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Patrick Rodgers, who ranks as the top-ranked amateur golf player...
Patrick Rodgers, who ranks as the top-ranked amateur golf player in the world, has signed a multi-year, head-to-toe endorsement agreement with Nike
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Brunotti Sportswear is sponsoring Dorian van Rijsselberghe, a Dutch windsurfing...
Brunotti Sportswear is sponsoring Dorian van Rijsselberghe, a Dutch windsurfing champion who became world champion in 2011
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Sport 2000 has sealed a deal with DLV, the German...
Sport 2000 has sealed a deal with DLV, the German athletics association. It will be represented as official partner of DLV on the website laufen.de and provide the website with information from the sporting goods retail industry. The website will also include a search function for Sport 2000 retailers that ...
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Antti Jääskeläinen, Amer Sports' chief development officer and senior vice...
Antti Jääskeläinen, Amer Sports' chief development officer and senior vice president for the group's supply chain and global operations, will leave the group and its executive board in mid-August. He has been with the company since 2009, but he has accepted a new position outside Amer Sports.
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Spanx, the Atlanta-based shape wear specialist, has appointed Jan Singer...
Spanx, the Atlanta-based shape wear specialist, has appointed Jan Singer as its new chief executive. Singer joins from Nike, where he was corporate vice-president of global apparel and corporate vice-president of global footwear. Singer, who is expected to join the company in early July, will report to Sara Blakely, Spanx' ...
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Adidas has announced it is creating an app that will...
Adidas has announced it is creating an app that will let users print Instagram photos on their new shoes. The app will launch for iPhone and Android in August. Adidas revealed the new app with a video on the adidasoriginals Instagram account. The photos can be applied to Adidas' ZX ...
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Perry Ellis International, which owns Ben Hogan, has announced a...
Perry Ellis International, which owns Ben Hogan, has announced a licensing agreement for a line of men's golf shoes under this brand with ACI International. The line will consist of casual and performance shoes and will be sold in specialty golf stores and other types of outlets from the autumn ...
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Outlast Technologies, the specialist in temperature regulating phase change materials...
Outlast Technologies, the specialist in temperature regulating phase change materials (PCMs), has introduced Spherix, an innovative PCM filling material which is suited for use in apparel. The new blend from PCM viscose fibers and polyester fiber balls offers dynamic climate regulation and added comfort, for example in jackets. The innovative ...
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Polartec has announced the 39 products that have won this...
Polartec has announced the 39 products that have won this year's Apex Awards. They were submitted by several companies including 66°North, Arc'teryx, Descente, Eider, Giro, Grifone, Houdini, Kjus, Lululemon, Millet, Montane, Mountain Force, Norrøna, Patagonia, Ping, Rab, Reebok, Sugoi, Ternua and Vaude, among others. The complete list and the related ...
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A total of 25 brands in 25 different product categories...
A total of 25 brands in 25 different product categories were honored with the prestigious Plus X Award for “most innovative brand of the year 2014,” including those of three sporting goods brands. Miha Bodytech, a German manufacturer of workout devices and fitness equipment, won the award in the category ...
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Chiemsee has signed a license for small leathergoods with a...
Chiemsee has signed a license for small leathergoods with a German specialist, Heinrich Sieber & Co., and the products will be on sale from the next autumn/winter season
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New Balance and the New Balance Foundation have launched a...
New Balance and the New Balance Foundation have launched a global initiative to encourage children to move in order to improve their sense of well-being and their self-esteem. Called NB SparkStart, it will involve grants and the organization of events including the company's first collective, global volunteer program next September. ...
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Nike Football has rolled out part three of its”Risk Everything”...
Nike Football has rolled out part three of its”Risk Everything” campaign with the release of “The Last Game,” a five-minute animated feature starring the cartoon versions of some of the world's greatest footballers on a mission to save football from the hands of The Scientist, a villainous mastermind, and “The ...
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Nike SB opened a football-inspired pop-up skate park inside Nike...
Nike SB opened a football-inspired pop-up skate park inside Nike Phenomenal House on New Oxford Street, in London, on May 28-31. The skate park was just one of a number of football-themed activities taking place at Nike's Phenomenal House as part of the Risk Everything campaign in the run up ...
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STMicroelectronics, a French-Italian semiconductor manufacturer and a top-tier supplier of...
STMicroelectronics, a French-Italian semiconductor manufacturer and a top-tier supplier of technology for the wearable market, will once again be the title sponsor of the Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup in 2014/2015. The WT Innovation World Cup is the leading worldwide innovation competition in the field of wearable technologies. From June ...
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Kelme, which is based in Elche, has announced a sponsorship...
Kelme, which is based in Elche, has announced a sponsorship contract with Elche C.F., the Spanish first division football team, for the next three seasons. The team was previously sponsored by Astore. Kelme will also supply the official ball for an association futsal teams in the Murcia region.
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Kooga has secured a three-year manufacturing deal with the Welsh...
Kooga has secured a three-year manufacturing deal with the Welsh Pro 12 rugby union team of the Scarlets. The Manchester-based rugby apparel company will provide the Welsh team with all its match-day playing kit, as well as training clothing collections and other off-field apparel for its Pro 12, Rugby Champions ...
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Skechers' Performance Division continues to sign up well-know American sportsmen....
Skechers' Performance Division continues to sign up well-know American sportsmen. Matt Kuchar, who has won the PGA Golf Tour seven times, is the newest ambassador for the brand, endorsing its GOgolf line of golf shoes. He will collaborate with the company in the development of a signature line of regular ...
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Alexius Pinturault, the 23-year-old French alpine ski champion, has joined...
Alexius Pinturault, the 23-year-old French alpine ski champion, has joined Head's team of ”World Cup Rebels''
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Reef signs up a 24-year-old Australian surfer, Mitch Crews, who...
Reef signs up a 24-year-old Australian surfer, Mitch Crews, who won the Quiksilver Japan Open last year, although he suffered a rare form of chronic arthritis four years ago
