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UBC licenses Head sneakers

2021-05-24T14:56:00Z

An Italian firm, United Brands Company (UBC), has signed a license agreement with Head to develop and produce lines of sneakers for men, women and children under the Head brand name. The first collection is scheduled for the spring/summer 2022 season. Under the multi-year agreement, UBC will also be in ...

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Wintersteiger signs deal with Head USA

2021-02-23T17:51:00Z

Already working with Head Europe, Wintersteiger has become a supplier to Head USA, opening a showroom at the latter’s headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. According to its president, Jon Ruker, Head was seeking to “replicate” in Boulder the performance of Wintersteiger’s Scout machine at its Austrian race department, which “consistently produces ...

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Head to sponsor Spain’s Warriors Tour

2021-02-15T16:52:00Z

Head has become the exclusive technical partner of the Spanish Warriors Tour for the next three years. The tournament, which is backed by Spain’s Royal Tennis Federation (RFET), has seen the participation of young players under the age of 15 for the past 15 years. The 2021 edition will be ...

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Head launches a collection of tennis bags made from recycled bottles

2021-02-02T14:23:00Z

Head has worked with Alexander “Sascha” Zverev, the German tennis player and brand ambassador who is also an environmentally conscious athlete, on the development of Head’s first tennis bags made from recycled PET bottles. The collaborative collection comprises the Gravity R-Pet Duffle Bag and Gravity R-Pet Sport Bag. While 47 ...

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Head to set up a subsidiary in Norway

2020-12-21T18:05:00Z

Head Sport has decided to handle its own distribution in Norway, establishing a foothold of its own in Oslo on Jan. 1, 2021. The switch is occasioned by the bankruptcy in February of Gresvig, which has been Head’s Norwegian distributor for 20 years. The brand will be taking advantage of ...

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Head takes over the distribution of some products in Scandinavia

2020-11-19T15:31:00Z

Head Scandinavia is taking over the distribution of its racquet sports operations in Sweden, Denmark and Finland from GSL, which has had the rights for Sweden since 2010. According to Sportfack, it will be pushing in particular the paddle tennis segment, which is growing strongly in Sweden. Head Scandinavia is ...

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Head takes over Indigo

2020-10-07T16:19:00Z

Sportsbusiness.at has reported that Head N.V., the holding company of Head Sports, has taken over Indigo, a Munich-based ski producer that filed for bankruptcy protection in April. Indigo is best known as the exclusive licensee of Bogner and its Fire+Ice sub-brand for skis and ski accessories, including helmets, goggles, glasses, ...

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Head confirms the takeover of Zoggs

2020-06-30T20:50:00Z

Confirming an earlier report, Head has announced its acquisition of Zoggs, the Australian brand of swim goggles, forming a water sports group with an annual turnover estimated at well over €100 million. It’s an interesting move for Head, which already has a leading market position in scuba diving as well ...

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Head is about to buy Zoggs

2020-06-18T15:04:00Z

Head is in advanced discussions for a takeover of Zoggs International, the leading U.K.-based brand of swim goggles, says an insider, commenting on a report in Sky News, stressing that the transaction is not yet completed. Mark Hammersley, the former president of Speedo International who has been running the brand ...