News and insights about brands in the sporting goods industry – Page 71
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Infographics & DataGlobal sports industry stock market performers - Q1 2022
This exclusive interactive chart shows compares the stock performance of the top public companies in the sporting goods industry from Q4 2021 to Q1 2022. The chart can be downloaded. This is exclusive data and analysis for Premium Members.
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News briefsAmazon could make play for Australian Olympic rights
Speaking to Australian newspaper Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), the head of Amazon Prime Video Australia, Tyler Bern, did not rule out a bid for the broadcast rights to the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is expected to issue the Australian broadcast partnership tender for the next three Summer ...
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ArticleNike remains the world’s most valuable apparel brand
Nike tops the Brand Finance Apparel 50 ranking for the eighth time, making it the most valuable brand since the creation of the list.
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News briefsNew U.S. brand introduces recovery footwear
Velous Footwear, founded in early 2022, has launched its first line of sandals designed to promote and optimize active recovery for athletes of all levels. Velous’ sandals are designed to help feet, ankles, knees and legs recover quickly from athletic or strenuous activities. The sandals incorporate the company’s patent-pending TriMotion ...
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Premier Padel to host tournaments in Argentina
The Argentine Padel Association (APA) and Premier Padel, the official global padel tour, governed by the International Padel Federation (FIP), have signed a multi-year deal to hold the South American continent’s first annual Premier Padel tournaments. The first of these will be the Argentina Premier Padel P1, scheduled for Aug. ...
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News briefsDecathlon Germany gets kids moving
Sporting goods retailer and manufacturer Decathlon Germany has launched the “Auf die Plätze“ (“On your marks”) campaign and is going on a tour titled “EntDecA” (a play on words with the German word “Entdecker” for “explorer” and Decathlon) throughout April. The EntDecA mobile invites children in the greater Munich, Berlin ...
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News briefsTwo product awards given out to Performance Days exhibitors
With two trade show events for functional fabrics taking place in the U.S. and Europe, Performance Days Loops is almost back to a pre-pandemic status. The Functional Fabric Fair by Performance Days in Portland, Oregon, are held on April 4-5, while the spring/summer edition of the European show – the ...
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ArticleAnalysis: Sporting Goods Industry stocks fell more than 16% in Q1 2022
According to SGI Europe’s quarterly study of selected public sporting goods industry stocks, their average share price fell by 16.25 percent on a sequential basis in the first quarter of 2022, in contrast with the performance of some major stock indexes during the same period. The Standard & Poor’s 500 ...
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News briefsLacoste introduces its first collection conceived by a disabled athlete
Lacoste has teamed up with Théo Curin, the French quadri-amputee swimmer, on a new collection that bears the athlete’s name. Curin made history last November by swimming Lake Titicaca, covering a distance of around 120km between Bolivia and Peru. The Théo Curin collection, which is Lacoste’s first ...
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ArticleStockX claims Nike lawsuit mischaracterizes Vault NFTs
On March 31, StockX published a revision of its previous statement, from Feb. 8, on Nike’s lawsuit – filed on Feb. 3 – over the collectibles-trading company’s so-called Vault NFTs. Both statements are available online. StockX began as a marketplace for second-hand collectible items, notably sneakers, with an authentication service ...
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ArticleRens enters the metaverse with carbon-neutral NFTs to mark the launch of “coffee hoodie”
Rens, a Finnish sustainable fashion startup founded in 2018 by Vietnamese sneakerheads Jesse Tran and Son Chu, is adding a vegan athleisure hoodie to its successful collection made from coffee grounds, recycled plastic and bamboo viscose. The sneaker label launched in 2019 with its climate-neutral certified coffee waste and recycled ...
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News briefsGerman Football Association (DFB) signs multi-year contract with Catapult
Catapult, the market leader in performance technology for elite sports, today announced a multi-year contract with the DFB Academy to capture performance data via video, track athlete performance via wearables, and enhance analytics infrastructure at all levels of the German national soccer teams. The company’s integrated platform will enable coaches ...
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Court finds Nike infringed a Lontex trademark
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has awarded Lontex about $4.62 million in attorneys’ fees and $369,263 in expenses in a lawsuit with Nike. In addition, the jury in the case awarded damages for Nike’s infringement of the Lontex “cool compression” trademark on athletic wear. The ...
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News briefsYKK adds WaveOn to its software partner’s list for Touchlink fasteners
YKK has announced that the California-based software service provider WaveOn is joining its network of software partners supporting the YKK’s Touchlink fasteners enabled with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. WaveOn looks to combine its software with the Touchlink hardware to help brand customers create a digital access point that can ...
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News briefsPuma returns to pádel with new collection
After an eight-year hiatus, Puma is returning to pádel with a new collection of racquets, shoes, apparel and accessories – for players of various expertise and style – as well as a campaign called Faster Padel. The racquets range from the top-of-the-line solarATTACK, solarATTACK PWR (power) and solarATTACK CTR (control) ...
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Revo expands golf division to include racquet sports
Revo is now including racquet sports within its golf division and has expanded its team of tennis representatives by six – in response, it says, to “industry growth in the golf, tennis and pickleball categories.” The sunglass and goggle brand’s Light Management System for lenses is derived from techniques developed ...
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News briefsPuma Safety partners with Shoe For Crews
Puma Safety is partnering with Shoe For Crews, a Florida-headquartered firm that designs and manufactures slip-resistant footwear on a line of slip-resistant industrial safety footwear. The collaborative line will include full-grain leather and microfiber footwear, featuring lightweight composite and fiberglass safety toe options and antimicrobial and moisture-wicking linings and shock ...
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News briefsZalando creates circular, modular sweatshirt
Zalando has created a unisex, modular sweatshirt made of Infinna – a fiber produced in Finland by Infinited Fiber Company that consists entirely of post-consumer textile waste. Even the weave has been designed, in 3D, to cut waste to 3 percent of the raw fabric. The sweatshirt was on display ...
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RocRoi buys majority stake in UR Pirineos
According to CMDsport, RocRoi of Catalonia has acquired a majority stake in UR Pirineos of Aragon, which offers both all manner of outdoor activities (rafting, paintball, climbing, etc.) and training in them (rescue operations included). The move should turn RocRoi into the largest purveyor of adventure sports in southern Europe. ...
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News briefsDunlop partners with Tennis Europe
Tennis Europe and Dunlop have signed a comprehensive partnership deal recognizing the manufacturer as the main equipment sponsor of the European Tennis Federation. The four-year agreement, beginning April 1, marks the beginning of a long-term relationship between the two organizations during which Dunlop and its range of products, including K-Swiss ...
