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Short Stops Week 16, 2024
PERSONNEL CHANGES +++ Evnroll Putters has appointed industry veteran Greg Sabella as Vice President of Global Marketing +++ Fast-growing Idaho-based pickleball brand Selkirk Sport has named Jason Dunlap, a veteran of Osprey Packs and Black Diamond, as its new CFO and hired former VF Corp. and Filson executive Doug Thielen ...
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Short Stops Week 15, 2024
ATHLETES +++ Skechers has announced baseball star Albert Pujols as a new brand ambassador for Spanish-language campaigns +++ American alpine skiing champion Mikaela Shiffrin and Norwegian racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde announced on their social media accounts on April 4 that they are officially engaged +++ Golf technology company Rad Golf ...
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Short stopsShort Stops Week 14, 2024
M&A +++ According to Business Insider, the Thai Central Group is interested in acquiring several properties from the Austrian Signa Holding, including the KaDeWe in Berlin and Selfridges in London, as well as the remaining 49.9 percent of the insolvent KaDeWe Group, which also includes the Alsterhaus in Hamburg and ...
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Short Stops Week 13, 2024
BRANDS +++ AFP Courts, a division of AFP Group, which holds Adidas license for pádel products, has become the court supplier to the Pro Padel League (PPL) +++ Head has renewed the deal it made in 2014 to supply the official ball to the Portuguese Padel Federation (FPP) +++ Rip ...
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Short Stops Week 12, 2024
ATHLETES +++ University of South Carolina guard MiLaysia Fulwiley signed a multi-year NIL contract with Under Armour’s Curry Brand, making her the first collegiate athlete to sign with the brand +++ New era cap signs multi-year collab with pro BMX athlete Nigel Sylvester +++ RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ Sportler has ...
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Short Stops Week 11, 2024
BRANDS +++ Eyewear manufacturer Marcolin and American sneaker brand Skechers have announced the early renewal of their global eyewear licensing agreement, meaning Marcolin designs, manufactures and distributes worldwide Skechers sunglasses, eyeglasses and kids’ eyewear until Dec. 31, 2030 +++ RETAIL +++ Decathlon is planning to open four new ...
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Short Stops Week 10, 2024
PERSONNEL CHANGES +++ Perry Ellis has appointed Harriet Allsebrook, previously at Acushnet Europe, as its new Area Sales Manager in the UK for the Midlands and East region +++ Glove manufacturer Swany America, founded in 1980, has named Todd Givnish, who previously led Smartwool’s sales and marketing efforts for more ...
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Short Stops Week 09, 2024
MARKET STATISTICS +++ Cambodia’s textiles and apparel exports to the EU dropped by 13 percent in 2023 to €3.2 billion +++ The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup had an economic impact of $1.32 billion, according to a newly published document from Football Australia, based on research led by Nielsen ...
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Short Stops Week 08, 2024
EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ eBay Inc. announced the appointment of Zane Rowe, who currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Workday, an international enterprise software company, to its Board of Directors and to eBay’s Audit Committee, effective Feb. 16 +++ Montirex, a UK-based outdoor and sportswear brand, has appointed Kath ...
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Short Stops Week 07, 2024
PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Original Penguin, part of Perry Ellis International, has unveiled a refreshed logo and new branding in view of its 70th anniversary next year +++ Bullpadel has announced Pablo Cardona as a new member of its athlete roster +++ Nike has inked a deal with content creator ...
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Short Stops Week 05, 2024
PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ CorteSport, a British producer of custom courts, has signed a sponsorship deal with Aimee Gibson, a top-15 women’s tennis player in the UK who switched to pádel in 2022 and is currently the top women’s player in the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) ranking and number 253 ...
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Short Stops Week 04, 2024
RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ Decathlon announced plans to open a 2787sqm flagship store in Clerys Quarter, Dublin, Ireland, later this year, which will create more than 50 jobs +++ PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ French ski brand Blackcrows has added US freeskier Lucas Wachs to its athlete team, equipping ...
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Short Stops Week 03, 2024
LEGAL & INSTITUTIONAL +++ The International School Sport Federation (ISF) has inaugurated its new headquarters at the Olympic House in Lausanne in the presence of Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) +++ World Sailing has appointed Fiona Kidd as Head of International Development +++ Birmingham has been ...
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Short Stops Week 02, 2024
CORPORATE AND M&A +++ Global investment company Platinum Equity acquired Augusta Sportwear Brands and Founder Sport Group, two US-based suppliers of team uniforms, sportswear and fan apparel for the youth and recreational sports market +++ Frasers Group has appointed Jefferies in place of Liberum as its Joint Corporate Broker, alongside ...
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Short Stops Week 01, 2024
PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Daniel Sanyo Gutierrez, recognized former number one in padel, also known as “The Padel Wizard of Argentina,“ and one of the most solid players on the circuit who has managed to stay in the top 4 in the world for more than 10 years (2012-2023), has ...
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Short Stops Week 52, 2023
RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ Adidas has opened a new 120 sqm stadium-style store in the Urban Square Mall in Udaipur in the western Indian state of Rajasthan +++ PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Puma has launched its latest high-performance apparel and footwear, the Puma Fit collection and Pwrframe TR3 ...
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Short Stops Week 51, 2023
EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ US activewear brand Vuori has hired former Levi Strauss CMO Karen Riley-Grant as Chief Marketing Officer, effective Jan. 22, 2024 +++ Following the resignation of CFO and Company Secretary Jessica Moelands, effective Dec. 31, Globe International has promoted Samantha Cook to Company Secretary and appointed Karen ...
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Short Stops Week 50, 2023
LEGAL & INSTITUTIONAL +++ World Triathlon has awarded the 2026 World Triathlon Multisport Championships to Abu Dhabi, while the 2027 edition will take place in Edmonton, Canada +++ The National Football League (NFL) has announced that a regular season game will be played at the Corinthians Arena in São Paulo, ...
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Short Stops Week 49, 2023
EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ J.Lindeberg has hired sales veteran Kalle Kickuth, who previously worked at Adidas and Reebok and most recently at Gant, as Chief Sales Officer, a newly created position at the company +++ Spain’s LaLiga has reelected to its chairmanship for the next four seasons Javier Tebas, who ...
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Short Stops Week 48, 2023
LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL +++ FIBA has extended the “current status quo regarding the participation of Russia and Belarus in international competitions” in connection with the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, which means that the two countries will continue to be excluded from international basketball competitions as they have been since March ...
