News and insights about brands in the sporting goods industry – Page 331
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Uvex gets a special prize, the Axia Award for Bavaria,...
Uvex gets a special prize, the Axia Award for Bavaria, because of its sustainable strategy as a family company that places its 2,100 employees in the foreground
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Gore Bike Wear gets two iF product design awards...
Gore Bike Wear gets two iF product design awards for its Oxygen and Oxygen SO jerseys
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Oxylane, the French group behind Décathlon, is calling on sports-minded...
Oxylane, the French group behind Décathlon, is calling on sports-minded people around the world to participate in a collaborative design program called Open Oxylane. They are invited to register on a dedicated website, openoxylane.com, by April 1. Operating in English, Open Oxylane is intended to form an international community of ...
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Poc Sweden has established a partnership with Ritte Bicycles to...
Poc Sweden has established a partnership with Ritte Bicycles to provide apparel, helmets and eyewear to the California-based road racing team. The initiative will be known as the POC + Ritte Cycling Team and will compete at the amateur level in the western U.S. The team is made up of ...
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Purito Rodriguez, the big cycling champion, will be a testimonial...
Purito Rodriguez, the big cycling champion, will be a testimonial for Buff
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Body Glove has signed up Hatsco as a licensee for...
Body Glove has signed up Hatsco as a licensee for headwear
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Customers and employees of the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim voted...
Customers and employees of the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim voted in a competition to decide on the name for a new sweating thermal articulated manikin. The latest piece of test equipment in the Clothing Physiology department will now be called “Sherlock.” The manikin is the latest in a large family ...
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Fratelli Campagnolo has introduced a coordinated collection of low-priced shoes...
Fratelli Campagnolo has introduced a coordinated collection of low-priced shoes
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Puma collaborated with the U.S. designer Sophie Chang for the...
Puma collaborated with the U.S. designer Sophie Chang for the design and development of its new autumn/winter 2013-14 collection, presented for the first time in Berlin in January this year. Puma also worked with the French fashion label Brooklyn We Go Hard, BWGH, in the development of a premium collection ...
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New momentum for Columbia
Columbia Sportswear reported a sales increase of only one percent to $1,685 million in 2013, but the company enjoyed a higher-than-expected sales increase of 6 percent in the fourth quarter and the management sees the growth accelerating to a rate of between 15 and 17 percent in 2014. More than ...
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Sport 2000 is returning to TV advertising in France to...
Sport 2000 is returning to TV advertising in France to promote ski rentals online
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Golfbuddy unveiled two new products at the 2014 PGA Merchandise...
Golfbuddy unveiled two new products at the 2014 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida. The developer of distance measuring devices (DMDs) for golfers presented the BB4 Band, the world's first golf GPS wristband, and the PT4 Handheld, a superfast 4'' touchscreen handheld device. Both products are due to be launched ...
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Supported by Italian authorities, Assosport made a presentation to 40...
Supported by Italian authorities, Assosport made a presentation to 40 journalists tracing the history of Italy's production of winter sports equipment for the last 90 years at the Sochi Olympic Games on Saturday. Members of the Italian industry association including Briko, Nordica and Dainese presented vintage and new products including ...
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Inov-8 has signed sponsorship deals with two high-ranking athletes who...
Inov-8 has signed sponsorship deals with two high-ranking athletes who competed in the CrossFit Games last year. They are Anna Tunnicliffe, a former Olympic sailing champion, and Dan Bailey, a former track & field champion.
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Rafael Nadal has agreed to endorse the ProStrips abrasion control...
Rafael Nadal has agreed to endorse the ProStrips abrasion control system of Mueller Sports Medicine for three years
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Acting through its European distributor and licensee, L-Fashion Group of...
Acting through its European distributor and licensee, L-Fashion Group of Finland, Li-Ning has signed a three–year deal as sponsor of the Finnish Basketball Association, replacing Spalding
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Lacoste has taken the place of Adidas in the much-applauded...
Lacoste has taken the place of Adidas in the much-applauded supplier of the French team for the inauguration of the Winter Olympics in Sochi
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Nike is taking from Adidas as supplier of the University...
Nike is taking from Adidas as supplier of the University of Tennessee for the next eight years
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Two lifestyle brands, Napapijri and Calamar, are adopting Gore-Tex membranes...
Two lifestyle brands, Napapijri and Calamar, are adopting Gore-Tex membranes for their autumn/winter 2014/15 collections
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Amer Sports reports that one of its shareholders, Varma Mutual...
Amer Sports reports that one of its shareholders, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company, has reduced its stake in the company to 3.02 percent. Amer also says that the number of treasury shares has increased to 983,587 as 1,000 shares that had been granted to employees as share-based incentives have been ...
