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With basketball gaining increasing visibility in their domestic market, two Chinese...
With basketball gaining increasing visibility in their domestic market, two Chinese sports brands, Li-Ning and Peak Sports, have signed separate deals to become official partners of two teams of the National Basketball League: the Miami Heat and the Toronto Raptors, respectively. The contract with the Miami Heat, current world champion in the ...
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Lotto Sport Italia will provide footwear, clothing and accessories for...
Lotto Sport Italia will provide footwear, clothing and accessories for Nicolás Almagro, the Spanish tennis champion, through a new three-year technical sponsorship. The deal, which takes effect next year, will see Almagro outfitted in Lotto for competitions as well as leisure time. He will play wearing the Raptro Ulta IV ...
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Blue Tomato is launching the third edition of its Best...
Blue Tomato is launching the third edition of its Best Urban Shot competition, where city board sports participants, from snowboarding to freeskiing, are invited to submit photos and videos of their sport. The only requirement is that the shot be taking in an unrban environment – no parks, no mountains. ...
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Right in time for the holiday season, Intersport Austria has...
Right in time for the holiday season, Intersport Austria has donated 3,000 winter jackets to Volkshilfe (“help to the people”), a local charity organization. The used jackets came from customers of Intersport's retailers. In return for their used jackets, the customers got a 20 percent discount on the purchase of ...
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Völkl can proudly call itself “brand of the century,” a...
Völkl can proudly call itself “brand of the century,” a title bestowed by a German publisher, Verlag Deutsche Standards, and granted to companies that illustrate the quality of the German economy. At a ceremony at Berlin's prestigious Adlon hotel, Völkl was awarded the prize for its global importance as the only ...
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SRAM has done some reorganizing at its marketing team in...
SRAM has done some reorganizing at its marketing team in Europe, saying that the move will better serve its road, mountain bike and urban segments. Gaetan Vétois is the company's new European marketing manager, and he will work with the teams from original equipment sales, aftermarket, dealer marketing, and marketing and ...
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Puma has chosen Clifford French, the sports and entertainment communications...
Puma has chosen Clifford French, the sports and entertainment communications agency, to advise it on its communication strategy for U.K. and Ireland football
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EA7 Emporio Armani is the new technical sponsor of L'Usine,...
EA7 Emporio Armani is the new technical sponsor of L'Usine, a high-end sports club in Paris
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Erima has signed a sponsorship agreement with the handball team...
Erima has signed a sponsorship agreement with the handball team of Flensburg in Germany
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Arc'teryx has obtained the involvement of the local police in...
Arc'teryx has obtained the involvement of the local police in Vancouver to distribute more than 700 waterproof capes to the homeless population of the Canadian city, where the brand has its head office. The capes are made with excess or discontinued raw materials from the Arc'teryx factory in nearby Burnaby, ...
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Helly Hansen will be the official supplier of baselayers to...
Helly Hansen will be the official supplier of baselayers to the U.S. Alpine Ski Team until the end of 2016 season. The collaboration reportedly began last Nov. 30 when the 48 athletes of the team wore Helly Hansen baselayers at a World Cup event at Beaver Creek, Colorado. The Norwegian ...
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Warrior, the team sports brand of New Balance, has signed...
Warrior, the team sports brand of New Balance, has signed a sponsorship deal for its new Skreamer line of football boots with Marouane Fellaini, the Belgian midfield player of the British Everton team. It has also made a move into Spanish football by becoming the official supplier of the uniforms ...
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Sport Partner reports that Arena has signed a four-year sponsorship...
Sport Partner reports that Arena has signed a four-year sponsorship deal with the Dutch Swimming Federation. Announced during the European championships held in Chartres, the deal relates to all categories from swimming to diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and disabled swimming. Starting from the beginning of next year, the agreement ...
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Jørgen Jørgensen, chief executive of Norrøna Sport, was recently awarded...
Jørgen Jørgensen, chief executive of Norrøna Sport, was recently awarded a prize as the Norwegian “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2012 in the trade segment. The prize was awarded by Ernst & Young to Jørgensen for an impressive ability and unique competence for developing innovative products, establishing distribution channels and being one of ...
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The seventh edition of the World Snowboard Day is planned...
The seventh edition of the World Snowboard Day is planned for Sunday, Dec. 30. Organized by EuroSIMA, the World Snowboard Federation and Outdoor Sports Valley, it can be described as a free celebration day for the sport, where veterans and neophytes alike are welcomed to the slopes to enjoy and ...
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Speedo is supporting a new project that will combine biotechnology...
Speedo is supporting a new project that will combine biotechnology and laser technology to develop new and sustainable textile processing techniques as well as new creative patterns and design ideas. The idea is to use lasers as a design tool on fabrics before and after they are treated with enzymes ...
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Sportart, the German company led by Frank Koch, has decided...
Sportart, the German company led by Frank Koch, has decided to intensify its collaboration with Adidas in the area of boxing equipment, holding regular product meetings. The decision follows an extension of Adidas' supply contract with the German Boxing Federation (DBV) for a further four years.
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The Ideas Active Sports Design Network has selected the word...
The Ideas Active Sports Design Network has selected the word “Find” as the tagline for its Winter 2014/15 color card, stressing the current demand for something innovative and surprising in a world gripped by problems that require new paths and solutions. The new Ideas color card, whose preview can be ordered ...
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With a new skiwear collection, Isbjörn of Sweden will enter...
With a new skiwear collection, Isbjörn of Sweden will enter the 8-12-year-old segment. Previously, the company specializing in children's activewear focused only on products for children aged 0 to 7 years.
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The Backenger backpack won this year's edition of the Oxylane...
The Backenger backpack won this year's edition of the Oxylane Innovation Awards. Every year, the prize showcases the most innovative products and services developed by any of the exclusive brands of Oxylane, the parent company of Décathlon and other smaller retail chains. The Backenger is one of the items offered ...
