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Dynastar and Lange have been announced as new official partners...
Dynastar and Lange have been announced as new official partners for skis & boots of the Freeride World Tour (FWT). The two brands have signed a three-year partnership contract. Alongside these partners, the 2019 FWT will continue its collaboration with GoPro, Fieberbrunn, Audi, Alpina, SunGod and Whitefrontier.
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Mizuno has signed the American freestyle swimmer Blake Pieroni to...
Mizuno has signed the American freestyle swimmer Blake Pieroni to his first professional contract. The contract also marks the first sponsorship of a swimmer for Mizuno USA. Pieroni, who is 23 years old, is a current member of USA Swimming, the sport's national team. In 2016, he won an Olympic ...
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Adidas has announced an initiative to help remove barriers faced...
Adidas has announced an initiative to help remove barriers faced by girls and women in sports. The She Breaks Barriers initiative expands on the #creatorsunite conversation, launched by the brand in August 2018, and is meant to inspire and support the next generation of female athletes, creators and leaders. To ...
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Nike has announced the renewal of its contract with Mauro...
Nike has announced the renewal of its contract with Mauro Icardi, the Argentinean professional footballer who plays for Inter Milan as well as Argentina's national team. The contract extension will see the 25-year-old scorer remain with Nike until 2027. Icardi was originally signed by Nike back in 2013, with an ...
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Erreà is the new technical sponsor of Italy's Lega Basket...
Erreà is the new technical sponsor of Italy's Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the country's professional men's club basketball league and the highest level of the league pyramid. The deal, which will cover the next two seasons, further expands the presence of the sportswear brand in Italian basketball. Erreà is ...
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Reinforcing its association with motor sports, Puma has signed a...
Reinforcing its association with motor sports, Puma has signed a long-term deal to supply all Porsche Motorsport drivers, juniors, young professionals and pit crews – all Formula E and GT racing personnel – with shoes, caps, luggage and fireproof racing clothing. The Puma logo will figure on the racecars and ...
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Fila has signed a sponsorship deal with Kiki Bertens, the...
Fila has signed a sponsorship deal with Kiki Bertens, the 27-year-old professional tennis player from the Netherlands. In 2018 alone Bertens won a doubles title in Brisbane and three singles titles in Charleston, Cincinnati and Seoul, raising her career totals to seven WTA singles titles and ten WTA doubles titles. ...
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Joma Sport has become the official apparel supplier of Mexico's...
Joma Sport has become the official apparel supplier of Mexico's Deportivo Cruz Azul football team. To celebrate the team's 91 years, the Spanish teamwear supplier and Cruz Azul are inviting fans to help find the team an anthem. Details are forthcoming on the social-media channels of both Joma and Cruz ...
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Nike will replace Umbro as the sponsor of Canada Soccer...
Nike will replace Umbro as the sponsor of Canada Soccer in 2019 for all its men's and women's team programs
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Macron has extended its sponsorship contracts with the PAOK and...
Macron has extended its sponsorship contracts with the PAOK and Levante football teams in Greece and Spain
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Craft Sportswear will be the official supplier of apparel and...
Craft Sportswear will be the official supplier of apparel and footwear for the Spartan Obstacle Race
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AnalysisMarket capitalization of global sporting goods industry sector increased by 10.1 percent in 2018
The stock market capitalization of the global sporting goods industry sector increased by 10.1 percent in terms of local currencies in 2018, in contrast with major declines in stock indexes worldwide, especially toward the end of the year.
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Major sports retailers grow twice as fast as the world market
The 64 largest sporting goods specialty retail chains in the world raised their sales by 10 percent in local currencies as well as in dollars in 2017, according to an annual survey by Sporting Goods Intelligence, in spite of the strong growth of the generalist internet operators in this and ...
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Amer’s board approves Anta’s takeover plan
Amer Sports has issued a statement that its board of directors is unanimously recommending that its shareholders should accept the tender offer proposed by China's largest sporting goods company, Anta Sports Products, and other investors, after analyzing alternative opportunities.The tender offer for all the shares of the Helsinki-based group is ...
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Dakine finds new brand owners
Marquee Brands, a brand management company whose portfolio includes names such as Bruno Magli, Ben Sherman and Body Glove, has acquired the Dakine brand and the related intellectual property. It has also entered into a long-term license agreement with JR286, a product design company based in California that has acquired ...
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Adidas has announced the completion of the first tranche of...
Adidas has announced the completion of the first tranche of a share buyback program, saying that it will give a total return to shareholders of more than €1.5 billion in 2018. The company bought back 5.1 million shares, corresponding to 2.5 percent of its equity, between March 22 and Dec. ...
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Kontoor Brands is the name given by VF Corp. to...
Kontoor Brands is the name given by VF Corp. to the new jeanswear company that it is spinning off
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Intersport International Corporation (IIC) has reported on the creation of...
Intersport International Corporation (IIC) has reported on the creation of a new position of global category director for lifestyle products. It will be filled by Marcus Albrecht, who comes from Zalando. He worked there for the past two years as head of sports, starting in sales and subsequently handling product ...
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Adidas has appointed a new chief information officer, Fumbi Chima,...
Adidas has appointed a new chief information officer, Fumbi Chima, replacing Michael Vögele who has left the company at his own request. Reporting to Harm Ohlmeyer, chief financial officer, she will take responsibility for the IT department from Jan. 1. A native of Nigeria, Fumbi comes from the Fox Network ...
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Nike has announced that Heidi O'Neill, president of Nike Direct,...
Nike has announced that Heidi O'Neill, president of Nike Direct, will expand her current role as leader of Nike's physical retail stores and Nike.com to include also all Nike digital products, services and member experiences. The change has immediate effect. She will report to Elliott Hill, president of consumer and ...