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Slinger Bag partners with the Mouratoglou Academy
Slinger Bag has announced a partnership with the Mouratoglou Academy, a tennis academy headquartered in the French Riviera with additional centers in Dubai and Greece. Founded in 1996 by Patrick Mouratoglou, the academy has been the training home for some of the biggest and most promising talents in the sport, ...
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Adidas promotional film to star Ian Wright
Adidas has hired Ian Wright, the former football champion who played for Arsenal and England, to feature as a “Master of Speedfulness” in a marketing film. He will be appearing alongside the musician and comedian Specs Gonzalez, the West Ham midfielder Tomas Soucek and the Aston Villa forward Alisha Lehmann ...
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Dalbello teams up with Life Reskiboot for a circular economy
Dalbello, the Italian ski boot manufacturer that is part of the K2-Marker-Dalbello-Völkl group (K2-MDV), has been a partner since last September of the Life Reskiboot project, co-funded by the European Commission, which aims to takle the problem of plastic waste management with a new paradigm applied to ski boot construction ...
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AnalysisMarket Analysis: The sports equipment market
This is an exclusive, yearly statistic only available for subscribers of SGI Europe. It includes revenue and market share development of the major global sports equipment brands including breakdown by region.
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USWE turns around on higher sales
USWE, the Swedish outdoor and sports brand known for its bounce-free backpacks, reported a jump of 253 percent in net sales to 29.3 million Swedish kronor (€2.86m-$3.37m) for the three months to June 30. It generated an operating profit before depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) of SEK 5.58 million (€0.55m-$0.64m), or ...
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Champion teams up with the Renewal Workshop for upcycled garments
Champion has entered a collaboration with the recycling platform The Renewal Workshop to sell upcycled Champion products under the “Champion Renewed” banner. The line, which includes the American sportswear brand’s classic Reverse Weave sweatshirts, is part of the brand’s sustainability concept, Champion MADE. The Champion Renewed products will be made ...
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Sequential Brands Group files for bankruptcy protection
After many loss-making quarters and the sale of four brands - Heelys, DVS Footwear, Caribbean Joe and Ellen Tracy - earlier this year, the heavily indebted Sequential Brands Group has commenced voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to protect it from its ...
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ArticleiFIT reports strong growth and losses ahead of its IPO
Confirming its plans to go public, iFIT Health & Fitness reported a 104.9 percent increase in revenues to $1,745.1 million for the 12 months ended last May 31, compared with $700.0 million in 2018/19 and $851.7 million in 2019/20. It got orders worth $382.3 million last year, representing an increase ...
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Hoka opens its first physical retail stores
Hoka One One is opening its first retail shops, in New York and Los Angeles, after introducing its first lines of running apparel. The two pop-up stores are expected to stay open through December. The 185-square-meter store in NYC is located in the Flatiron district, at 142 Fifth Avenue. The ...
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ArticleLoss-making Allbirds eyes the sports market as it files for a “sustainable” IPO
Allbirds, the B Corporation certified brand of sneakers and apparel based in San Francisco, has filed an application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a so-called “sustainable” initial public offering on Nasdaq. The document indicates the size of the transaction at $100 million, which is an estimation solely ...
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Peloton faces governmental inquiries
Peloton Interactive has revealed that it is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security about its reporting of the treadmill accidents that resulted in a much-publicized product recall earlier this year. Peloton is also being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, ...
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Whoop’s valuation rises from $1.2bn to $3.6bn
The valuation of Whoop has risen to $3.6 billion through a new $200 million Series E round of financing led by the SoftBank Vision Fund 2. “While we have experienced amazing growth in the past year, the potential of our technology and the vast market for health monitoring remains largely ...
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India’s Elevar raises $2.6 million in funding
Elevar, a three-year-old sporting goods producer based in Mumbai, has raised INR190,000,000 (€2.2m-$2.6m) in a Series A funding round led by a venture capital firm, Kalaari Capital. Dream Sports also participated in the fundraising. Elevar is expected to use the funding to expand its product portfolio, increase its marketing efforts ...
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Nike is suing John Geiger over his GF-01 sneaker
Nike has filed a lawsuit against John Geiger’s John Geiger Co and La La Land Production and Design Inc. for allegedly infringing on Nike’s classic Air Force 1 silhouette. Nike claims that Geiger’s “GF-01” sneaker looks too much like Nike’s Air Force 1 and can generate confusion. In response, Geiger ...
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Adding a new sport, Macron sponsors the Korea Sepaktakraw Association
Macron will be the technical sponsor of the Korea Sepaktakraw Association for the next two seasons. Sepaktakraw is an ancient sport that originated in Thailand in the 15th century. The sport is very similar to volleyball, the difference being that it is played with the feet and the ball is ...
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Adidas veteran launches brand of petroleum-free apparel
Eric Liedtke has launched a brand of streetwear, called Unless, designed to require no materials derived from petroleum, in an effort to reduce the amount of polyester fed into landfills. Liedtke is a 25-year Adidas veteran, having served under such titles as executive board member in charge of global brands, ...
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FootJoy introduces HydroSeries outerwear range
FootJoy has unveiled the HydroSeries range of rain jackets for golf players. The HydroSeries features the DryJoys Waterproof Technology, which is said to offer protection and performance, regardless of the weather condition, during the colder and wetter months. The three jackets in the range – the Hydrotour, the Hydrolite and ...
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Puma and Cybex launch strollers for active parents
Puma, which is reportedly exploring its involvement in a variety of outdoor activities, has teamed up with a German company, Cybex, for a co-branded line of baby strollers designed for active parents who enjoy taking their children along when they work out. The collection features two styles. The Zeno is ...
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NURVV introduces a smart insole for runners that counts Watts
NURVV, the six-year-old British wearables start-up, has declared that every pair of its Run smart insoles will henceforth use 32 sensors to measure “running power” – a measurement in Watts that, the company claims, has come into widespread use in recent years among professional runners. Unlike wrist wearables, the insoles ...
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K-Swiss teams up with YG on “Disco” sneaker
K-Swiss has collaborated with YG on a new co-designed sneaker collection at the intersection of the sneaker culture and hip-hop. The K-Swiss Classic LX, one of the brand’s most enduring silhouettes, has been reimagined in a glittering silver motif. The shoe is called “Disco”. K-Swiss’ 50-year-old silhouette retains the brand’s ...
