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The minimum wage has been raised by $10 to $80...
The minimum wage has been raised by $10 to $80 per month for the 650,000 workers employed in Cambodia's 700 shoe and apparel manufacturing plants. The wage negotiations were supervised by the Asian country's Ministry of Labor. In addition to the new minimum guaranteed salaries, workers will get a monthly ...
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Der Spiegel, the German news magazine, reports that the country's...
Der Spiegel, the German news magazine, reports that the country's competition authorities are investigating the distribution policies of some sports brands that try to keep retailers from selling their goods on open internet platforms such as Amazon and eBay. Confirming that it has received complaints from certain retailers, the Bundeskartellamt ...
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Bård Kristiansen will be the new chief executive for the...
Bård Kristiansen will be the new chief executive for the Norwegian sporting goods industry organization, Sportsbransjen. Kristiansen replaces Trond E. Hansen, who left the organization in the spring. He brings with him years of management experience with Adecco, as well as experience from his days as a handball champion. Kristiansen ...
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A U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of...
A U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of TaylorMade Golf in a patent infringement lawsuit stemming from 2007. Dogleg Right Partners and Dogleg Right Corporation filed the suit then involving movable weights in the heads of golf clubs. A year ago, a U.S. Magistrate judge granted TaylorMade's request ...
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Alberto Bichi, secretary general of Fesi, the European Sporting Goods...
Alberto Bichi, secretary general of Fesi, the European Sporting Goods Industry Federation, will also act as EU public affairs director of HDS, the German shoe and leathergoods industry federation, starting on July 1. Bichi will assist HDS in such areas as international trade, product safety, intellectual property rights, environmental protection ...
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After the ratification of its bilateral free trade deal with...
After the ratification of its bilateral free trade deal with South Korea, the European Union has launched negotiations for a similar agreement with Vietnam, which is a major source of sports shoes, clothing and accessories. Fesi, the European sporting goods industry federation, issued a statement welcoming the move.
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Nike was reprimanded by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the...
Nike was reprimanded by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the British advertising watchdog, for a Twitter campaign that was not clearly identified as advertising. It involved messages sent from the personal accounts of footballers Wayne Rooney from Manchester United and Jack Wilshere from Arsenal, in January. Nike said that Rooney and ...
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A lawsuit filed by a New York man against Adidas...
A lawsuit filed by a New York man against Adidas claims that the company's AdiPure barefoot shoes didn't provide the benefits that they promised, and what's worse, he was actually injured from running in them. Joseph Rocco bought the $90 shoes and says that he suffered compound fractures from running ...
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The Brazilian government has until July 4 to decide on...
The Brazilian government has until July 4 to decide on a complaint that Brazilian importers of athletic shoes and other types of footwear have been circumventing the anti-dumping duties imposed in March 2010. Many have shifted sourcing from China to Vietnam and Indonesia, but based on a preliminary investigation, it ...
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About 100 countries could lose their special access to EU...
About 100 countries could lose their special access to EU markets under a proposed change to the Generalized System of Preferences, which grants tariff breaks to the exports from certain countries. The planned reform would begin in 2014, and would eliminate countries with high or middle incomes from the GSP ...
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The Adidas Group has decided to prohibit the sale of...
The Adidas Group has decided to prohibit the sale of its products through open online platforms such as Amazon and eBay from next Jan. 1. The group says this is part of new e-commerce guidelines designed to ensure that Adidas and Reebok “will be presented in the right environment at ...
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As the kick-off of the 2012 Olympic Games in London...
As the kick-off of the 2012 Olympic Games in London approaches, Border Force officers in the U.K. have seized several thousand counterfeit products tied to the event. Fake versions of brands such as Adidas and Polo Ralph Lauren were among the haul, which included 432 Olympic-themed vests, 90 shirts, and ...
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As the Spanish sports market remains tense, retail groups representing...
As the Spanish sports market remains tense, retail groups representing about 500 stores are setting up a new national organization, the Asociación Nacional de Comercio Deportivo (Ancode), to put forward their interests and concerns. The plan, which still has to be formally implemented, was announced on the last day of ...
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A Danish high court has found Bestseller, the company behind...
A Danish high court has found Bestseller, the company behind brands like Jack & Jones and Vero Moda, guilty of designing and selling imitation shoe models from New Balance. The ruling will cost Bestseller upwards of 3 million Danish crowns (€0.4m-$0.5m) and all remaining stock of the plagiarized shoes will ...
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Adidas is again suing market players, this time in the...
Adidas is again suing market players, this time in the U.S., that are suspected of copying the company's Three Stripes trademark. The latest is a trademark infringement suit against Wolverine Worldwide in the federal court of Portland, Oregon. The company is accusing WWW of “blatant disregard” of its intellectual property ...
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Uncertainties about the authorized size of brand logos on the...
Uncertainties about the authorized size of brand logos on the frames of bicycles used at the London Olympics were lifted through an agreement of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). While the IOC rules initially ...
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The Adidas Group has petitioned Indian authorities to start a...
The Adidas Group has petitioned Indian authorities to start a criminal investigation into financial irregularities at Reebok India. The action follows a lawsuit launched against the company by Subhinder Singh Prem, former managing director of Reebok India, charging defamation and wrongful termination of his duties and all of the Adidas ...
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The European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) was not 100 percent pleased...
The European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) was not 100 percent pleased about the priorities set at the International Transport Forum held in Leipzig, Germany, last week, rallying 53 transport ministers from OECD member countries as well as politicians, industry executives and academics involved in transport issues. According to ECF, there was ...
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After consulting its members, the leadership of Spaf, the Swiss...
After consulting its members, the leadership of Spaf, the Swiss association of sporting goods suppliers, has decided to postpone a possible merger with Asmas, the Swiss sporting goods retailers association, for at least one year. The board of Asmas has approved the project in principle, but it has agreed to ...
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Cotton shipments from India have resumed after two months of...
Cotton shipments from India have resumed after two months of restrictions. The government had suspended new registrations for cotton exports as an attempt to make sure domestic mills and manufacturers had plenty of the raw material. The decision will be revisited later this month, and the Cotton Corporation of India, ...
