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Trek and Scott are each recalling thousands of mid-priced bikes...
Trek and Scott are each recalling thousands of mid-priced bikes sold between 2010 and 2013 because of concerns over the SR Suntour suspension forks used on them. The recall is because the front forks, which were made in Taiwan and China, can break. The recall affects 11 models of Trek and ...
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Luca Businaro, president of Novation, has been re-elected for the...
Luca Businaro, president of Novation, has been re-elected for the third time to a two-year term as president of Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association
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Workers at Cambodia's apparel workers have won the right to...
Workers at Cambodia's apparel workers have won the right to see their minimum wage raised every year on Jan. 1
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Fifa is to invest US$900 million in the development football...
Fifa is to invest US$900 million in the development football during the 2015-2018 period, following the budget approval by Fifa's 64th Congress in São Paulo, Brazil, on June 10-11, on the eve of the opening match of the Fifa 2014 World Cup, which is being hosted by Brazil. This amount ...
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Umbro has rejoined Fesi, the European sporting goods industry federation...
Umbro has rejoined Fesi, the European sporting goods industry federation as an associate member, to participate in the dialogue with international sports federations such as Uefa
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Research conducted by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) indicates that...
Research conducted by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) indicates that outdoor brands in Europe and North America utilize between 1,400 and 1,600 tons of duck and goose down annually, representing less than one percent of the global production of the feathers. Some 90 percent of it comes from China. Marc ...
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Scott Sports reported that thieves broke into the warehouse at...
Scott Sports reported that thieves broke into the warehouse at its headquarters in Givisiez, Switzerland on Sunday, June 1 and stole 200 high-end bikes. It is the latest in a recent spate of burglaries that have affected bike manufacturers and retailers across the globe during the past few months. According ...
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The World Customs Organization (WCO), which is based in Brussels,...
The World Customs Organization (WCO), which is based in Brussels, is developing a special database of potentially counterfeit items in collaboration with the European federation of the sporting goods industry (Fesi). Using this database and new tools, customs officials were able to seize about 520,000 fake footballs, shirts, shoes and ...
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Paola Cobos has been appointed as the new secretary general...
Paola Cobos has been appointed as the new secretary general of Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, taking the place of Gloria Perarnau who is pursuing new projects in France. Cobos has accumulated experience elsewhere in the organization of international fairs, trade missions and similar projects. Her new job ...
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Claude Benoit has accepted to remain secretary general of Fedas,...
Claude Benoit has accepted to remain secretary general of Fedas, the European sporting goods retailers' federation, until the end of this year. The Swiss sporting goods industry veteran will probably be succeeded then by a German in the post, in order for the secretary general to be closer to Werner ...
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Scott Sports is voluntarily recalling about 8,000 Speedster bikes worldwide,...
Scott Sports is voluntarily recalling about 8,000 Speedster bikes worldwide, in cooperation with national authorities, due to a finding that the steerer tube in the front fork can break, posing a hazard. The recall involves model year 2014 Scott Speedster road bikes, the current range, including the women's model, Scott ...
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Marker Völkl and Tecnica Group, respectively the leading and fourth-largest...
Marker Völkl and Tecnica Group, respectively the leading and fourth-largest sellers of skis in the U.S., have settled Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that for many years they illegally agreed not to compete for one another's ski endorsers or employees. The FTC charges that beginning in 2004, Marker Völkl and ...
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Greenpeace has taken advantage of the excitement over the World...
Greenpeace has taken advantage of the excitement over the World Cup to voice a claim that 33 products developed for the tournament by Adidas, Nike and Puma contain high levels of hazardous chemicals. The products criticized by the organization include Adidas' Brazuca ball, its Predator boot and Nike's Tiempo boot. ...
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Vibram USA, the producer of FiveFingers running shoes, has moved...
Vibram USA, the producer of FiveFingers running shoes, has moved to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that it overstated the shoes' health benefits. The company has offered to pay a total of $3.75 million to people who bought the shoes and said it would stop making claims in its commercials ...
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The French sporting goods industry federation, Fifas, is recruiting a...
The French sporting goods industry federation, Fifas, is recruiting a new secretary general through Sport Carrière to take the place of Catherine Trachtenberg, who is planning to leave after a transition period to pursue a new project outside the sporting goods sector. She has been with the association for 30 ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has become an official member of the Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport (Giceps) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). In this role, WFSGI intends to fight for access to sports as a fundamental right for ...
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Columbia Sportswear reports that a court in Milan has granted...
Columbia Sportswear reports that a court in Milan has granted a preliminary injunction against Geox, authorizing the seizure of certain Amphibiox branded shoes in Italy because they are likely to have infringed a patent held by its OutDry Technologies subsidiary for waterproof and breathable footwear. Similar legal action is pending ...
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G-Max, the Norwegian sporting goods chain franchised by Gresvig, has...
G-Max, the Norwegian sporting goods chain franchised by Gresvig, has won in the court case that XXL had filed against its price matching campaign, which we have already written about in recent issues. The verdict stated that G-Max had done nothing illegal when they launched the campaign, but asked the ...
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Xavier Berneda is said to be the only candidate to...
Xavier Berneda is said to be the only candidate to succeed himself as president of Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association
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Unofficial sources at Shimano said that the strike at its...
Unofficial sources at Shimano said that the strike at its facility in Kunshan, China was brought to an end on April 10. The strike is expected to have no impact on deliveries, the company said. The Kunshan facility, which produces entry-level bicycle components mainly made for the Chinese market, is ...
