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Amer Sports claims it has reduced the carbon footprint of...
Amer Sports claims it has reduced the carbon footprint of its ski factory in Altenmarkt, in the Austrian state of Salzburg. The facility produces around 400,000 pairs of skis per year for Salomon and Atomic, and employs more than 750 people. According to the company, the factory has reduced its ...
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Bullish new CEO upgrades Adidas targets
About two years after the launch of Creating the New, the Adidas Group has raised targets for its five-year expansion plan, to reach sales of between €25 billion and €27 billion by 2020, with an operating margin of 11 percent for the Adidas and Reebok brands.The upgraded targets were outlined ...
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Adidas gathers growing sales and profit
Ending the year with another buoyant quarter, the Adidas Group has continued its growth spurt with a sales rise of 14.0 percent to €19,291 billion, up by 18 percent in constant currencies, and with improved profit margins.Kasper Rorsted, the group's new chief executive, attributed much of the performance to Creating ...
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Anta reinforces its sales and multi-brand strategy
Anta Sports Products reinforced its status as the leading Chinese sports company last year, with a sales increase of 20.0 percent to 13,345.8 million yuan renminbi (€1,806.4m-$1,932.2m). The Anta brand's positioning as an affordable and increasingly functional Chinese brand has enabled it to more than quadruple in size in the ...
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Selected employees of Amer Sports at all levels received on...
Selected employees of Amer Sports at all levels received on March 10 a total of 175,230 shares in the group under three distinct stock incentive plans announced in 2013 and 2016. They were nominated based on performance, talent and future potential.
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Bruno Sälzer has been elected chairman of the Amer Sports...
Bruno Sälzer has been elected chairman of the Amer Sports group's board of directors, as part of a new board of seven. Sälzer previously worked as chief executive for many years at Hugo Boss and Escada, and currently at Bench. He is also a supervisory board member at Lacoste Holding ...
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Under Armour is launching its brand in India via Amazon's...
Under Armour is launching its brand in India via Amazon's brand store
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Decathlon is launching a new private label, Itiwit, for a...
Decathlon is launching a new private label, Itiwit, for a growing range of paddlesports products that it has been marketing under its Tribord brand. The name is inspired by the words “itinerary” and “inuits,” the Arctic tribes that introduced the kayak many centuries ago.
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New Era has become the official and authentic provider of...
New Era has become the official and authentic provider of headwear for the McLaren-Honda Formula 1 team from the U.K. The U.S. company has developed a co-branded line of caps that will be available for sale as of this month on McLaren's website, at New Era stores and other selected ...
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Billabong has released a collection of surf clothing and accessories...
Billabong has released a collection of surf clothing and accessories in collaboration with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, featuring some of the late artist's iconic prints. The line was developed by the Billabong Lab, a collaborative project intended to bring the brand together with artists, musicians, designers, ...
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Like Asics, Saucony and other brands of running shoes, Mizuno...
Like Asics, Saucony and other brands of running shoes, Mizuno has launched its own line of lifestyle sneakers. Called Mizuno 1906 after the year in which the Japanese brand was founded, the line has been created by Andrea Borgini, an Italian designer who worked with Philippe Model. The high-priced line ...
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We aRe SpinDye, a two-year-old company from Stockholm, exhibited...
We aRe SpinDye, a two-year-old company from Stockholm, exhibited for the first time at Ispo Munich last month, occupying a prime location left from the shrinking of a neighboring booth. The company claims to reach greater accuracy in rendering any of 1,095 colors on polyester through a unique pigment recipe ...
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Vibram is supplying a special rubber compound for the platform...
Vibram is supplying a special rubber compound for the platform of a new scooter by Micro Mobility, the Micro Black Deluxe
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Nike has developed a special sneaker for Elton John...
Nike has developed a special sneaker for Elton John
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Adidas has decided to put an end to its long-standing...
Adidas has decided to put an end to its long-standing relationship with Olympique de Marseille, an emblematic French football club. This comes after the club was sold last year by the widow of Robert Louis-Dreyfus, the former shareholder and chief executive of Adidas, to an American businessman, Frank McCourt. The ...
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After the end of the 2017/18 playing season, Umbro will...
After the end of the 2017/18 playing season, Umbro will replace Nike as the sponsor of the SV Werder Bremen team in the first division of the German Football League. The initial contract runs until the 2022/23 season. Nike had been the team's sponsor since 2009/10. Media reports indicate that ...
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Luhta Sportswear Company obtained strong exposure as an international sponsor...
Luhta Sportswear Company obtained strong exposure as an international sponsor of the Nordic Ski World Championships, which were held in Lahti from February 22 until March 5. The company provided outfits under two of its brands, Icepeak and Luhta, for about 2,700 volunteers in the event's organization. The decision was ...
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Yonex has become the official equipment partner for the major...
Yonex has become the official equipment partner for the major events of the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The new five-year agreement, which starts in May, has been concluded by the brand with Infront Sports & Media, part of Wanda Sports and BWF's exclusive media and marketing partner. The deal covers ...
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Adidas and Euroleague Basketball have announced an extension of their...
Adidas and Euroleague Basketball have announced an extension of their existing relationship that will expand Adidas' commitment to the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, the 7DAYS EuroCup and the Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament. Adidas basketball shoes will be integrated in EuroLeague and EuroCup platforms. In addition, the sports brand has ...
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Head has announced a new long-term partnership deal with Taylor...
Head has announced a new long-term partnership deal with Taylor Fritz. The 19-year-old American is one of the most promising tennis players on the ATP tour. As a junior, in 2015 he reached at least the quarter-final of all four Junior Grand Slam tournaments. He also won the boys' singles ...
