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Lurbel is releasing the Lurbel Pro Line, which is entirely...
Lurbel is releasing the Lurbel Pro Line, which is entirely made in Spain and manufactured with a seamless, bidirectional weave. The Spanish brand of technical sportswear says the collection is at the leading edge of its R&D in terms of materials, thread and finish. The central component is what the ...
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Thule Germany, the German subsidiary of the Swedish specialist for...
Thule Germany, the German subsidiary of the Swedish specialist for bags and transport solutions, took charge of distributing its own “travel luggage and bags” segment this February. It is also managing sales in Austria from its headquarters in Neumarkt. Aqipa, the Austrian distributor, had been handling sales in Germany and ...
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Keller Sports, the German retailer for premium sports products, won...
Keller Sports, the German retailer for premium sports products, won the “Royal Class” award as the best online retailer in Germany from Internet World Business magazine. The new award recognizes a company's excellence as both a pure player and a multi-channel retailer. Keller was praised for a “perfect” product range ...
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Tecnica Group is a winner of a Leonardo Italian Quality...
Tecnica Group is a winner of a Leonardo Italian Quality Prize 2018. The award honors companies for the quality of their products as well as their potential in terms of international and commercial prospects. The Quality Prize and the other Leonardo Prizes are presented every year by the Leonardo Committee ...
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Skechers India is transitioning to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Skechers...
Skechers India is transitioning to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Skechers USA following the purchase by Skechers USA of a 49 percent stake in its Indian joint venture from Future Group. The financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. This development is meant to accelerate expansion and to build ...
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Puma's supervisory and management boards are proposing a 10-for-1 stock...
Puma's supervisory and management boards are proposing a 10-for-1 stock split for its equity at the company's general meeting on April 18. They are also proposing to use company funds to raise the share capital by €112,213,532 to €150,824,640. The number of shares will be raised by a factor of ...
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Berkshire Hathaway made pre-tax earnings of $1.21 million in 2018...
Berkshire Hathaway made pre-tax earnings of $1.21 million in 2018 on revenues of about $12.5 billion from its Consumer Products segment, which includes Brooks Running, Fruit of the Loom, Russell Athletic, Spalding and many other properties including Duracell batteries. Sales increased by 3.2 percent and pre-tax earnings by 8.6 percent. ...
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Decathlon plans to open at least 14 new stores in...
Decathlon plans to open at least 14 new stores in Switzerland in 2019, mostly in the German-speaking part. The company, which employed 401 people in the country as of Jan. 1, has announced that it will hire between 500 and 600 people this year, taking the total Swiss staff to ...
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K2 Sports Europe has appointed Max Anselstetter as its new...
K2 Sports Europe has appointed Max Anselstetter as its new marketing manager and Sebastian Schmitz as its new marketing coordinator. Anselstetter was hired in 2012 as European marketing coordinator for K2 Snowboarding, adding BCA (Backcountry Access) to his duties in 2014. He assumed his new post late last year, with the ...
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Nike is reportedly offering to pay as much as $200...
Nike is reportedly offering to pay as much as $200 million to sponsor the American team at the Los Angeles Olympic and Paralymic Games in 2028, provide volunteer uniforms, and secure the right to put the Swoosh on the Games' official merchandise. Nike has been a sponsor of the U.S. ...
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On Sept. 25, 2018, Spin Capital took a controlling interest...
On Sept. 25, 2018, Spin Capital took a controlling interest of 90 percent in Pyua, the Germany brand of sustainable outdoor and ski apparel. The move comes about a year after Spin took over ABS Protection, a major supplier of anti-avalanche airbags. Pyua and ABS have recently bundled their sales ...
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Altra, the producer of ZeroDrop, FootShape and Fit4Her shoes, will...
Altra, the producer of ZeroDrop, FootShape and Fit4Her shoes, will be the title sponsor of the Tobacco Road Half Marathon, scheduled – along with the regular Tobacco Road Marathon – for Sunday, March 17, 2019, in Cary, North Carolina. Overhead costs will be limited by the all-volunteer staff. The proceeds, ...
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Kappa is the new technical sponsor of Nanterre 92, a...
Kappa is the new technical sponsor of Nanterre 92, a professional basketball club that plays in France's top-tier league. Kappa will replace Nike, which has been the team's technical sponsor since the 2017/18 season. The deal with Kappa will last for three seasons, starting on July 1, 2019. In France's ...
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Jim Gatto, former head of basketball marketing for Adidas, was...
Jim Gatto, former head of basketball marketing for Adidas, was sentenced to nine months in prison by a New York court on charge of defrauding a number of NCAA college programs by paying promising athletes to attend their schools, making them ineligible to play. Two of his assistants, Merle Code ...
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Adidas has signed multi-year sponsorships with two American football players...
Adidas has signed multi-year sponsorships with two American football players at the top-tier university level: Marquise “Hollywood” Brown of Oklahoma and Hakeem Butler of Iowa State. Both play the position of wide receiver. Butler recently debuted this year's Adizero 40 cleats and Adizero 8.0 cleats during on-field workouts and 40-yard dash trials in ...
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Vivienne Westwood, the British fashion designer, has agreed to create...
Vivienne Westwood, the British fashion designer, has agreed to create an exclusive limited-edition collection of footwear models for the Asics and Asics Tiger brands. The first two styles will be available in April at the physical and online stores of the two partners.
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Mick Fanning, also known as “White Lightning,” has signed a...
Mick Fanning, also known as “White Lightning,” has signed a ten-year contract with Rip Curl. The idea, said Neil Ridgway, Rip Curl's group marketing chairman, is to “lock the deal down for life.” The Australian surfing champion has been sponsored by the brand for the past 20 years. Fanning made ...
