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Garmont has announced a new partnership with France's Ensa (Ecole...
Garmont has announced a new partnership with France's Ensa (Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme). As part of this collaboration, Ensa guides will field-test Garmont products and provide feedback to enable improvements and future product developments. Among the boots that the Ensa mountain professionals will be using are the Dragontail, ...
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In a letter to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, Vaude...
In a letter to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, Vaude said it wants to prevent the deportation of refugees who are working at the company. Nine refugees from Syria, Nigeria, Gambia, Iraq and Afghanistan are currently working at Vaude. Five of them are facing deportation from Germany. In her letter ...
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The European Commission has launched an investigation into the alleged...
The European Commission has launched an investigation into the alleged dumping of e-bikes from China, following a request by the European Bicycle Manufacturers Association for retroactive relief. Imports of e-bikes into the EU have reached more than 800,000 units a year, says the EBMA, claiming that they are priced at ...
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Icon Health & Fitness has accused Nautilus of infringing on...
Icon Health & Fitness has accused Nautilus of infringing on its One Touch and Quick Speed trademarks through the buttons and the user manual of its TreadClimber. The lawsuit, filed in the Central District Court of Utah, also says that Nautilus has been making false claims about its Max Trainer, ...
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Ukraine has obtained new trade preferences from the European Union...
Ukraine has obtained new trade preferences from the European Union that increase the quantity of products the country can export to the EU free of duties, including footwear. The trade measure, which came into force on Oct. 1, will offer several Ukrainian agricultural and industrial goods better access to the ...
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Columbia Sportswear has emerged largely victorious from a patent infringement...
Columbia Sportswear has emerged largely victorious from a patent infringement lawsuit over one of its Omni-Heat reflective technology designs. In late September, a jury in the U.S. District Court of San Diego awarded $3,018,000 in damages against another US-based snow apparel company Seirus Innovative Accessories, headquartered in San Diego. The ...
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Fesi will work more closely with WFSGI
The European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) has announced the resignation of its president, Luca Businaro, and its secretary general, Alberto Bichi, ahead of the general assembly of the organization, which is due to be held in Brussels on Nov. 23-24. Their resignation follows a meeting of Fesi's ...
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Garmont has announced a new partnership with France's Ensa (Ecole...
Garmont has announced a new partnership with France's Ensa (Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme). As part of this collaboration, Ensa guides will field-test Garmont products and provide feedback to enable improvements and future product developments. Among the boots that the Ensa mountain professionals will be using are the Dragontail, ...
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In a letter to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, Vaude...
In a letter to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, Vaude said it wants to prevent the deportation of refugees who are working at the company. Nine refugees from Syria, Nigeria, Gambia, Iraq and Afghanistan are currently working at Vaude. Five of them are facing deportation from Germany. In her letter ...
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Women's Wear Daily reports that Adidas has shelved a suit...
Women's Wear Daily reports that Adidas has shelved a suit against Juicy Couture in an Oregon court over the Three Stripes logo, following a settlement whose terms were not revealed
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The European Commission has stopped negotiations with the European Parliament...
The European Commission has stopped negotiations with the European Parliament on new guidelines for the imposition of anti-dumping duties, having failed to reach an agreement on them. One of the issues under consideration is a proposal to start considering China as a market economy. The deadlock may affect the planned ...
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CMD Sports reports that the Enebe group filed for bankruptcy...
CMD Sports reports that the Enebe group filed for bankruptcy protection in a court of Alicante on July 22, adding that the Spanish producer of table tennis equipment is now run by a court-appointed receiver, Vicente Puchol. In 2010, the company made a diversification into the world of paddle tennis, ...
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W.L. Gore & Associates has been imposed a fine of...
W.L. Gore & Associates has been imposed a fine of 3.67 billion South Korean Won (€2.7m-$3.2m) by the Korea Fair Trade Commission for engaging in unfair trade practices in the country, in violation of Article 23 of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act. According to the trade regulator, between March ...
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Adidas says it has placed one of its employees on...
Adidas says it has placed one of its employees on administrative leave and engaged outside counsel to conduct a thorough investigation into a case of bribery in which he has allegedly been involved. Jim Gatto, who is Adidas' director of global sports marketing for basketball, was mentioned among ten people ...
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Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Oberalp Group, has been awarded...
Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Oberalp Group, has been awarded one of the highest honors by the Austrian government. Wolfgang Spadinger, consul general of Austria in Bolzano, pinned the Great Order of Merit to Oberrauch's jacket at the end of August in a ceremony held in the city, where the ...
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Following other American business leaders, Kevin Plank, founder and chief...
Following other American business leaders, Kevin Plank, founder and chief executive of Under Armour, resigned from Donald Trump's American Manufacturing Council after the U.S. president failed to criticize an outburst of white suprematist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia in mid-August. Plank had been initially an enthusiastic supporter of Trump because of ...
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Sports Direct has launched a legal claim in Iceland against...
Sports Direct has launched a legal claim in Iceland against Ingibjorg Palmadottir and Sigurdur Palmi Sigurbjornsson, the wife and stepson of Jon Asgeir Johannesson, the disgraced former boss of Baugur. The British sportswear retailer led by Mike Ashley is suing Sigurbjornsson and two companies, Guru Invest and Rhapsody Investments, linked ...
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Active Brands has announced its continued commitment to Johaug, its...
Active Brands has announced its continued commitment to Johaug, its women's sportswear brand, in spite of an 18-month suspension competition decreed for Therese Johaug, the Norwegian cross-country skiing star who the brand is named after. She was recently banned from competition by a judge following a doping charge, but the ...
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Ping Europe has been fined £1.45 million (€1.7m-$1.9m) by the...
Ping Europe has been fined £1.45 million (€1.7m-$1.9m) by the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for preventing two British retailers from selling its golf clubs on their websites. The CMA has required Ping to stop the ban and to avoid any equivalent ban on other retailers. According to the ...
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A district court judge in Oregon has let a lawsuit...
A district court judge in Oregon has let a lawsuit by Adidas against Skechers over its Stan Smith shoe go to trial, denying a request by Skechers to overrule the claims. He has accepted most of the claims, though not all of them. In the case, Adidas sued Skechers in ...
