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Like Intersport, the Tréndico Group – formerly Twinner Iberia –...
Like Intersport, the Tréndico Group – formerly Twinner Iberia – intends to set up shop in Portugal by next year. The Spanish group opened one of its lifestyle-oriented Foot on Mars stores on 250 square meters in the British colony of Gibraltar in May and plans to inaugurate e-commerce for ...
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SportScheck, the leading German sporting goods retailer, will organize running...
SportScheck, the leading German sporting goods retailer, will organize running events in 17 German cities including Hamburg, Munich, Cologne and Berlin over the next six months. Under Armour will be the main sponsor of the events. SportScheck will combine the events with various “digital challenges” via its MapMyRun app. Users ...
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Macron is the new technical sponsor of the Zebre Rugby...
Macron is the new technical sponsor of the Zebre Rugby Club, the Italian professional rugby union team that competes in the Pro14 and EPCR Challenge Cup competitions. The club, which was founded in 1973, is based in Parma, in Italy's northwest.
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Giant Manufacturing posted sales of NT$ 14.69 billion (€414.8m-$467.0m) for...
Giant Manufacturing posted sales of NT$ 14.69 billion (€414.8m-$467.0m) for the first quarter of 2019, up by 5.2 percent compared with the first quarter of 2018. Giant Europe registered double-digit sales growth and outperformed the other regions, primarily driven by e-bikes, which registered a 60 percent sales increase. Sales in ...
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Mammut is asking owners of its Generation 3.0 avalanche airbags...
Mammut is asking owners of its Generation 3.0 avalanche airbags to ensure that the airbag balloon is correctly attached to the inflation system or else get in touch with the company's customer service department. An improperly attached airbag can lose volume too quickly after inflation. The request is addressed specifically ...
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Vibram is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Vibram Technological...
Vibram is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Vibram Technological Center (VTC) in Guangzhou, China. The facility is an innovation hub where the Italian brand studies innovative compounds and technologies and creates prototypes of new products prior to launching them on the market. The VTC staff operates in close synergy ...
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Callaway Golf has agreed to pay 2 billion yen (€16.4m-$18.5m)...
Callaway Golf has agreed to pay 2 billion yen (€16.4m-$18.5m) for the 48 percent stake it does not already own in its Japanese joint venture with TSI Groove & Sports Co. The price gives a valuation of nine times projected Ebitda for 2019 for the operation, which includes a subsidiary ...
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The usage of plastic bags decreased once again in 2018...
The usage of plastic bags decreased once again in 2018 in Germany. As compared to 2017, bag use was reduced by almost a fifth. According to GVM, a German association that conducts market research into packaging, the consumption of plastic bags decreased by 20 percent to around two billion bags ...
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Brooks Running will be sponsoring Tobias Blum, a 23-year-old German...
Brooks Running will be sponsoring Tobias Blum, a 23-year-old German marathon runner, for the next two years. The cooperation with Blum, who won the Cologne Marathon last year, is part of Brooks Running's “Brooks Run Happy Team” social media campaign.
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BASF 3D Printing Solutions, a subsidiary of BASF, is working...
BASF 3D Printing Solutions, a subsidiary of BASF, is working with Ecco on the development of a new approach to 3D printing for footwear. They are partnering in this project with Origin, an open-platform provider of additive 3D printing services, with the aim of developing a solution for mass production ...
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Adidas is about to lose its 35-year-old endorsement of the...
Adidas is about to lose its 35-year-old endorsement of the Spanish Football Federation, according to Reuters, after several months of unfruitful negotiations. The Spanish organization, which is actually called the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF), apparently claims that the current agreement does not meet current criteria for minimally acceptable ...
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Sergio Tacchini is the technical sponsor of the 55th edition...
Sergio Tacchini is the technical sponsor of the 55th edition of Torneo Avvenire, the tennis tournament for players under 16 that will take place in June in Milan, at the Ambrosiano Tennis Club. This marks the second year the brand has partnered with the tournament.
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Jane Fonda, the 81-year-old actress and activist who started the...
Jane Fonda, the 81-year-old actress and activist who started the aerobic fitness movement for women, is launching the first activewear collection under her own name on July 5, according to WWD. It will be available on Evine Live as interactive video and an e-commerce company in the U.S. whose live ...
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The Authentic Brands Group (ABG) has completed the acquisition of...
The Authentic Brands Group (ABG) has completed the acquisition of the intellectual property of Sports Illustrated (SI) from Meredith Corp. for $110 million. The acquisition will give ABG the right to key events like Sportsperson of the Year and the possibility to use the brand to produce other new events ...
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A full-day seminar about the development of the Chinese sports...
A full-day seminar about the development of the Chinese sports and outdoor market will take place on the third day of the OutDoor by Ispo show in the Conference Center North of the Munich fairgrounds on July 2. Tickets can be ordered on shanghai@ispo.com, with a discount until May 31. ...
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In France's mountain areas, the use of collective accommodation for...
In France’s mountain areas, the use of collective accommodation for tourists declined by 0.5 percent in the first quarter of the year as compared to the first quarter of 2018, according to data from France’s National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), reported by sport-guide.com. The number of French ...
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Scott Sports has acquired a majority share in Bold Cycles,...
Scott Sports has acquired a majority share in Bold Cycles, a Swiss start-up best known for its hidden rear shocks. Both companies are based in Biel, Switzerland. Bold will remain an independent company, but will be strategically supported by Scott for sourcing, logistics, global distribution and marketing. Vincenz Droux, Bold's ...
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Action Sports Sportartikel of Germany will take on the distribution...
Action Sports Sportartikel of Germany will take on the distribution of the Teva brand of shoes in Germany and Austria from the spring/summer 2020 season. Yendis Engelbertz, sales manager at Action Sports Sportartikel, will take care of the distribution of the brand, which belongs to Deckers Brands, working with a ...
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Anima Athletica, the French activewear brand founded by Alexia Romanet...
Anima Athletica, the French activewear brand founded by Alexia Romanet in 2012, is off to a fresh start. After going into receivership, then into liquidation in October 2017, the company is now being relaunched by Emmanuel Vial. As reported in the French edition of Fashionnetwork.com, the new Anima Athletica will ...
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Adidas has promoted Neelendra Singh to general manager for India....
Adidas has promoted Neelendra Singh to general manager for India. He takes over the role from Dave Thomas, who has been appointed as Adidas' managing director for emerging markets. Singh, who was previously senior vice-president of global DTC and franchise, will continue to report to Dave Thomas. Singh joined Adidas ...
