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    Callaway Golf has introduced the Allsport watch, which the company...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Callaway Golf has introduced the Allsport watch, which the company describes as the first multi-sport watch designed specifically for golfers. The Allsport incorporates popular features of fitness tracking devices into a conventional GPS watch, including a calorie tracker, a step counter and multi-sport training features suitable for other sports, including ...

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    Craft presented its first line of urban running shoes at the OutDoor show....

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Craft presented its first line of urban running shoes at the OutDoor show. The shoes are intended for running on asphalt, but the company makes no secret that the collection will be expanded in a few years' time. Craft's new urban running shoes come with a Vibram sole that was exclusively developed for ...

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    Brekka, the Milan-based brand of headwear, has teamed up with...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Brekka, the Milan-based brand of headwear, has teamed up with Smiley to create a range of apparel and accessories for music festival-goers. The capsule collection includes backpacks, hoods, hats and socks, all of which incorporate a print of the Smiley icon. Europe's summer season features numerous festivals, kicking off in ...

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    The Alpinestars Tech-Air airbag system has been honored at this...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    The Alpinestars Tech-Air airbag system has been honored at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Asia Innovation Awards, taking away the prize in the Wearables category. The Tech-Air, which is said to be the first self-contained street airbag system, can be used for any type of motorcycle or scooter. The ...

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    Rossignol will be teaming up with Andrea Pompilio for its...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Rossignol will be teaming up with Andrea Pompilio for its autumn-winter 2018/19 apparel line. The new Studio collection will be presented at Pitti Uomo in January 2018. The capsule collection, for men and women, will comprise 30 models combining a sporting style with urban trends. Rossignol previously teamed up with ...

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    Norrøna is launching Unstad, a range of wetsuits intended for...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Norrøna is launching Unstad, a range of wetsuits intended for arctic surfing, which will become available after the summer. The Norwegian outdoor and winter sports apparel and footwear company acknowledges that the potential of the latest range is quite small in terms of sales, but it consistently targets the more ...

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    Vibram is introducing a new Vibram Litebase technology which, it...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Vibram is introducing a new Vibram Litebase technology which, it says, reduces by up to 30 percent the weight of the outsole without affecting the properties of Vibram's normal soles. The new technology will be tested on a shoe with Vibram's Megagrip compound by the members of the Trailrunning Team ...

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    Schoeller Textil is teaming up with Lubrizol on a warp-knitted...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Schoeller Textil is teaming up with Lubrizol on a warp-knitted material made with a new elastomeric fiber from Lubrizol. The innovative material will be presented at the OutDoor exhibition in Friedrichshafen on June 18-21. According to Schoeller, the fabrics using Labrizol's X4zol-J elastomeric fiber are suited for outdoor activities such ...

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    Calida, the Swiss bodywear producer that controls the Lafuma Group,...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Calida, the Swiss bodywear producer that controls the Lafuma Group, has decided to stop developing and marketing its own swimwear line, which was being sold mainly in its own stores

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    Gosha Rubchinskiy, the Russian designer, has continued his partnership...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Gosha Rubchinskiy, the Russian designer, has continued his partnership with Adidas Football with a range of apparel, footwear and accessories presented earlier this month in St. Petersburg, following the launch of an Adidas Football apparel range by Rubchinskiy in Kaliningrad in January

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    A German company, United Brands 24, has become a...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    A German company, United Brands 24, has become a licensee of Head Sport for small leathergoods, bags, luggage and other travel accessories

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    Damir Doma, a Croatian fashion designer who grew up in...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Damir Doma, a Croatian fashion designer who grew up in Germany, has developed a special collection for Lotto, which it presented at his own spring/summer 2018 fashion show in Paris on June 18

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    Kasper Rørsted, the new chief executive of the Adidas Group,...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Kasper Rørsted, the new chief executive of the Adidas Group, is the most popular manager in the German fashion industry, according to Glassdoor. The company, which operates an employment and recruitment platform, recently released its list of the ten most popular managers in the country. Glassdoor's list includes managers from ...

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    Umbro has sealed an equipment partnership with Real Murcia FC,...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Umbro has sealed an equipment partnership with Real Murcia FC, a Spanish football club currently in the Segunda División B. The partnership was agreed for three years starting from the 17/18 football season. The club said it was hoping that the partnership with the English football brand would mark its ...

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    Nike's ad “The Switch” featuring Cristiano Ronaldo came out victorious...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Nike's ad “The Switch” featuring Cristiano Ronaldo came out victorious on this year's Top 10 Cannes YouTube video ad leader-board. The ranking is compiled through an algorithm that takes into account paid views, organic views and audience retention, which refers to how much of a video people watched. The leader-board ...

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    BLK has signed a partnership deal with the Windies, which...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    BLK has signed a partnership deal with the Windies, which makes the company the official kit supplier of the cricket team for the next three years. The West Indies team, officially known as the Windies, is a multinational cricket team representing the English-speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies that formed the British West ...

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    Garmin has been named an associate of the PGA in...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Garmin has been named an associate of the PGA in the South of England. The year-long partnership will cover the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and Sussex. The partnership is to further promote Garmin's golf products and services in these geographical areas, which feature 525 golf courses ...

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    Kukri Sports has announced a partnership with Thomas Cook Sport,...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Kukri Sports has announced a partnership with Thomas Cook Sport, the British travel company that offers sports fans a range of services to allow them to follow their favourite teams and athletes around the world. Upon the terms of the new three-year agreement, Kukri becomes the official uniform provider to ...

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    Inov-8 has unveiled a new partnership with Total Warrior, the...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Inov-8 has unveiled a new partnership with Total Warrior, the U.K.-based obstacle course race, ahead of this year's series. Under the terms of the partnership, all the warriors who participate in the three courses of the series this summer – in Leeds, Shap and Edinburgh - will benefit from exclusive ...

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    Icebug, the Swedish footwear brand, will be hosting the third...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Icebug, the Swedish footwear brand, will be hosting the third edition of the annual Icebug Xperience, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3. The race takes place in Bohuslän, a province in western Sweden, and is an opportunity for participants to explore 75 kilometers of the Swedish coastal landscape during three ...