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News briefsWolverine appoints Tesla director to its own board
Wolverine Worldwide appointed Kathleen Wilson-Thompson to its board of directors. A graduated lawyer and experienced top executive, she is currently also a member of Tesla’s board of directors and brings global retail experience in senior management positions and a total of 14 years as a director with Tesla and two ...
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News briefsAnta Sports had a good start to 2021
In an operational update on the first quarter ended March 31, which relates to the performance of Anta, Fila, Descente, Kolon Sport, Sprandi and Kingkow, but does not include the businesses of Amer Sports, Anta Sports Products Limited said retail sales of Anta branded products advanced by 40 to 45 ...
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Puma launches “Only See Great” campaign to spark optimism
Puma has unveiled “Only See Great,” a new brand campaign that is meant to spread a vision of hope, optimism and self-belief during these challenging times, and ahead of major sporting events this summer like the Formula One World Championship series, the European Football Championships and the Olympic Games in ...
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News briefsNew capsule from Arena pays tribute to Mark Spitz
Arena has dedicated a retro-style capsule collection of swimsuits, T-shirts and sweatshirts to Mark Spitz, the American swimmer who in 1972 won more gold medals than any other single athlete ever had at any edition of the Olympic Games – setting world-record times in all of those events. His record ...
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Unrest, a new French brand of sustainable fitness clothing
Unrest is the name of a new French brand of fitness apparel made with 100 percent natural and biodegradable materials that is set for a launch in September, after nearly three years of development. Founded by Lucile Trouette, the brand is working with a Portuguese textile supplier while the manufacturing ...
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Fitbit and Garmin are cleared of two out of four patent infringement charges
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has confirmed that Garmin and Fitbit are not infringing on two patents registered by Philips, concluding that they are invalid, but it did not overturn two other patents over which the Dutch electronics company is still in litigation with the two suppliers of wearables. ...
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Nike is now refurbishing sneakers
Nike has begun selling reconditioned sneakers at “up to” 15 stores in the U.S., with plans for more. The program is not going to be implemented in Europe until further notice. Inaugurated on April 12, the Nike Refurbished program operates with Nike sneakers returned within 60 days of purchase, which ...
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Sotheby’s to sell a pair of the original Nike Yeezy sneakers
A forthcoming sale by Sotheby’s will include a pair of Kanye West Nike Air Yeezy 1 sneakers. The model was unveiled publicly during West’s performance at the 2008 Grammy Awards and was released in a limited series the next year. The Air Yeezy 2 followed in 2012. Nike had never ...
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Nike remains the world’s most valuable apparel brand
Nike has been awarded the title of the world’s most valuable apparel brand for the seventh consecutive year, despite a 12.5 percent drop in brand value to $30.4 billion, according to the Brand Finance Apparel 50 2021 report. Although Nike’s sales took a hit last year due to the pandemic, ...
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Major brands hit with complaint in Paris over forced labor in Xinjiang
Last year’s report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) on the plight of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Chinese province of Xinjiang is still making waves. Citing the report, two NGOs, the European Uyghur Institute and an individual Uyghur woman have engaged a French law firm, Bourdon ...
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Foot Locker releases its inaugural Impact Report
Following similar steps recently taken by key suppliers such as Nike, Adidas, Puma and Under Armour, Foot Locker has released its Impact Report, which describes the company’s environmental, social and governance efforts. The report covers the company’s global operations for the fiscal years 2019 and 2020, from Feb. 3, 2019 ...
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Decathlon will sell replicas of the Danone Nations Cup official ball to help clean water charity
Kipsta, Decathlon’s private label brand for team sports products, is releasing the replica of the official ball of the Danone Nations Cup, the world’s biggest football tournament for boys and girls aged 10 to 12. Kipsta is the technical partner of the tournament, which Danone has been organizing since the ...
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Puma releases women’s collection inspired by the oceans
Puma is dropping a new collection of women’s footwear, apparel and accessories inspired by the deepest seas, called Ocean Queen. The collection is worn by Winnie Harlow, the Canadian fashion model and a Puma ambassador. The designs are inspired by the sea, with colors like bright aquamarine, yellow and a ...
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Li & Fung launches digital incubator as a separate company
Li & Fung, the sourcing giant headquartered in Hong Kong, is launching LFX, a new and separate company designed to capitalize on new digital opportunities that can transform the retail industry and enable sustainability along the supply chain. Described as “an incubation, investment and operating platform,” LFX will launch and ...
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Nike obtains a recall of MSCHF’s Jesus Shoes and “Satan Shoes”
Nike said that the MSCHF Product Studio has agreed to voluntarily recall the “Satan Shoes” it has developed with a rapper as well as the Jesus Shoes it had launched in 2019 as part of a legal settlement. Both shoe models were unauthorized alterations of Nike’s Air Max 97. According ...
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Aquasphere debuts an online guide to goggles
Aquasphere, the Italian brand of swimming and triathlon equipment, has released an interactive guide to lenses for swimmers. Available in five languages on Aquasphere’s website, A Lens For Every Condition pairs its 12 lens options with kinds of weather: sunshine brightness, cloudiness, precipitation, indoor conditions and so forth. The brand’s ...
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Hyperice signs endorsement deals with U.S. Soccer, new golfers
U.S. Soccer has made Hyperice its “official recovery technology partner” for the next several years. Hyperice has been working with U.S. Soccer since 2013, but this is the federation’s first sponsorship deal with the producer of a therapeutic device: in this case, for vibration, percussion and thermal treatments. Negotiated through ...
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New online platform helps obtain sports sponsorship funds in the U.K.
GRM Marketing, a marketing and sponsorship agency based in Glasgow and a member of the European Sponsorship Association, has launched Sponsor Lead, described as Scotland’s first online platform for sport sponsorships. Sponsor Lead is a B2B website designed to help establish connections between individual athletes, teams and businesses. The platform, ...
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Puma releases a Proadapt golf shoe with its new Adapt Foam
Puma Golf has unveiled the Ignite Proadapt Δ (Delta), a Proadapt golf shoe that features the brand’s new Adapt Foam. The shoe has been designed in collaboration with Rickie Fowler, the American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Puma’s Adapt Foam is a new proprietary foam that utilizes ...
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Adidas releases a limited-edition Stan Smith Golf shoe
For the first time in the history of the brand, Adidas is bringing its iconic Stan Smith silhouette to golfers. The limited-edition Stan Smith Golf features a Primegreen upper made with high-performance recycled materials that use a minimum of 50 percent recycled content. The shoe’s distinctive green colorway is meant ...
