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Li-Ning will open its for first Canadian stand-alone retail stores...
Li-Ning will open its for first Canadian stand-alone retail stores in Ottawa's RA Centre, a not-for-profit organization, and in Burlington, near Toronto, for its extensive collection of racquet-sports equipment, shoes and apparel. Before this retail expansion, Li-Ning's products were available only online and through a carefully selected network of specialty ...
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Salomon has opened a Performance Center next to its existing...
Salomon has opened a Performance Center next to its existing Design Center in the French city of Annecy. The 820-square-meter facility is open – by appointment only – to skiers on the World Cup and regional racing circuits. In the words of Véronique Rémy, head of marketing, the move is ...
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Opening Ceremony and Hoka One One have teamed up for...
Opening Ceremony and Hoka One One have teamed up for the first time to produce a new capsule collection. The collection includes three reissues of classic Hoka footwear products: the Bondi running shoe, the Tor Ultra Hi trail runner and the Clifton trainer. In 2002, the designers Carol Lim and ...
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Dooers, Forum Sport's chain of sneaker shops, has opened a...
Dooers, Forum Sport's chain of sneaker shops, has opened a store of 220 square meters in the city of Bilbao. This is Dooers' third store to open this year, its sixth in Spain's Basque Country and its 16th in Spain overall. The store stocks the major brands. The decor consists ...
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Spyder has teamed up with Eastman Chemical to be the...
Spyder has teamed up with Eastman Chemical to be the first brand to incorporate Eastman's Avra, a new, flat performance microfiber technology, into its performance baselayer and mid-layer products. Avra performance fibers are said to wick moisture and dry up to 50 percent faster than conventional polyester fibers. The U.S. ...
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Vista Outdoor has hired Chris Sword as president of the...
Vista Outdoor has hired Chris Sword as president of the cycling brands Bell and Giro. He is responsible for expanding the action sports business unit and reports to Chris Metz, the chief executive. Sword was previously president of Pearl Izumi, the brand of cycling and triathlon apparel. Before then, he ...
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Roksanda Ilin?i?, a Serbian fashion designer, has collaborated with Lululemon...
Roksanda Ilin?i?, a Serbian fashion designer, has collaborated with Lululemon to create an eclectic but functional and innovative capsule collection with bold color palettes and exaggerated silhouettes. According to the brand, the collection combines the designer's eye for color and volume with the technical fabrics and functionalities of some of ...
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J'hayber has eliminated single-use plastic in its Olimpo collection. The...
J'hayber has eliminated single-use plastic in its Olimpo collection. The Spanish brand of sneakers, apparel and padel equipment plans in time to eliminate such plastic from all of its products. To this end, it has forged an environmental policy around the “three R's” – reduce, reuse and recycle – and ...
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Nike has extended its “Nike Live” store concept to Long...
Nike has extended its “Nike Live” store concept to Long Beach, California, and the Shibuya ward of Tokyo. The company opened an “experimental digital-meets-physical retail pilot,” called Nike by Melrose, in West Los Angeles in July of last year. To stock the store, Nike extrapolated from 18 months of consumer ...
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The district court in Dortmund has terminated the insolvency proceeding...
The district court in Dortmund has terminated the insolvency proceeding of Sport Voswinkel, following the creditors' unanimous vote in favor of a recovery plan. The German sports retailer can start to operate again as an independent firm. The court opened the proceeding in July. The recovery plan includes the closure ...
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The second edition of “Innovations in Sports Materials,” which will...
The second edition of “Innovations in Sports Materials,” which will take place in Ghent on Nov. 19-20, will feature presentations on textile innovations in sports materials at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. According to Centexbel, which organizes the conference, the Tokyo Olympics will also serve as a “catwalk for innovative materials” ...
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Keller Sports, the German e-tailer of premium sporting goods, expects...
Keller Sports, the German e-tailer of premium sporting goods, expects its sales for 2019 to increase by 70 percent from the previous year. It plans to reach total sales of more than €100 million by the end of 2020. This is the first time that Keller Sports has announced its ...
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“Exchange and Inform” will be the motto at First Impression...
“Exchange and Inform” will be the motto at First Impression Day on Nov. 27 at the MOC, Messe München's order center in Munich. The semi-annual event provides retailers with a first glimpse of the new collections, shapes, cuts, colors, materials and manufacturing of the more than 100 participating sports and ...
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Puma India has inaugurated an interactive, experiential flagship store in...
Puma India has inaugurated an interactive, experiential flagship store in Bengaluru that includes a customization studio for prints and embroidery. There are 360 Puma stores in 130 cities in India, in addition to an e-commerce platform and wholesale operations.
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Werner Marzin, the former president of Messe München who helped...
Werner Marzin, the former president of Messe München who helped turn Ispo into a global trade show, died on Oct. 14 at the age of 89. He spent 30 years with the company, which is owned by the state of Bavaria, after joining it at its very start in 1964. ...
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Tom Wilson-North, former owner of the freeride snowboard shop Zero...
Tom Wilson-North, former owner of the freeride snowboard shop Zero G in Chamonix, France, is joining the Nidecker Group in the new role of digital transformation manager. Wilson-North has been senior snowboard writer at Boardsport Source, key advisor to Protect Our Winters Europe and a member of the snow sports ...
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Nike has unveiled the Nike Vapor, an innovative performance swim...
Nike has unveiled the Nike Vapor, an innovative performance swim goggle. The new goggle, approved by the International Swimming Federation (FINA), is designed to minimize drag and maximize field of view, for optimal performance. It features curved, oversized, drag resistant lenses, maximizing the horizontal and vertical field of view and ...
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Asics has built a 5,000-square-meter training center in Tokyo that...
Asics has built a 5,000-square-meter training center in Tokyo that will allow athletes to exercise in low-oxygen conditions. The new Asics Sports Complex will open its doors to the public on Nov. 1. Oxygen levels will vary by the day of the week to mimic the levels at altitudes from ...
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Hexa Surfboard has received a check for €5,000, having beaten...
Hexa Surfboard has received a check for €5,000, having beaten out 22 other respondents to the 2019 Call for Innovation Projects put out by Eurosima, the European boardsports industry association, and Outdoor Sports Valley, the French industry association for outdoor sports. Founded in September 2018 by three surf-loving engineers – ...
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On Oct. 1, Signa acquired a 49.99 percent stake in...
On Oct. 1, Signa acquired a 49.99 percent stake in Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), thereby attaining a 100 percent stake in Galeria Kaufhof Karstadt. HBC remains the owner of the deficit-ridden Hudson's Bay stores in the Netherlands. In December 2018, Signa and HBC agreed to a joint venture to run ...
