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Nike and the Jordan Brand have become the official outfitters...
Nike and the Jordan Brand have become the official outfitters of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the new professional league of 12 African teams. The brands will be supplying uniforms, warm-up apparel, socks and practice gear. Nike will supply six teams and the Jordan Brand the other six. Play is ...
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Messe München, which organizes the Ispo Beijing and Ispo Shanghai...
Messe München, which organizes the Ispo Beijing and Ispo Shanghai fairs in China, has announced the appointment of a new leadership team for its Chinese subsidiary, Messe München Shanghai. Xu Jia, who has been its chief operating officer since 2013, has been promoted to the role of chief executive, replacing ...
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Macron is the new kit sponsor for Unione Rugby Capitolina,...
Macron is the new kit sponsor for Unione Rugby Capitolina, a Roman club that belongs to the Italian Rugby Union. The partnership agreement will run for three years, starting in the 2019/20 season.
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Decathlon is certainly going strong in Germany, where the number...
Decathlon is certainly going strong in Germany, where the number of its stores had reached a total of 70 prior to the opening of its third and biggest one in Munich on Aug. 8, the sixth one to have been opened in the country since the beginning of this year. ...
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Chang Shin, a South Korean footwear manufacturer that works for...
Chang Shin, a South Korean footwear manufacturer that works for Nike, has invested $100 million in the Vietnamese province of Dong Nai. The company handles design and product development at its headquarters in Korea and manufactures about 90 million pairs of shoes annually in China, Indonesia and Vietnam.
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Poc has launched two new cycling helmets that can communicate...
Poc has launched two new cycling helmets that can communicate on the cyclist's behalf, to enhanced safety. The Tectal Race SPIN NFC and the Ventral Air SPIN NFC feature integrated near field communication (NFC) technology. The wearers can store their medical profiles in the helmets, and these could communicate the ...
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Lenzing is cooperating with JDA Software to digitize its supply...
Lenzing is cooperating with JDA Software to digitize its supply chain. The company's goal is to create an end-to-end planning process that precisely matches demand and supply. The JDA Sales & Operations Planning software was recently deployed across Lenzing's operations in production as well as sales, marketing and finance. With JDA's ...
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Nike has extended its partnership deal with the National Women's...
Nike has extended its partnership deal with the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the sport's highest level in the U.S., through 2022. The brand will remain the league's exclusive partner for uniforms, apparel and equipment. Nike first signed the deal in 2012, as a founding sponsor of the league.
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Reebok has named Kerby Jean-Raymond, the founder and designer of...
Reebok has named Kerby Jean-Raymond, the founder and designer of Pyer Moss, as artistic director of Reebok Studies, a new company division that will reportedly focus on developing young new creative talent and ideas. The project has been compared to the Genius program of Moncler. Jean-Raymond has already collaborated with ...
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Schöffel is expanding its management team to stimulate its international...
Schöffel is expanding its management team to stimulate its international expansion. The decision was made after the voluntary departure of Günther Herrmann, who had led Schöffel's marketing and sales department since 2018 as well as its product business unit since January. All the three business units that he previously supervised – ...
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Li Ning has signed RJ Hampton to a five-year footwear...
Li Ning has signed RJ Hampton to a five-year footwear and apparel endorsement deal. A signature shoe will be released this autumn. According to ESPN, which reported about the deal, the American basketball talent is projected to join the NBA in 2020. He currently plays for the New Zealand Breakers ...
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Descente has reported revenues of 142.443 billion yen (€1.2bn-$1.3bn) for the fiscal...
Descente has reported revenues of 142.443 billion yen (€1.2bn-$1.3bn) for the fiscal year ended March 2019, representing a record high and an increase of 0.9 percent on an annualized basis. Meanwhile, profit was down by 12.8 percent to 8.458 billion yen (€73.3m-$81.8m). The decline in the net profit was attributed to non-fulfillment ...
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HeiQ has been awarded the 2019 Swiss Environmental Award for...
HeiQ has been awarded the 2019 Swiss Environmental Award for its Clean Tech dyeing process. The technology is said to reduce a textile mill's water consumption by 30 percent and to allow for 30 to 50 percent faster dyeing time for polyester fabrics, which represent around half of the world's ...
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Vans has signed on as presenting sponsor for the 2019...
Vans has signed on as presenting sponsor for the 2019 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games (WSG) in Miyazaki, Japan, which will take place on Sept. 7-15. Alongside sporting competitions, the WSG will feature during the opening weekend a two-day Surf Festival, showcasing Japan's surfing culture and lifestyle. The ...
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21run, the German-based online store specializing in running, has been...
21run, the German-based online store specializing in running, has been acquired by All4Sports, the Dutch online retailer that owns various online stores, including the All4Running online store. 21sportsgroup, a major German online retailer with European ambitions, said in January that it will phase out one of its online stores, 21run, ...
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For its 50th anniversary, Micam will feature a new space,...
For its 50th anniversary, Micam will feature a new space, called the Players District, dedicated to sports and outdoor shoes. The next edition of the Milan trade show, which will take place on Sept. 15-18, will therefore host brands such as Skechers, Dolomite and Joma Sport in Hall 7. The ...
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Archroma is introducing Lurapret N5396 & N5392 liq, a new...
Archroma is introducing Lurapret N5396 & N5392 liq, a new water-based VOC polyurethane (PU) polymer coating. The innovation was presented at the recent ITMA exhibition in Barcelona. With the growing demand for more sustainable technologies, the coatings that are used in the textile industry to achieve features such as waterproofness, ...
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Richard Engelhorn has passed away at the age of 80...
Richard Engelhorn has passed away at the age of 80 after a long illness. For more than 50 years, the German retail executive had been a representative of the third generation of the company that was founded in 1890 by his grandfather, Georg Engelhorn, and Adam Sturn. It was not ...
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Intersport reports that it has completed about three million transactions,...
Intersport reports that it has completed about three million transactions, with a total value of €20 million, since the introduction of its digital voucher system in Germany in 2016. The uniform digital voucher system was introduced together with Epay, a full-service provider for vouchers and prepaid solutions as well as ...
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Adidas has come up with a new video ad, titled...
Adidas has come up with a new video ad, titled “The Deal,” for its FW19 football boot pack. In the video, Paul Pogba, Leo Messi, Mesut Ozil and 18 other players speak in close-up directly into the camera and lay out the terms of the deal – the way in which ...
