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While letting Puma take over the sponsorship of the Milan...
While letting Puma take over the sponsorship of the Milan AC club, Adidas has signed an endorsement contract with Regina Baresi, captain of the club's women's football team
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Asics has signed a multi-year deal to become a global...
Asics has signed a multi-year deal to become a global development partner of the International Triathlon Union
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Vibram Fivefingers has signed a six-year sponsorship deal with the...
Vibram Fivefingers has signed a six-year sponsorship deal with the Leeds United football club through its British distributor, Charles Birch
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Canterbury, the brand owned by Pentland, has signed a multi-year...
Canterbury, the brand owned by Pentland, has signed a multi-year partnership with Rugby Canada, replacing Under Armour
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Uhlsport has become the new official supplier of Waasland Beveren,...
Uhlsport has become the new official supplier of Waasland Beveren, a Belgian first-league football club, under a contract lasting through 2022
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has developed the WFSGI Compliance Labelling Requirements (CLR) Database, an online tool providing worldwide information on labeling requirements for the sporting goods industry. The database is to help companies face the everyday challenge of unclear labeling information, and therefore to avoid ...
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Two weeks before the formal release of the Adidas Group's...
Two weeks before the formal release of the Adidas Group's results for 2017, the company's chief executive reportedly indicated that its turnover increased in a range of 15 to 20 percent for the year to reach more than €20 billion. As reported by Reuters, Kasper Rorsted said at a conference ...
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Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon, has overtaken...
Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon, has overtaken Bill Gates as the wealthiest individual in the world, according to Forbes, with a personal net worth of $127 billion. He is also the first one to have reached a personal wealth of more than $100 billion. Bezos, 54, owns ...
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Under Armour continues to restructure
Under Armour has launched extra restructuring measures, after a year that was marked by much-reduced sales expansion and the re-alignment of the company's management and cost structure.Its performance somewhat improved in the last quarter, as sales increased by 4.6 percent to $1,365.4 billion, a rise of 4 percent in constant ...
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Vans’ ongoing strength drives VF Corp.
The Vans brand finished the year with an impressive rise in demand, as its sales surged by 35 percent in constant currencies in the last quarter, with ample double-digit rate increases in all geographic areas.The action sports brand's turnover was up by 31 percent in Europe, the Middle East and Africa ...
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Arc’teryx performs well in China
China has become the second-largest market for Arc'teryx, after a buoyant year that saw the brand's global sales move up to about €340 million, amounting to a strong double-digit sales increase in constant currencies.Arc'teryx has contributed much of the increase of the Amer Sports group's outdoor apparel division. As detailed ...
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Amer Sports has cancelled 2,000,000 treasury shares, keeping only 1,486,696...
Amer Sports has cancelled 2,000,000 treasury shares, keeping only 1,486,696 of them. The number of outstanding shares in the company has thus been reduced to 116,517,285.
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Adidas says it has launched a new “employer branding campaign”...
Adidas says it has launched a new “employer branding campaign” as part of recruitment efforts aimed at strengthening its in-house digital expertise and talent. It is looking in particular for software engineers. The campaign follows the creation of more than 200 new positions at the end of 2017 in the ...
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Puma has unveiled new collaborations and capsule collections with Shantell...
Puma has unveiled new collaborations and capsule collections with Shantell Martin and Hello Kitty. The sportswear brand has partnered with Shantell Martin, the British visual artist best known for her stream-of-consciousness drawings, on a capsule collection of sneakers and apparel. The pieces of this collection, entirely black and white, all ...
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Adidas has announced the release of a women's ready-to-wear collection...
Adidas has announced the release of a women's ready-to-wear collection in collaboration with Daniëlle Cathari, the 23-year-old fashion designer based in Amsterdam. The Adidas Originals by Daniëlle Cathari capsule collection for spring/summer 2018 debuted with a presentation at New York Fashion Week on Feb. 8. A year ago, Cathari designed ...
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In the wake of Amazon and fast-fashion retailers like H&M,...
In the wake of Amazon and fast-fashion retailers like H&M, Asos has its first label of activewear in January, with a good response from its customers. Called Asos 4505, the British online retailer's new range encompasses more than 100 styles for men and women in a segment situation between sports ...
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Champion presented a capsule collection developed in collaboration with Urban...
Champion presented a capsule collection developed in collaboration with Urban Outfitters at the inauguration of a new store in Paris. It recently introduced a collaboration with an American fashion label, Kith, sporting a new version of the Champion logo. It also launched a new unisex line in black, white and ...
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Mizuno is moving into the lifestyle segment with a sneaker...
Mizuno is moving into the lifestyle segment with a sneaker version of its Wave Rider running shoe, first launched in 1998. Called Wave Rider 1, the new sneaker will be the first product in a new Sports Style category for the Japanese brand. It is being introduced selectively at retail ...
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PVH has launched a Calvin Klein Performance collection of apparel...
PVH has launched a Calvin Klein Performance collection of apparel for men and women in Europe for sale from next autumn in fashion boutiques as well as selected sporting goods stores. A similar athleisure line is already being sold in Asia.
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Rossignol has issued a product recall for the 2017/18 series...
Rossignol has issued a product recall for the 2017/18 series of Look Pivot ski bindings purchased after Sept. 1, 2017. The company explains on its website that the heel piece may come loose and cause a skier to fall or crash. Customers are asked to arrange for an inspection and ...
