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Nike has been fined €12,555,000 by the European Commission after...
Nike has been fined €12,555,000 by the European Commission after contractually preventing its licensees from selling football merchandise to customers in other EU countries, a policy that was in force from 2004 through 2017 and illegal under EU antitrust rules. This included licensed apparel and other logo gear for football ...
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On April 1, XXL Sports & Outdoor opened a new,...
On April 1, XXL Sports & Outdoor opened a new, 4,000-square-meter flagship store in the Gerngross department store in downtown Vienna, the fifth branch of the Norwegian chain in Austria. In addition to the new Vienna store, XXL Sports is already represented in Vösendorf, the Donau-Zentrum in Vienna, Linz, and ...
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On April 1, New Balance acquired the distribution of the...
On April 1, New Balance acquired the distribution of the brand in Poland from Tarmax, which had been handling it for more than 20 years. In a press release, New Balance said the deal will enable it to “connect more closely with its target consumer by continuing to build on ...
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Anytime from now to July 10, bicycle companies, mobility companies,...
Anytime from now to July 10, bicycle companies, mobility companies, designers and developers – whether they exhibit at the Eurobike trade fair or not – may register their latest products for the 15th annual Eurobike Awards. The criteria for all awards, including the Green, Start-Up and Gold Awards, are available ...
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After having been hosted for 18 consecutive years by the...
After having been hosted for 18 consecutive years by the ski town of Aspen, Colorado (USA), the Winter X Games will be held for the first time in Calgary, Alberta (Canada), in the years 2020 to 2022, subject to securing corporate sponsorship. The city, situated on the prairies about an ...
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Sport Achat Hiver, the B2B event for industry professionals in...
Sport Achat Hiver, the B2B event for industry professionals in the mountain, outdoor and winter sports markets, organized by Sportair, saw the number of visitors rise by 1 percent to 3,324 as compared to the 2018 edition, Sportair said. The trade fair, which reached its 16th edition, was held at ...
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E-bike sales in Germany jumped by 36 percent in 2018...
E-bike sales in Germany jumped by 36 percent in 2018 as compared to 2017, reaching 980,000 units sold. This means that one out of every four bicycles sold in the country was an e-bike. These figures, among others, were contained in the latest report of the Zweirad-Industrie-Verband (ZIV), the German ...
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Giant Manufacturing has high expectations for its sales in 2019,...
Giant Manufacturing has high expectations for its sales in 2019, driven by e-bike sales. The company's chairwoman, Bonnie Tu, made statements to this effect at the recent Taipei Cycle Show, which were reported by Taipei Times. Sales of e-bikes are expected to increase by 30 percent this year, accounting for ...
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On the 25th of every month, Bergans of Norway will...
On the 25th of every month, Bergans of Norway will cut the prices of its circular-economy services by 25 percent. The goal is to attract even more people to repair, rent or buy used products. The first price cut took place on Monday, March 25, and the offer will be ...
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For its 40th anniversary, Tecnifibre has undergone a rebranding that,...
For its 40th anniversary, Tecnifibre has undergone a rebranding that, by the company's own description, combines French elegance with modernity. The French manufacturer of racquets has developed a new logo with the French national colors of blue, white and red. Its triangular shape is a dual reference to the “Fight ...
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La Sportiva has been awarded the Absolute First Prize for...
La Sportiva has been awarded the Absolute First Prize for best communication at the first edition of a new prize entitled “L'impresa è comunicazione,” organized by Corriere della Sera, the general-interest Italian newspaper, and IULM University. La Sportiva, based in the Dolomites region, emerged from 500 winning Italian small and ...
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Nixon, the American brand of watches and accessories, has appointed...
Nixon, the American brand of watches and accessories, has appointed Tom “TK” Kattus to the post of global brand sales director for Adidas Watches. Kattus has just spent ten years as general manager and chief operating officer at Campagnolo North America, the manufacturer of bicycle components. Before that he was ...
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Castore is unveiling its first golf apparel and accessories collection....
Castore is unveiling its first golf apparel and accessories collection. The range launches online at the beginning of April at www.castore.com, with prices ranging from £70 (€81.3m-$91.3m) for polos to £325 (€377.4m-$423.9m) for jackets. The company reportedly spent two years in the planning and execution of the new product line. SGI ...
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Garmin has completed the acquisition of Tacx Onroerend en Roerend...
Garmin has completed the acquisition of Tacx Onroerend en Roerend Goed. The Dutch company develops and makes indoor bike training software and applications as well as indoor bike trainers, tools and accessories.
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Decathlon has chosen TrainMe as a partner for Decathlon Activités,...
Decathlon has chosen TrainMe as a partner for Decathlon Activités, a digital tool designed to list sporting activities across France, from sports clubs to associations, sports coaches and more, allowing users to register for these activities. TrainMe, launched in 2015 by Gatien Letartre and Anatole Saby, is a web and ...
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Instead of extending a contract with Adidas, Naomi Osaka has...
Instead of extending a contract with Adidas, Naomi Osaka has preferred to sign a new sponsorship deal for footwear and apparel with Nike. Adidas had reportedly offered to pay between $8.5 million and $10 million per year for the Japanese tennis star, who beat Serena Williams at the U.S. Open ...
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Adidas is continuing its collaboration with MTV. Part of their...
Adidas is continuing its collaboration with MTV. Part of their skateboarding line, the company has launched a second “Beavis and Butt-Head” collection with two sneaker models and four apparel styles. The cult comic series has been airing again since April on Germany's free MTV channel.
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Adidas has partnered with the New Zealand men's rugby union...
Adidas has partnered with the New Zealand men's rugby union team, the All Blacks, to design new training apparel for the team made from recovered ocean plastic. The jersey is part of the first Adidas Parley rugby collection, which continues the brand's relationship with Parley for the Oceans, the ocean ...
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Andrea Tomat and Adriano Sartor, the main shareholders of Lotto...
Andrea Tomat and Adriano Sartor, the main shareholders of Lotto Sport Italia, have won a verdict against Gianni Lorenzato, a former shareholder who helped take over the brand 20 years ago. The Venice Appeal Court declared invalid a request made by Lorenzato for the bankruptcy of Futura 5760, the holding ...
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After the failure of a Europe-wide solution, the Austrian government...
After the failure of a Europe-wide solution, the Austrian government decided on its own to impose a tax on the profits of large internet companies. In the future, online advertising revenues will be taxed at 5 percent. This tax rate corresponds to the taxation of advertising revenues from print media ...
