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Dainese has signed a sponsorship deal with Carolina Kostner, the...
Dainese has signed a sponsorship deal with Carolina Kostner, the 19-year-old Italian ice skating champion who starred in the Turin Olympics.
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Haglöfs, the Swedish outdoor company, has opened a subsidiary in...
Haglöfs, the Swedish outdoor company, has opened a subsidiary in the UK, headed by Andy Williams, its former distributor in the country, after a buoyant year which has seen Haglöfs win two leading outdoor prizes and lift its sales by about 26%
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Mammut uses Dow Corning’s new impact protection textile, designed to...
Mammut uses Dow Corning’s new impact protection textile, designed to absorb and distribute impact, in its new Nirvana Protection Vest for skiers and snowboarders.
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Head has signed new endorsement deals with two important tennis...
Head has signed new endorsement deals with two important tennis players, Ivan Ljubicic and Amelie Mauresmo.
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Gurit of Switzerland has presented a direct digital printing process...
Gurit of Switzerland has presented a direct digital printing process at ISPO that allows a high resolution of 600 dpi for the graphics of skis and snowboards.
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ECCO is pinning strong hopes on a range of hiking...
ECCO is pinning strong hopes on a range of hiking boots called Expedition, made of yak leather which is said to be times stronger than cow leather.
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Puma has entered a long-term partnership with the Moroccan Royal...
Puma has entered a long-term partnership with the Moroccan Royal Football Federation, supplying on and off-field apparel and equipment to the country’s teams.
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Quiksilver has hired Jose M. Garcia, former outerwear merchandise manager...
Quiksilver has hired Jose M. Garcia, former outerwear merchandise manager for Columbia Sportswear, to become the director of Rossignol apparel in the USA.
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Timberland and the Italian Outdoor Group are the latest new...
Timberland and the Italian Outdoor Group are the latest new members in the European Outdoor Group.
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Head, which is putting its restyled logo on more and...
Head, which is putting its restyled logo on more and more products, is tentatively planning a a trade launch at the end of 2007 or in early 2008 of its first line of Head branded golf equipment, developed in the USA.
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Franklin Resources has acquired 5.09% of Amer Sports’ equity....
Franklin Resources has acquired 5.09% of Amer Sports’ equity.
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Quiksilver-Rossignol is about to finalize a co-branding deal with Ferrari...
Quiksilver-Rossignol is about to finalize a co-branding deal with Ferrari for Dynastar and Lange, taking them further upmarket.
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Quiksilver is launching a line of Bluetooth-enabled sports apparel and...
Quiksilver is launching a line of Bluetooth-enabled sports apparel and accessories in cooperation with Pantronics, a communication and entertainment company, to provide wireless stereo music and mobile phone communication while skiing, snowboarding and pursuing other outdoor activities.
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Nikita, the Icelandic brand of women’s sports apparel, is launching...
Nikita, the Icelandic brand of women’s sports apparel, is launching its first line of men’s clothing for the next winter season, called Atikin (same letters the other way around), and a line of snowboard clothing with hydrophic patches made of salmon skin.
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Mizuno is introducing a line of football apparel for Fall/Winter...
Mizuno is introducing a line of football apparel for Fall/Winter 2007/08 called Shinken, like its best-selling line of football boots. January 30, 2007 Antigua Group, a property of Mike Ashley in the USA, is licensing his Slazenger brand for apparel and accessories to be sold in North America. ...
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Fischer, whose properties include Löffler, is launching a line of...
Fischer, whose properties include Löffler, is launching a line of ski apparel at the ISPO show this weekend.
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In December French customs officers seized about 16,000 pairs of...
In December French customs officers seized about 16,000 pairs of fake Nike and Adidas athletic shoes with a market value of roughly €3 million. A routine inspection at the port of Calais uncovered nearly 8,000 rip-off Adidas trainers on a truck. On the same day customs officers raided a warehouse ...
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Kanabeach, the 20-year-old youthful fashion brand from the Brittany region...
Kanabeach, the 20-year-old youthful fashion brand from the Brittany region of France, is going to open its first foreign subsidiary in London as part of a strategy to increase its export sales from 10 to 30 percent of sales within the next three years. The British subsidiary is being headed ...
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Head has signed a 3-year partnership with Tennis Europe, starting...
Head has signed a 3-year partnership with Tennis Europe, starting this month. It will act as “official racquet, ball, string, bag, accessory, apparel and footwear partner” of the European sports organization, which is present in 49 member nations. The brand will be particularly involved in a series of junior events ...
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As a retailer selling more than 50 percent of its...
As a retailer selling more than 50 percent of its goods on private label, Décathlon has been the only French sporting goods retailer to have been able to advertise on television in its own country. As this restriction has been eliminated, the Sport 2000 banner is now being televised on ...
