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Rudy Project has extended its sponsorship of the Bahrain Merida...
Rudy Project has extended its sponsorship of the Bahrain Merida cycling team for helmets and eyewear until 2023. The partnership started in 2016. The Italian brand kitted out 25 of the 176 riders in the recent Tour de France race, which ended in Paris on July 28.
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According to the British newspaper The Telegraph, the Jordan Brand...
According to the British newspaper The Telegraph, the Jordan Brand is working on its first endorsement deal with a football player, Raheem Sterling of Manchester City, who is in the final year of his contract with Nike and may now have been offered as much as £100 million (€110m-$122m)
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Millet is supporting Nahia Quincoces on her expedition to the...
Millet is supporting Nahia Quincoces on her expedition to the Lenin Peak, a 7,134-meter summit in Gorno-Badakhshan, on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
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Fjallraven is expanding its partnership with Keswick Mountain Festival in...
Fjallraven is expanding its partnership with Keswick Mountain Festival in 2020, to sponsor The Keswick 3 Peak Challenge, Keswick Mountain Festival's newest hillwalking event
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Adidas, Nike and Puma have joined the Global Fashion Pact...
Adidas, Nike and Puma have joined the Global Fashion Pact to protect the world's climate, biodiversity and oceans at the instigation of Kering, the former controlling shareholder of Puma, which is committed to sustainability. The fashion pact, which gathers 32 groups – mostly from the fashion sector – representing nearly ...
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Napapijri, a brand of VF Corp., has announced that the...
Napapijri, a brand of VF Corp., has announced that the Skiddo Infinity, the latest version of its Skidoo jacket, can be recycled at the end of its life. The jacket uses Econyl recycled Nylon 6, from Aquafil. Napapijri invites buyers of the product to register the purchase date online, with ...
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Anta’s revenues soar by 40%, boosted by Fila
Anta Sports Products kept the momentum going in the first half of 2019, with a sales increase of 40.3 percent to 14,810 million yuan renminbi (€1.9bn-$2.1bn), driven by a very strong performance from Fila, which Anta licenses in China.This led to a 27.7 percent jump in comprehensive net income attributable to ...
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Columbia Sportswear has purchased three buildings from Electro Scientific Industries...
Columbia Sportswear has purchased three buildings from Electro Scientific Industries (ESI), a firm specialized in laser applications. All lie within a quarter-mile of Columbia's current headquarters in Washington County, Oregon, and will expand it. The additional 200,000 square feet of space are costing about $33 million. The first building should ...
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Trading in Amer Sports shares in Nasdaq Helsinki was suspended...
Trading in Amer Sports shares in Nasdaq Helsinki was suspended on Aug. 26 as the Mascot Bidco consortium got permission to redeem all minority shares not yet tendered
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Altra, the running brand recently acquired by VF Corp., has...
Altra, the running brand recently acquired by VF Corp., has hired Andrew Conley as its director of global product. Conley has spent his entire career in running shoes. He was most recently with Hoka One One, helping to expand the women's line and overseeing the launch of the Carbon X ...
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Adidas has filed an opposition to J.Crew's trademark application for...
Adidas has filed an opposition to J.Crew's trademark application for a design of five parallel stripes, to be used on apparel and on such accessories as business card cases and various kinds of bags. The Trial and Appeals Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has suspended the application ...
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Nike has signed a two-year licensing deal to use some...
Nike has signed a two-year licensing deal to use some of New York City's logos on its merchandise. The logos in question include the New York Police Department's badge, the Fire Department's insignia, the taxi “T”, the Staten Island Ferry's logo, the leaf of the Parks Department and the bomb ...
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Nike has launched a special collection of sneakers developed together...
Nike has launched a special collection of sneakers developed together with Levi's. Nike's Air Force 1 Low and Air Force 1 High sneaker models have special design elements, such as laser-engraved double logos, including Levi's logo and Nike's Swoosh logo. The limited edition became available online and in selected Levi's stores ...
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The Swimming division of Head Sport is developing a new...
The Swimming division of Head Sport is developing a new line of open-water neoprene suits. This expansion of the current line of suits is at the testing stage and will form part of Head's product introductions for 2020. The company will have a booth at the forthcoming International Triathlon Union ...
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Kookaburra, the Australian manufacturer of sporting goods, has been developing...
Kookaburra, the Australian manufacturer of sporting goods, has been developing a smart ball for cricket. A microlight chip embedded in the ball measures the number of revolutions, delivery speed and other pre- and post-bounce data and sends them to an app that runs on smartphones and tablets. The ball is ...
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Toray has developed the Summer Shield, a new fabric that...
Toray has developed the Summer Shield, a new fabric that is said to block 100 percent of light and more than 99 percent of harmful ultraviolet rays. According to the company, the temperature under canopy shelters incorporating the new fabric is 4°C to 7°C lower than with conventional fabrics. The ...
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Arc'teryx, a brand of Amer Sports, has introduced a climbing...
Arc'teryx, a brand of Amer Sports, has introduced a climbing jacket that uses a new, proprietary face fabric called Fortius Air 20. The Proton LT Hoody jacket has been described by Arc'teryx as “the most durable and insulated climbing jacket to date.” The Fortius 20 face fabric offers hardwearing durability ...
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Briko is launching a new cycling helmet that is said...
Briko is launching a new cycling helmet that is said to considerably raise the bar in terms of the cyclists' awareness of what is going on around them, for maximum safety. The Briko Cerebellum One features a smart microprocessor under the liner, complete with radar, front and rear full HD ...
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Reebok launched a limited collection of sneakers together with three...
Reebok launched a limited collection of sneakers together with three well-known sneaker stores in Germany on July 27. The collection's theme is “international food.” The prints on the shoe models show new interpretations of typical advertising for restaurants. Next to T-shirts, socks, caps and bags, Reebok is offering three limited ...
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Adidas Originals has cooperated with Arizona Iced Tea for a...
Adidas Originals has cooperated with Arizona Iced Tea for a limited edition of sneakers, priced at 99 cents (€0.88) per pair – the same as a can of iced tea. There were two models, the Continental 80 and the Yung 1, each available in two designs matching that of an ...
