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Like Polygiene of Sweden (see the article in this issue),...
Like Polygiene of Sweden (see the article in this issue), HeiQ of Switzerland is expanding its international operations. It has just announced the establishment of subsidiaries in Shanghai and Taiwan to serve clients in the region. The two operations will be led by officials who have had close to 20 ...
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Asics Ventures has taken a stake in Aura Vision, a...
Asics Ventures has taken a stake in Aura Vision, a two-year-old company based in London whose pioneering technology gathers data from the existing security cameras in retail stores to track in-store traffic. It can distinguish age, gender and other demographics without relying on facial recognition, which is prohibited under GDPR ...
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The battle for control of Netshoes, the biggest sports e-tailer...
The battle for control of Netshoes, the biggest sports e-tailer in Latin America, is escalating. As reported in our last issue, Magazine Luiza initially made a bid for Netshoes at $2.00 per share, valuing the company at $62 million. Late last month, Grupo SBF, which owns the big Centauro chain ...
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Zalando wants to reinforce its partnership with brick-and-mortar stores because...
Zalando wants to reinforce its partnership with brick-and-mortar stores because it is losing about 20-30 million transactions per year, which equals about €1 billion in sales, due to a lack of stock in its own warehouses. Zalando is already working with more than 1,000 shops in Germany, but wants to ...
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Lotto Sport Italia has become the technical sponsor of Team...
Lotto Sport Italia has become the technical sponsor of Team Empire, the Russian e-sports team. Earlier this month, while wearing Lotto colors, Team Empire won the Rainbow Six Siege Season 9 Finals in Milan, avenging its loss to G2 in Montreal in February. For the next three years, Lotto will ...
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Kappa has signed a three-year partnership with Fanatics to become...
Kappa has signed a three-year partnership with Fanatics to become the kit supplier to Aston Villa, a second-tier English soccer club. The team was previously sponsored by Under Armour, but the deal was terminated three years early in April 2018. Luke1977, a brand based in Birmingham, then partnered with Fanatics ...
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In a further step toward becoming an online marketplace, Instagram...
In a further step toward becoming an online marketplace, Instagram has launched its own internet retail account internationally under @shop. Its own team recommends products such as shoes, handbags and pullovers, tracking trends and posting their pictures on its social media platform, which is owned by Facebook, just like its ...
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Golf Digest has been sold by Condé Nast to Discovery....
Golf Digest has been sold by Condé Nast to Discovery. The acquisition is to support Discovery's GOLFTV OTT platform, which will now house Golf Digest content, alongside its existing coverage of the PGA Tour, European Tour and Ladies European Tour. Discovery is also expanding its 12-year partnership with the PGA ...
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Raoul Ferenschild, a former Benelux country manager for Bergans, has...
Raoul Ferenschild, a former Benelux country manager for Bergans, has started his own agency for the same region, called Rafertrading, with a showroom in Leusden. One of his first clients will be Alchemy Equipment, the New Zealand-based company, which was previously working the market through another agent, Yves Sarto, ...
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Brede Birkeland has left his role as chief executive of...
Brede Birkeland has left his role as chief executive of Platou Sport, a small Norwegian sports retailer. His brother and co-owner, Bjarte Birkeland, will take over. The reason for the shift is that the brothers have decided to split their tasks in a different way, partly because of an increased ...
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Black Diamond has developed a light performance T-shirt made from...
Black Diamond has developed a light performance T-shirt made from Australian Merino wool, in partnership with The Woolmark Company. The T-shirt, which is called Rhythm Tee, is the first product from Black Diamond's new SolutionWool layering system. The collection uses Nuyarn, an ultralight and stretchy baselayer designed for high output ...
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Hoka One One has launched the Carbon X, a shoe...
Hoka One One has launched the Carbon X, a shoe that combines high cushioning with low weight for ultrarunning. To promote the shoe, the company held Project Carbon X, a 110K race in California, from Folsom to Sacramento, on May 4. Several of the brand's athletes took part in the ...
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Puma Golf has signed Carlos Pigem to a shoe and...
Puma Golf has signed Carlos Pigem to a shoe and clothing deal. The European Challenge Tour player will wear pieces from Puma's SS'19 Collection as well as the brand's Ignite Pwradapt golf shoes. Pigem, who is 28 years old, turned professional in 2013.
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Rallye, the French parent company of the Go Sport chain...
Rallye, the French parent company of the Go Sport chain of sporting goods stores, has been granted a request for voluntary insolvency, with six months to come up with an acceptable plan to cope with its high net debt of more than €3.2 billion. The company pointed out that its ...
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Puma has opened a new Ultra Football concept store in...
Puma has opened a new Ultra Football concept store in Sydney that features digital product displays giving information about an item when a customer touches them. The technology will be rolled out to other Puma flagship stores in the future.
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Devold of Norway has expanded the territory covered by its...
Devold of Norway has expanded the territory covered by its German sales subsidiary to distribute its merino wool products not only in Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia, but also in Italy and France. Devold will use agents in both new markets. In Italy, it will work with Panorama Diffusion, which ...
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Macron and Uefa have signed a three-year deal that will...
Macron and Uefa have signed a three-year deal that will see the Italian kit manufacturer provide referee uniforms for all Uefa competitions until 2022. The new jersey made its debut at the Uefa Europa League final in Baku on May 29. It preserves the colors that are traditionally worn by ...
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Smartwool, a division of VF Outdoor, has pledged to support...
Smartwool, a division of VF Outdoor, has pledged to support Protect Our Winters (POW) Canada, a community of professional athletes and industry brands teaming up to address climate change issues across the outdoor community. The financial support from the brand is to help raise awareness of climate change as well ...
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Keller Sports, the German e-tailer of premium sporting goods, has...
Keller Sports, the German e-tailer of premium sporting goods, has won the German Innovation Award for two services: the Keller sMiles reward app and the Keller Premium Membership. The sMiles app can connect to any of several activity-tracking apps, such as Garmin ConnectTM, Nike Run Club, Google Fit, Apple Health ...
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Skechers will be the footwear sponsor for Team Europe in...
Skechers will be the footwear sponsor for Team Europe in the Solheim Cup, the biennial women's pro golf tournament due to be held on Sept. 9-15 in Gleneagles, Scotland. The golfers, caddies, coaches, and officials will be wearing the GO Golf Pro 2 Solheim Cup colorway. Team Europe as it ...
