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UFC picks Hyperice to provide its recovery devices
United Fighting Championship (UFC), the company behind mixed martial arts (MMA) competitions worldwide, has made Hyperice its official “recovery technology partner.” There will now be Hyperice stations at both the Las Vegas and Shanghai sites of the UFC Performance Institute, which provides fight training and conducts related research. Hyperice and ...
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X-Technology Swiss loses its H-Dry trademark
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has ruled against X-Technology Swiss of Zurich, revoking its trademark for the H-Dry brand name and related rights retroactively to the start of the legal dispute in December 2018. In reaction, Matteo Morlacchi – chief executive of the plaintiff, Luxembourg srl, and of ...
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BasicNet reacquires the Kappa brand in Japan
China Dongxiang has agreed to sell the rights to the Kappa brand in Japan for $13 million. BasicNet plans to give a major boost to brand’s development in the country, where Kappa generated sales of $30 million in 2019 through Phenix and its licensees. China Dongxiang will continue to focus ...
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YKK and Polygiene collaborate on self-cleaning zippers
YKK has incorporated Polygiene’s ViralOff into a line of zippers, making them “essentially self-cleaning.” The Japanese company – which has business lines in fasteners, architectural products, and machinery and engineering – is presenting its first zippers of this kind at the Lineapelle show, scheduled for Sept. 22-23 in Milan. ViralOff, ...
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Top Rossignol executive joins Bollé Brands
François Beneben has left the position of vice president of the Rossignol Group for Europe, Asia and the Southern Hemisphere, which he had held since March 2018, to join Bollé Brands as president of its Sport & Luxury business, covering the group’s brands of sunglasses and goggles: Bollé, Spy, Cébé, ...
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Nike’s releases guide on coaching girls
Nike has released a guide to coaching girls titled How to Get (and Keep) Girls Playing: Strategies for Engaging & Retaining Girls in Sport. The guide was put together in collaboration with We Coach, a sports consultancy run by We Coach L3C, a low-profit limited liability company headquartered in Illinois. ...
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Sea Otter Europe expo cancelled, but races to proceed
Sea Otter Europe has cancelled the fourth edition of its bike show, scheduled to be held in Girona, Spain, on Sept. 25-27. As with many other such cancellations, the reason was Covid-19. However, Sea Otter Europe’s open-air races – the Scott Marathon Cup, the Continental Ciclobrava, the Etixx Girona Gravel ...
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Mathias Boenke will leave Intersport
Mathias Boenke, who has been one of the pillars of the Intersport organization in Germany, Austria and other countries since 2014, will leave it after his current contract expires in 2021 to look for opportunities elsewhere. Boenke informed Intersport Germany’s supervisory board about his decision after the completion of the ...
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Oakley factory to produce face shields
Oakley has converted part of its Foothill Ranch factory in Orange County, California, to supply face shields in order to meet growing demand for protective equipment against the Covid-19 virus. The 550,000-square-foot facility produces Oakley eyewear and goggles, and the face shields will be manufactured alongside existing products. The brand’s ...
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WFSGI webinar on social compliance in the supply chain
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry, WFSGI, invites industry officials to a webinar on “Social Compliance in the post Covid-19 Supply Chain.” It will be held on Sept. 22 at 4 PM. Randy Raskin from Eurofins, the leading international specialist in bio-analytical testing, will provide a perspective on ...
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News briefsExtrem Skis expands ski factory in Åre
The Swedish ski brand Extrem Skis has unveiled pictures of the new 350-square-meter expansion of its ski factory in Åre. The company stated that it took three years of planning and one year of construction to complete the new annex. Extrem Skis also invested in two state-of-the-art machines and drilled ...
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Puma takes inspiration from Italy’s renaissance
Puma has introduced three new jerseys for the Italian Football Association (FIGC), which it sponsors, that are inspired by Italian renaissance art and fashion culture. They have been designed in collaboration with The Football Gall, a design studio for customized football jerseys.
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Speedo aids black people in the U.K. to swim
Speedo is partnering with the Black Swimming Association of the U.K. to help remove barriers that cause 95% of black adults and 80% of black children not to be engaged in swimming, providing swimwear and equipment for BSA’s projects. Speedo and the BSA had previously collaborated to produce a film ...
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Germany to admit foreign participants in trade fairs
Foreign visitors are expected to be able to attend the next Ispo Munich show, scheduled for Jan. 31 to Feb. 3.The government of Germany has decided to grant entry into its territory – even from outside the EU, the Schengen area or Germany’s list of approved countries – to foreign ...
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Sold out, Slinger Bag enters New Zealand
Sales of Slinger Bag’s innovative tennis launcher have surpassed order forecasts in all the markets where it has been introduced so far, especially in the U.K. and Japan. The company recently signed new agreements in Switzerland, the four Scandinavia countries and Australia. It has now reported a five-year distribution agreement ...
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A new Iberian distribution company, Excens Sports, for Fischer and other brands
Spain’s Excens Group, which owns several outdoor and bike brands, has moved into wholesale distribution, acquiring the Iberian distribution rights for the Fischer, Smith, Barts, Level and Polaroid brands. To handle them, it has created a distribution company called Excens Sports. The group is planning further expansions of its brand ...
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Ellesse comes out with a skiwear line again
Ellesse, the fast-growing sports lifestyle brand of Pentland Brands, is bringing out a line of skiwear for the autumn/winter 2020 season for the first time in many years, while drawing inspiration from archive designs for its new footwear collection. In addition, an Ellesse collection of fitness clothing for the studio ...
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Intersport Germany builds up a running community
In partnership with Adidas, Intersport Germany has launched the Run Club, a new area within the Intersport smartphone app intended to form a community of runners who can organize themselves locally to get together. The app also provides information on events, training and nutrition. In connection with the launch, the ...
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Reebok partners with Maison Margiela
The French luxury fashion house Maison Margiela and Reebok have started to develop a joint product line, and the partnership is “set to span several seasons,” the companies say. The first products are scheduled for a launch on Sept. 22 in the spirit of “the cyber-industrial revolution” at the Maison ...
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Surf photographer joins Mizu’s ambassador team
Mizu, the brand of drinkware and other hydration and filtration products founded in 2008 by a Finnish pro snowboarder, Jussi Oksanen, has welcomed Todd Glaser, the well-known U.S. surf photographer, to its ambassador team. Glaser was a staff photographer at Surfer for over a decade, earning more than a dozen ...
