Shoes stores in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, starting with the autumn/winter 2016/17 season.
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Hoka One One turned out as the third most prominent...
Hoka One One turned out as the third most prominent brand of running shoes in last month's Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Based on the shoe count carried out by Shoe Ranger, it was worn by 11.6 percent of the participants in the triathlon event. The top two brands ...
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Asics will celebrate the 2015 TCS New York City Marathon...
Asics will celebrate the 2015 TCS New York City Marathon with the “World's Biggest Selfie Stick,” an eight-story-tall interactive structure at Gansevoort Plaza in Manhattan. Asics America is the official footwear and apparel partner of the marathon, while Tata Consulting Services (TCS) is premier partner and the title sponsor. Asics' ...
