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News briefsFidlock unveils concept sneaker with new closure system
Fidlock, the German company specializing in innovative magnetic fasteners, unveiled a brand new Concept Sneaker with the innovative Fidlock Winch closure/adjustment system. The sneaker, an athletic shoe with the new Winch closure, will not be available to the public, but serve as a showcase for potential collaborations. The company will ...
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News briefsNike releases 20th impact report
Nike has published Breaking Barriers - FY21 Nike Inc. Impact Report, which marks the company’s 20th year of reporting its corporate social responsibility (CSR) progress. According to the new report, Nike is on track with the majority of its 29 targets for 2025 and expects to keep all targets on ...
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News briefsBarcelona wants to host the 2024 America’s Cup
Barcelona will bid to host the 2024 edition of America’s Cup, the iconic sailing race which is also the oldest trophy international sport, established in 1851. The news was first unveiled by the Spanish daily newspaper La Vanguardia. The other bidders on the shortlist include fellow Spanish city Málaga, Cork ...
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News briefsKicks Crew raises $6 million in Series A funding
Kicks Crew, a global e-commerce platform for sneakers and apparel, announced the closing of a $6 million Series A funding. The financing was led by Gobi Partners, Asia-based private investment group Pacific Century Group and DL Securities Hong Kong. The capital raised will help strengthen the company’s position in the ...
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Nordica builds new North American sports marketing team
Nordica is establishing a new North American sports marketing team to serve as the foundation for optimized communications and service to the North American race, freeski and pro communities. Nordica’s Joe Cavallaro will lead the newly formed team and implement an advanced promotional strategy to support sell-in and sell-out activities. ...
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News briefsPeloton expands leadership team with new chief supply chain officer and chief people officer
Peloton announced that Andrew Rendich has joined the company as chief supply chain officer, effective March 16. Previously SVP, global head of people, Shari Eaton, has been promoted to chief people officer. Andrew Rendich Rendich, who brings 30 years of experience in supply chain, operations, customer service ...
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News briefsDecathlon partners with GIZ on sustainability efforts in Vietnam
Decathlon and the German Development Agency (GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) will be collaborating this year on two joint initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of Vietnam’s garment and textile factories. The two joint projects are “Climate Protection through Sustainable Bioenergy Markets in Vietnam” (GIZ BEM) and “Fostering ...
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News briefsTrusTrace starts new software solution for real-time traceability from fiber to product
Software service supplier TrusTrace, based in Stockholm and Coimbatore, India, has launched its new TrusTrace Certified Material Compliance platform, a software solution that aims to link all purchase orders to production steps, certificates, supplier declarations and quality reports for real-time traceability. The new TrusTrace Certified Material Compliance service wants to ...
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England Golf to receive nearly £8 million from Sport England to tackle inequalities
England Golf will receive an investment of £7.97 million (€9.52m) of government and National Lottery funding from Sport England over the next five years, which England Golf and Sport England will use to work in partnership to tackle inequalities in the game. The investment is part of Sport England’s new ...
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News briefsDorel Sports grows by 5.8% in Q4
Dorel Sports, which is now listed as a discontinued operation in the accounts of Dorel Industries following its recent $810 million sale to the Pon Group, saw its net profit improve by 21.8 percent to $2.29 million in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 30, according to its parent company, although ...
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TaiSPO 2022 is taking place as a hybrid event
The 2022 Taipei International Sporting Goods Show (TaiSPO), currently taking place at the Nangang Exhibition Center in Taipei, is TaiSPO’s first physical event since the pandemic outbreak. The physical trade show, which is also open to the general public, started on March 10 and will conclude on March 12. Running ...
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Skechers plans experiential store in Metaverse's fashion district
Lifestyle brand Skechers is entering the Metaverse. According to a company release, the Californian brand is the first to sign a lease in the fashion district of Decentraland. Michael Greenberg, president of Skechers, states that the new investment helps to explore “creative ways for our brand to engage with new ...
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News briefsCallaway Golf Company publishes 2021 sustainability report
Callaway Golf Company, the owner of the Callaway, Odyssey, Ogio, Topgolf, Jack Wolfskin and TravisMathew brands, has published its sustainability report 2021 to summarize the group’s global sustainability program across all brands’ corporate offices, facilities and global operations. As part of its ambition to drive improvement throughout operations and supply ...
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News briefsAmerican private equity firm acquires majority stake in Dainese
Dainese Group has announced that the American private equity firm Carlyle will acquire a majority stake in the company from Investcorp and Lino Dainese. The change in ownership will include all of the Italian group’s brands – Dainese, AGV and TCX – as well as real estate and production facilities. ...
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News briefsReebok signs American football star Myles Garrett
Reebok has entered into a long-term partnership with U.S. football star and Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, which the brand says will energize Reebok’s lifestyle and performance categories in Classics, Running, Cross-Training and Heritage Basketball. As a Reebok athlete, Garrett will play a key role in key marketing campaigns ...
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News briefsSport 2000 opens Mega Store in Sofia, Bulgaria
Under the Sport Depot banner, Sport 2000 has opened a Mega Store in Sofia, its largest store in Bulgaria with 3,000 square meters of retail space and four floors, each specializing in a different type of sport. The new retail concept of the store is characterized by a contemporary interior ...
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News briefsToyota’s first sit-ski at 2022 Paralympic Games
Toyota Motor North America and Toyota Racing Development USA, which is its U.S. racing arm, have developed the first Toyota sit-ski, a monoski made available for use by U.S. Paralympics Alpine Skiing at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. Testing first started in the winter of late 2019, with five-time ...
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News briefs100% appoints new global eyewear and snow team
The sports performance brand 100% has announced the appointment of a new leadership team to support the company’s accelerated growth in eyewear. In addition, the brand launched its first collection of snow products. Gwen van Lingen has joined 100% as vice-president of global marketing and sales for the eyewear and ...
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Scottish Golf reports membership increase
According to Scottish Golf’s Annual Review 2021, released at the governing body’s general assembly on March 6, the total playing membership of adults and juniors in Scotland’s affiliated golf clubs increased by 7.3 percent in 2021. The increase took the total to 207,676, including 182,167 males and 25,509 females. Membership ...
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News briefsCharity platform Sport4ukraine calls for donations and doubles them
On the newly formed charity platform Sport4ukraine, founded by Siegbert Müller, managing director of Outtra, donations to help people in need in the wake of the war in Ukraine are collected. The project is supported by the organizations BSI, VDS, SAZsport, Sport 2000, and companies Alpenstrand, Chillaz, Ortlieb, Bergfreunde, Devold, ...
