News and insights about brands in the sporting goods industry – Page 325
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Spanx, the Atlanta-based shape wear specialist, has appointed Jan Singer...
Spanx, the Atlanta-based shape wear specialist, has appointed Jan Singer as its new chief executive. Singer joins from Nike, where he was corporate vice-president of global apparel and corporate vice-president of global footwear. Singer, who is expected to join the company in early July, will report to Sara Blakely, Spanx' ...
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New Balance and the New Balance Foundation have launched a...
New Balance and the New Balance Foundation have launched a global initiative to encourage children to move in order to improve their sense of well-being and their self-esteem. Called NB SparkStart, it will involve grants and the organization of events including the company's first collective, global volunteer program next September. ...
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A Dutch ice skating champion, Koen Verweij, has become brand...
A Dutch ice skating champion, Koen Verweij, has become brand ambassador for Björn Borg Sport
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Outlast Technologies, the specialist in temperature regulating phase change materials...
Outlast Technologies, the specialist in temperature regulating phase change materials (PCMs), has introduced Spherix, an innovative PCM filling material which is suited for use in apparel. The new blend from PCM viscose fibers and polyester fiber balls offers dynamic climate regulation and added comfort, for example in jackets. The innovative ...
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Chiemsee has signed a license for small leathergoods with a...
Chiemsee has signed a license for small leathergoods with a German specialist, Heinrich Sieber & Co., and the products will be on sale from the next autumn/winter season
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Kooga has secured a three-year manufacturing deal with the Welsh...
Kooga has secured a three-year manufacturing deal with the Welsh Pro 12 rugby union team of the Scarlets. The Manchester-based rugby apparel company will provide the Welsh team with all its match-day playing kit, as well as training clothing collections and other off-field apparel for its Pro 12, Rugby Champions ...
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Nike Football has rolled out part three of its”Risk Everything”...
Nike Football has rolled out part three of its”Risk Everything” campaign with the release of “The Last Game,” a five-minute animated feature starring the cartoon versions of some of the world's greatest footballers on a mission to save football from the hands of The Scientist, a villainous mastermind, and “The ...
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Go Sport has extended its sponsorship of the Paris Saint-Germain...
Go Sport has extended its sponsorship of the Paris Saint-Germain football team for three years
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Nike will outfit a Spanish football team, Levante, until...
Nike will outfit a Spanish football team, Levante, until 2016
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Nike SB opened a football-inspired pop-up skate park inside Nike...
Nike SB opened a football-inspired pop-up skate park inside Nike Phenomenal House on New Oxford Street, in London, on May 28-31. The skate park was just one of a number of football-themed activities taking place at Nike's Phenomenal House as part of the Risk Everything campaign in the run up ...
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STMicroelectronics, a French-Italian semiconductor manufacturer and a top-tier supplier of...
STMicroelectronics, a French-Italian semiconductor manufacturer and a top-tier supplier of technology for the wearable market, will once again be the title sponsor of the Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup in 2014/2015. The WT Innovation World Cup is the leading worldwide innovation competition in the field of wearable technologies. From June ...
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Billabong is sponsoring a particularly skilled 11-year-old surfer and skateboarder,...
Billabong is sponsoring a particularly skilled 11-year-old surfer and skateboarder, Jay Occhilupo. Based at Coolangatta, on the Australian Goldcoast, he is the son of Mark Occhilupo, alias Occy, a long-time endorser of the Australian brand.
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On May 12, King Liu, founder and chairman of Giant,...
On May 12, King Liu, founder and chairman of Giant, completed a tour of 966 kilometers across the island of Taiwan in 12 days. It was a great performance for the Taiwanese entrepreneur, who is approaching his 80th birthday. In 2007, he had reportedly completed a shorter 927-km ride in ...
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Abacus Sportswear has announced a sponsorship agreement with Liselotte Neumann,...
Abacus Sportswear has announced a sponsorship agreement with Liselotte Neumann, the Swedish golfer who led the European team to win for the first time the Solheim Cup on foreign soil last year
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Greenpeace has taken advantage of the excitement over the World...
Greenpeace has taken advantage of the excitement over the World Cup to voice a claim that 33 products developed for the tournament by Adidas, Nike and Puma contain high levels of hazardous chemicals. The products criticized by the organization include Adidas' Brazuca ball, its Predator boot and Nike's Tiempo boot. ...
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Infront Sports & Media has signed an agreement with Warrior...
Infront Sports & Media has signed an agreement with Warrior Sports to be the official supplier of apparel and equipment for the new Champions Hockey League, the new pan-European ice hockey competition starting next August. All the participating teams and the referees will wear clothing, gloves and helmets with Warrior's ...
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Ashaway Racket Strings of the U.S. has renewed its sponsorship...
Ashaway Racket Strings of the U.S. has renewed its sponsorship of the Women's Squash Association
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Maier Sports has been given the prestigious Plus X...
Maier Sports has been given the prestigious Plus X Award, “the best product of the year 2014,” in the category of shoes and apparel for its Tamesi outdoor jacket. The PFC-free outdoor jacket from Maier won another Plus X Award in the category of high quality, design and functionality. Other ...
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Sundog Eyewear, the high-tech sunglasses brand, has introduced a new...
Sundog Eyewear, the high-tech sunglasses brand, has introduced a new range of TrueBlue glasses for golfers that is said to block ultraviolet rays while filtering harmful blue light, also known as “near UV.” Blue light creates veiled glare in the eye and leads to visual fatigue, sometimes artificially produced by ...
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New Era Cap will be the official headwear partner of...
New Era Cap will be the official headwear partner of the Basketball Euroleague for the next three years
