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Aquafil has acquired full control over O'Mara, a manufacturer of...
Aquafil has acquired full control over O'Mara, a manufacturer of nylon, polypropylene and polyester fibers, based in Rutherford College, North Carolina, for $40.5 million. The Italian yarn company completed the acquisition through its U.S. subsidiary, Aquafil USA. O'Mara, founded in 1970, reported a turnover of $40.1 million in 2018.
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Eurosima, the European association of action sports manufacturers, has announced...
Eurosima, the European association of action sports manufacturers, has announced the election of Jean-Louis Rodrigues as its new president. Rodrigues is Boardriders' general manager for wholesale for the EMEA region. He will take over from Wilco Prins, the former general manager of Rip Curl Europe, who has held two consecutive ...
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Adidas, Foot Locker and Game of Thrones have teamed up...
Adidas, Foot Locker and Game of Thrones have teamed up for the release of a limited edition of shoes, called the Game of Thrones x Adidas Ultra Boost Collection. The limited edition takes inspiration from characters in the HBO series and includes six color combinations that pay homage to them. ...
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Adidas and Ikea are collaborating to develop new home fitness...
Adidas and Ikea are collaborating to develop new home fitness solutions, with the purpose of increasing the number of “active homes” in which people can work out. Designers and product developers from both companies paid a visit to the homes of people in London, New York, Chicago and Shanghai in ...
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Adidas organized a long-standing running event, called “Run for the...
Adidas organized a long-standing running event, called “Run for the Oceans,” at the company's new headquarters in Herzogenaurach on June 11. Roland Auschel, sales director Adidas, Harm Ohlmeyer, financial director, Gina Lückenkemper, a world-class sprinter, Sebastian Steudtner, a big wave surfer, and Ian Thorpe, the Australian swim legend, were in ...
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Polygiene has appointed Pamela Ravasio to its advisory board, showing...
Polygiene has appointed Pamela Ravasio to its advisory board, showing the company's increasing focus on sustainability issues. Ravasio has long-standing experience in the sustainability, textile, sports and outdoor sectors. She was recently appointed global stakeholder manager at Hohenstein. Previously, she served as head of corporate social responsibility and sustainability at ...
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Jeff Wilke, Amazon's chief executive of consumer operations worldwide, has...
Jeff Wilke, Amazon's chief executive of consumer operations worldwide, has announced that his company should be delivering packages with drones “within months.” Speaking at Re:Mars – the e-tail behemoth's conference on machine learning, automation, robotics and space, held on June 4-7 in Las Vegas – Wilke said that Amazon's latest ...
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Toray has announced the creation of a new nylon fiber...
Toray has announced the creation of a new nylon fiber that could help reduce the toxicity problem of durable water-repellent (DWR) treatments in outdoor gear. The new nylon is said to offer high water repellency despite using a DWR treatment with a lower environmental cost than those based on traditional ...
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BasicNet has announced a new multi-year partnership deal with Genoa...
BasicNet has announced a new multi-year partnership deal with Genoa C.F.C. taking the place of Lotto. Kappa had previously sponsored the Italian football club, in the late 1990s. Under the terms of the new agreement, the club's teams will be wearing products of BasicNet's brands including Kappa, Robe di Kappa, ...
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Jack Wolfskin appointed Ante Franicevic to the position of chief...
Jack Wolfskin appointed Ante Franicevic to the position of chief financial officer last month. He replaces Jörg Wahlers, who worked as chief financial officer and chief operating officer for Jack Wolfskin and left the German outdoor company at his own request at the end of July. Franicevic, 48, worked previously ...
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Cherokee Global Brands, which is changing its name to Apex...
Cherokee Global Brands, which is changing its name to Apex Global Brands at the end of June, has appointed a current director, Evan Hengel, to chairman of the board. Hengel has had a seat on the board since October 2018 and been a managing director at the Berkeley Research Group ...
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Keen Footwear appointed Dieter Klingenberg last month to the recently...
Keen Footwear appointed Dieter Klingenberg last month to the recently created position of sales and business development director for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia and Scandinavia. Simultaneously, Perry Laukens was appointed to the newly created position of sales and business director for the U.K., France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and nine ...
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VF Corp. has appointed Cameron Bailey as vice-president of global...
VF Corp. has appointed Cameron Bailey as vice-president of global supply chain, effective June 1. He replaces Tom Glaser, who has left VF after 18 years to take over the role of chief operations officer at Tapestry, formerly known as Coach Inc. Bailey has spent his entire career in manufacturing ...
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Arc'teryx has launched Rock Solid Used Gear, a “repurposing hub”...
Arc'teryx has launched Rock Solid Used Gear, a “repurposing hub” that tries to extend product life and thereby reduce the company's environmental footprint. The Canadian outdoor brand will be buying back used gear, cleaning and repairing it, and reselling it at a discount. In the U.S., customers can either take ...
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Under Armour has made Sean Eggert its senior vice president...
Under Armour has made Sean Eggert its senior vice president of global sports marketing. He will be reporting to Alessandro de Pestel, chief marketing officer. Eggert was last with Red Bull, where he was in charge of about 160 initiatives, such as a recent partnership with USA Basketball, several action ...
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Under Armour plans to open its first store in the...
Under Armour plans to open its first store in the Nordic countries in September. It will be located in Stockholm's Mall of Scandinavia, which is right next to the Swedish National football stadium, Friends Arena. At a little over 200 square meters, the store will display the breadth of the ...
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XXL ASA, the highly leveraged Norwegian-based sports retailer, says it...
XXL ASA, the highly leveraged Norwegian-based sports retailer, says it has agreed on a new covenant with its bank consortium for its third-quarter results. Last February, it had renegotiated covenants for the first and second quarters of this year. The covenant for the third quarter sets a debt/Ebitda target of ...
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Asics claims to have become the world's first sporting goods...
Asics claims to have become the world's first sporting goods manufacturer to support the task force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The task force was established by the Financial Stability Board, an international body that monitors and assesses vulnerabilities affecting the global financial system, to drive effective and consistent disclosures ...
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Fifa (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) has launched a virtual...
Fifa (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) has launched a virtual hackathon, in partnership with Github, entitled “Give Voice to Football.” The organization called upon developers to propose ideas and prototypes relating to the usage of voice assistants to interact with football events and football data. In particular, Fifa focused on ...
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Atmósfera Sport, a major Spanish buying group with more than...
Atmósfera Sport, a major Spanish buying group with more than 250 affiliated sporting goods stores, has made various investments in digital marketing and logistics in the past few weeks. It has hired half a dozen new employees to help stimulate the online sales of its retail members. It has also ...
