News and insights about brands in the sporting goods industry – Page 314
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Zoggs is launching its first range of wetsuits. The new...
Zoggs is launching its first range of wetsuits. The new range will make its official debut on Feb. 27, at the 220 Triathlon Show at the Sandown Park race course, in the outer suburbs of London. The new range, which is described as featuring total flexibility, to reduce fatigue and ...
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Zoggs has launched the Predator Flex Titanium Reactor swimming goggles....
Zoggs has launched the Predator Flex Titanium Reactor swimming goggles. The new goggles incorporate Titanium photochromatic sunlight sensitive lenses, which are supposed to offer added protection from reflected light and to reduce glare when swimming inside. The existing Predator Flex frame, which are now offered with photochromatic lenses, also feature ...
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Macron and S.S. Lazio have unveiled a new home jersey...
Macron and S.S. Lazio have unveiled a new home jersey that will be used by the Italian football team throughout the second half of the season, to celebrate the 115-years anniversary of the club. The new stylized eagle Lazio Football Kit made its debut in the Serie A match against ...
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Mico Sport is launching a new line of technical men's...
Mico Sport is launching a new line of technical men's and women's shirts, underpants and socks signed by another ski champion, Alberto Tomba, at the Ispo Munich show later this week. It uses the Dryarn microfiber of Aquafil.
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Smith Optics is working together with Outdoor Tech to offer...
Smith Optics is working together with Outdoor Tech to offer adult ski and snowboard helmets for adults and children with embedded earphones, using wireless Bluetooth technology
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Amer Sports has completed the repurchase of 819,171 of its...
Amer Sports has completed the repurchase of 819,171 of its own shares at an average price per share of €15.49, a process that began on Aug. 15. As a result, the company now holds a total of 1,417,429 treasury shares representing about 1.20% of the total number of outstanding shares ...
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Padraig Harrington has re-signed with Wilson for an 18th consecutive...
Padraig Harrington has re-signed with Wilson for an 18th consecutive year
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Inov-8, which has developed a specific shoe for triathlon, has...
Inov-8, which has developed a specific shoe for triathlon, has signed up a brilliant Spanish Ironman, Victor Del Corral
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Scarpa North America will act as official sponsor of the...
Scarpa North America will act as official sponsor of the National Ski Patrol in the U.S. for touring and telemark ski boots. Members of the National Ski Patrol will be able to purchase Scarpa's products at special conditions.
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Adidas is putting out a new line of sportswear, shoes...
Adidas is putting out a new line of sportswear, shoes and accessories for girls under the Adidas Stella Sport label, developed with Stella McCartney
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Mammut is asking owners of a Mammut/Snowpulse avalanche airbag as...
Mammut is asking owners of a Mammut/Snowpulse avalanche airbag as a precaution to re-equip the release units of the backpacks with a special plastic clip. The point of possible concern is the connection between the release mechanism and the Venturi valve in avalanche airbags produced for the winter seasons from ...
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Romain Bardet is a new ambassador for the Gel Intérim...
Romain Bardet is a new ambassador for the Gel Intérim Rossignol Nordic Team. The professional cyclist, who competes with France-based AG2R team, finished 6th in the 2014 Tour de France and 15th overall in the Tour de France 2013. He joins Marie Laure Brunet, double Olympic medalist in biathlon, who ...
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Columbia has announced it will be the equipment partner of...
Columbia has announced it will be the equipment partner of The Mud Day in 2015. The Mud Day is an obstacle course organized by Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), which organises the Tour de France and other competitions. In 2014, its second year, it lasted nine days and covered six French ...
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Puma has extended its sponsorship of the Ghana Football Association...
Puma has extended its sponsorship of the Ghana Football Association
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Nike has been granted a patent in the U.S. for...
Nike has been granted a patent in the U.S. for a recyclable ball
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Skechers has signed up Belén Mozo, a Spanish-born LPGA golf...
Skechers has signed up Belén Mozo, a Spanish-born LPGA golf professional, as a brand ambassador for its GO Golf line of golf shoes, joining a PGA pro, Matt Kuchar
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Scarpa has welcomed two freeride skiers, Lynsey Dyer and Ben...
Scarpa has welcomed two freeride skiers, Lynsey Dyer and Ben Leoni, to its roster of sponsored athletes. The move reflects the brand's growth in the freeride-ski category. Graham Zimmerman has joined the company as a sponsored athlete for climbing. Dyer, who will be using Scarpa's Freedom series boots, was named ...
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Florinda Bogner, daughter of Willy Bogner, will be the face...
Florinda Bogner, daughter of Willy Bogner, will be the face of Bogner's new eyewear collection, manufactured by Rodenstock
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Eurojersey is launching a new fleece bonded with heat-sealed seams...
Eurojersey is launching a new fleece bonded with heat-sealed seams for thermal clothing. Its heat-sealing tapes are applied on the company's Sensitive fabrics through body-mapping. Eurojersey also says that it is using an environmentally friendly digital printing system.
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Researchers at the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim and the Leibnitz...
Researchers at the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim and the Leibnitz Institute for Interactive Materials (DWI) in Aachen have developed an antimicrobial treatment for wool and wool blends. Antimicrobial treatments are typically effective on cotton, polyester and polyamide, but not many are effective on wool, which tends to be washed less ...
