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Head International has started construction of its new ski plant...
Head International has started construction of its new ski plant in the Vinnitsia Oblast of Ukraine, the regional administration said in a statement on its website on Sept. 13. The new plant is slated to begin operation in 2021. Head said last year that it had chosen Ukraine over other ...
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While sharpening its focus on luxury goods, Kering has continued...
While sharpening its focus on luxury goods, Kering has continued to reduce its stake in Puma, which it bought over a decade ago. The owner of fashion brands Gucci and Yves Saint-Laurent has issued a €500 million bond that holders can exchange for Kering's shares in Puma at maturity, allowing ...
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Elan has signed a new contract with one of its...
Elan has signed a new contract with one of its brand ambassadors, Kelsey Serwa. The Canadian Olympic medalist has just retired from freestyle skiing and will become a “main member” of W Studio, a program begun 15 years ago to develop ski gear for the women's side of the market. ...
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Pursuing its expansion policy in Europe, Courir has returned to...
Pursuing its expansion policy in Europe, Courir has returned to the Belgian market by opening a store in Brussels. The store takes up 400 square meters on the ground floor of the City2 shopping mall on rue Neuve. On Oct. 4, two other Courir stores will follow on the outskirts ...
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Jens Werner is stepping down as creative director of J....
Jens Werner is stepping down as creative director of J. Lindeberg after not quite two years. The post was created for him in December 2017 and included oversight of the Swedish brand's fashion and sports sections. At the time, Werner was a director of design at the company, working on ...
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A former professional snowboarder, David Pitschi, has joined the Nidecker...
A former professional snowboarder, David Pitschi, has joined the Nidecker Group as brand manager for its Yes snowboards subsidiary. He will be working with one of the brand's ambassadors, Alex Warburton, and with its owners, David Carrier-Porcheron, Romain de Marchi and Jan Petter Solberg. Warburton will be retaining the post ...
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Directa Plus has developed a new waterproof textile membrane featuring...
Directa Plus has developed a new waterproof textile membrane featuring the company's G+ graphene nanoplatelets, contained in a polyurethane film. The new membrane will be marketed under the names Grafytherm and Grafyshield. The company has already secured an Italian patent, and is in the process of extending it internationally. According ...
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Moncler has entered the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) World...
Moncler has entered the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) World and Europe for the first time and has been recognized as the Industry Leader in the “Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods” sector. The DJSI, created jointly by S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM in 1999, are a family of sustainability ...
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Standard and Poor's has downgraded the rating outlook for Wolverine...
Standard and Poor's has downgraded the rating outlook for Wolverine Worldwide from stable to BB+ because its financial leverage has risen to three times due to spending on share buybacks. The leverage may grow beyond three times if the Ebitda margin doesn't improve from its current level of 5 percent ...
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Young Europeans are ready to pay more for products that...
Young Europeans are ready to pay more for products that are made in a sustainable manner. According to a survey by Spinnova, a Finnish bio-yarn producer, 61 percent of respondents among Europeans aged 18-30 said that they would pay more for a sustainable piece of clothing, while 41 percent would ...
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Nike is gearing up to open its third House of...
Nike is gearing up to open its third House of Innovation in Paris in the next few weeks, after those it already has in NewYork and Shanghai. Taking the place of a former Toyota concession and extra office space, the new flagship store will be located at 79, avenue des ...
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Next year, Puma will be reintroducing swimwear into its product...
Next year, Puma will be reintroducing swimwear into its product range in both the sports and leisure categories. The new products will include swimsuits, rash guards, bikinis, boardshorts and trunks, all at “an attractive price point.” The shorts will be made with Repreve, a brand of polyester fibers made entirely ...
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Nike has upgraded its original 1991 Air Huarache with its...
Nike has upgraded its original 1991 Air Huarache with its latest FitAdapt laceless technology. The self-lacing shoe can be voice-activated by Siri and operated by Apple Watch but features the same neoprene bootie and exoskeleton as the original Huarache. The Adapt app will activate the mid-foot lacing motor, control two ...
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K2 Snowboarding has added Pat Moore to its International Pro...
K2 Snowboarding has added Pat Moore to its International Pro Team, otherwise comprised of Jake Kuzyk, Tim Eddy, Curtis Ciszek, Matt Belzile, Leanne Pelosi, Levi Luggen, Yo Amagai, Jody Wachniak and Mark Wilson. K2 Sports, which was founded in 1962, began making snowboards in 1987.
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Sport 2000 Germany has reported the opening of a second...
Sport 2000 Germany has reported the opening of a second specialized Absolute Run store in the city of Singen. The cooperative also held for the first time a house fair completely focused on team sports, with the participation of big players like Adidas, Nike and Puma as well as smaller ...
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The 2019 edition of Wheels and Fins, the music and...
The 2019 edition of Wheels and Fins, the music and action sports festival scheduled for Sept. 7-8 in the British county of Kent, was canceled for lack of funds. The event typically combines the music of DJs with skateboarding, yoga, surfing and paddle-boarding. The organizers are currently working with legal ...
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Sympatex has received the “Best For The World Award 2019”...
Sympatex has received the “Best For The World Award 2019” for its wear2wear industrial partnership program for circular fashion, its climate-neutral textile membranes and its role in drafting and signing of the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. The German functional textiles specialist was certified last year as a ...
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The latest edition of Surf Expo, scheduled for Sept. 5-7,...
The latest edition of Surf Expo, scheduled for Sept. 5-7, and its pre-show outdoor festival Waterfest, scheduled for Sept. 4, were cancelled. Both were to be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, which at the time was under threat from Dorian, the hurricane that ravaged the ...
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Callaway Golf has unveiled the Mack Daddy 5 Jaws, a...
Callaway Golf has unveiled the Mack Daddy 5 Jaws, a new range of high-performance wedges. The new Jaws groove is designed with a 37-degree wall angle, as compared to the 5-degree wall angle of the MD4 wedge that it replaces. Callaway's Mack Daddy 5 Jaws wedge will be available on ...
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Spektrum Sports, the Swedish brand of sports goggles and accessories,...
Spektrum Sports, the Swedish brand of sports goggles and accessories, has signed an endorsement deal with the Swedish snowboarder Sven Thorgren, who turned professional in 2013, won Air & Style in China in that same year, competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics and has been a medalist at the Dew ...
