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Russell Athletic is the National Basketball Association’s new official uniform...
Russell Athletic is the National Basketball Association’s new official uniform provider, with exclusive rights to utilize NBA, WNBA, and NBA D-League team names and logos on institutional jerseys, shorts and T-shirts throughout the team dealer network. The assortment included a reversible mesh jersey, mesh short and T-shirt, available in all ...
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The French athletics federation (FFA) has extended its long-time partnership...
The French athletics federation (FFA) has extended its long-time partnership with Adidas. The contract calls for the supply of equipment for athletes and officials, as well as a lump sum and a bonus depending on the performance of French athletes. Adidas and the FFA have been partners for more than ...
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New Balance will be coming out with a new lifestyle...
New Balance will be coming out with a new lifestyle collection next Spring under Saviania Davies-Keiller and Roberto Crivello, two new creative directors who were the founders and designers for the fashion brand DDCLAB. The company has also hired a new branding/advertising agency, Mother New York, for the category.
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Benjamin Clari has been led to resign as chief executive...
Benjamin Clari has been led to resign as chief executive of Kelme, according to Tradesport magazine. Tirant, the investment fund that took over the Spanish company a few months ago, injecting €14 million into it, has reportedly questioned his management over the past few years. The fund has indicated that ...
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Bill Dodge has been named as the new general manager...
Bill Dodge has been named as the new general manager of Patagonia Footwear. He will oversee all business operations, product development, marketing and sales initiative for that licensed brand within Wolverine World Wide’s Outdoor Group. Most recently, he was general manager of GoLite Footwear for Timberland. He has also been ...
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Two Spanish sports-related consumer shows have been cancelled due to...
Two Spanish sports-related consumer shows have been cancelled due to the pull-out of many exhibitors in view of the general economic situation in the country. One is Cosmofitness, which was going to be run in Barcelona on Oct. 3-5. Another one is Nivalia Naturiva, the snow and outdoor fair which ...
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Scantrade, one of Norway’s biggest sporting goods distributors, wants to...
Scantrade, one of Norway’s biggest sporting goods distributors, wants to scale up its operations on the Scandinavian level, and is taking over distribution for Nordica and Rollerblade in Sweden from Seger United. Scantrade distributes both of these brands in Norway after acquiring Ramo, a Norwegian distributor, last year. It will ...
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RTE, the parent company of the former Portuguese bike producer...
RTE, the parent company of the former Portuguese bike producer Decanor, has opened the largest bicycle factory in Europe in Serzedo. Across the street from its old space, the new facility has the capacity to put out 3,400 bikes per day; the company plans to make 1 million bikes in ...
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Billabong has created the position of vice president for new...
Billabong has created the position of vice president for new media and strategic partnerships, and appointed Scott Wallace to fill it. In the post he will oversee the development and distribution of digital content for the company, as well as handling Billabong’s brand partnerships. Wallace was a contractor for Billabong ...
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Blake Lipham, who joined Bushnell Outdoor Products as chief financial...
Blake Lipham, who joined Bushnell Outdoor Products as chief financial officer last year, is adding the title of president. The company also announced the nomination of a new chairman, Robert L. Caulk. The two new executives effectively take the place of the previous chairman, president and chief executive of Bushnell, ...
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Peter Blom has decided to leave as chairman and creative...
Peter Blom has decided to leave as chairman and creative director of Cross Sportswear International to work as a consultant and a director for other companies. This co-founder of Peak Performance set up Cross five years ago, but his stake in the company has declined from 70 to 6 percent ...
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The investment firm J.H. Whitney has bought the Igloo brand...
The investment firm J.H. Whitney has bought the Igloo brand from West Capital Partners, owner of Igloo for 10 years. Joining the company’s president and chief executive, Jim Morley, on the board will be Gary Kiedaisch, the former CEO of Coleman who is an investor in the deal with Whitney. ...
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The French Go Sport chain saw its sales decline by...
The French Go Sport chain saw its sales decline by 8.9 percent on a same-store basis during the third quarter, while the growth of its sister banner, Courir, slowed down to 0.6 percent. In absolute terms, group sales dropped by 4.4 percent to €204.8 million, despite a 37.8 percent increase ...
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New management changes are taking places in the purchasing departments...
New management changes are taking places in the purchasing departments of Karstadt and Otto Group. Andreas Wuester replaces Heinz Thünemann as head buyer of fashion products for Karstadt’s department stores. A former head buyer of Karstadt Sports, Willi Darr, is leaving as head buyer of Otto, the big German mail-order ...
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The cycling company Eddy Merckx S.A. has entered a strategic...
The cycling company Eddy Merckx S.A. has entered a strategic partnership with Sobradis, a Belgian investment company known until now for being a distributor of shoes. The bike company’s founder, Eddy Merckx, will retain his position and be joined by Sobradis’ Pieter Vansynghel as chief executive and Sven Goeminne as ...
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Goldwin, the Japanese sporting goods company that holds the license...
Goldwin, the Japanese sporting goods company that holds the license for Speedo there, has told Just-style that is will meet its target of a 40 percent increase in production by next March. It got a huge boost from the success of Speedo’s LZR Racer swimsuit at the Beijing Olympics in ...
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Mizuno Corporation has lowered its forecast for the first half,...
Mizuno Corporation has lowered its forecast for the first half, dropping its operating earnings outlook by 17 percent to ¥3.40 billion (€28.8m-$35.9m) and sales prognosis by nearly 6 percent to ¥83.20 billion (€704.1m-$879.3m). Net income for the half is expected to be ¥1.37 billion (€11.6m-$14.5m), some 40 percent below a ...
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A couple of distributors that are strongly involved in the...
A couple of distributors that are strongly involved in the sporting goods sector, Megasport in Spain and Sport Trade in Italy, have started to carry a very successfull brand of street shoes, FitFlop, that competes with Masai Barefoot Technology (MBT) in its claim to improve the wearer’s physical condition through ...
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Couromoda, the show in São Paulo, will have a record...
Couromoda, the show in São Paulo, will have a record number of sporting goods suppliers at its 36th edition in January. They will get their own section, the World of Sport, and organizers expect 26 companies representing more than 80 brands and 3,000 products. Some of the big names there ...
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Nike has sued Wal-Mart in a U.S. District Court in...
Nike has sued Wal-Mart in a U.S. District Court in Illinois, accusing the retailer of selling shoes that infringed on Nike’s trademarks for its Shox trainers. Nike is seeking an injunction against Wal-Mart’s sale of the shoes as well as unspecified damages.
